Response to magnesium sulfate and adrenocorticotropic hormone combination therapy for infantile spasms with failed first‐line treatments

• Main Authors: Qiuhong Wang (Author), Wen He (Author), Yangyang Wang (Author), Liying Liu (Author), Mengna Zhang (Author), Xiaoyan Yang (Author), Liping Zou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Importance Infantile spasm (IS) is a kind of refractory epilepsy. The first‐line treatments for IS are adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), oral corticosteroids, and vigabatrin. Objective This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of magnesium sulfate and ACTH (MgSO4+ACTH) combination therapy...