Low-Dose ACTH Therapy for Infantile Spasms

Abstract

The lowest effective ACTH dose, with fewest adverse effects, for the treatment of West syndrome (WS) was determined in a comparative, randomly assigned, controlled study involving 25 patients with cryptogenic (CWS, n=9) or symptomatic (SWS, n=16) WS, at the Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

Keywords

• low-dose acth therapy
• west syndrome
• infantile spasms