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ACTH was considered effective in treating infantile spams
ACTH was considered effective in treating infantile spams
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1720348/pdf/v090p00379.pdf Corticosteroids in the management of the paediatric epilepsies]</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1032863/pdf/jnnpsyc00538-0050.pdf</ref>
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1720348/pdf/v090p00379.pdf Corticosteroids in the management of the paediatric epilepsies]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1032863/pdf/jnnpsyc00538-0050.pdf Adrenal cortex hormones in male epileptic patients before and during a 2-year phenytoin treatment] </ref>
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Revision as of 17:47, 3 August 2015

Disease classification WHO
G40.4 Epileptic spams

West's syndrome or epileptic spams is a rare condition of adult and children, it is related with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome ACTH was considered effective in treating infantile spams [1][2]

Links

Helena Gaufin et al.2015 Being parents with epilepsy: thoughts on its consequences and difficulties affecting their children Neuropsychiatic Disease and Treatment ;11:1291-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S74222. eCollection 2015.