TY - JOUR
T1 - Minor Motor Epilepsy
T2 - Treatment with Corticotropin (ACTH) and Steroid Therapy
AU - Pauli, Lydia
AU - O’neil, Richard
AU - Ybanez, Manuel
AU - Livingston, Samuel
PY - 1960/11/12
Y1 - 1960/11/12
N2 - The most serious hazard of minor motor epilepsy is the associated mental and motor retardation, or both, which is found, in some degree, in essentially all patients. The use of corticotropin or steroids has been recommended in recent publications. The present study comprises 14 children with minor motor epilepsy, mental retardation, and hypsarhythmic electroencephalographic abnormalities. Corticotropin was given alone in eight cases; corticotropin was followed by triamcinolone in one; cortisoneacetate was given in two cases; prednisone was given in two cases, and triamcinolone was given alone in one case. In four cases there was improvement with respect to seizures, but in no case was there significant improvement in mental status. Copyright, 1960, by American Medical Association
AB - The most serious hazard of minor motor epilepsy is the associated mental and motor retardation, or both, which is found, in some degree, in essentially all patients. The use of corticotropin or steroids has been recommended in recent publications. The present study comprises 14 children with minor motor epilepsy, mental retardation, and hypsarhythmic electroencephalographic abnormalities. Corticotropin was given alone in eight cases; corticotropin was followed by triamcinolone in one; cortisoneacetate was given in two cases; prednisone was given in two cases, and triamcinolone was given alone in one case. In four cases there was improvement with respect to seizures, but in no case was there significant improvement in mental status. Copyright, 1960, by American Medical Association
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1960.03030110036010
DO - 10.1001/jama.1960.03030110036010
M3 - Article
C2 - 13733481
AN - SCOPUS:0011205011
SN - 0002-9955
VL - 174
SP - 1408
EP - 1412
JO - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 11
ER -