Practice parameter: medical treatment of infantile spasms: report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society.

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Published in Neurology on May 25, 2004

Authors

M T Mackay1, S K Weiss, T Adams-Webber, S Ashwal, D Stephens, K Ballaban-Gill, T Z Baram, M Duchowny, D Hirtz, J M Pellock, W D Shields, S Shinnar, E Wyllie, O C Snead, American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society

Author Affiliations

1: Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

Associated clinical trials:

Prednisolone Versus Vigabatrin in the First-line Treatment of Infantile Spasms (PREDVGB) | NCT02299115

ACTHAR Gel for Drug REsistant Nephrotic Syndrome in Children (ADRENL) | NCT03408405

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