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The Response of Synthetic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Treatment in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Other Than Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: A Retrospective Observational Study

Introduction: Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a tropic hormone naturally secreted by the anterior pituitary gland to stimulate the secretion of cortisol and androgens. ACTH is used in non-tuberous sclerosis infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), and it has shown significant, promising res...

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Autores principales: Alammar, Hajar, Al-Rumayyan, Ahmed, Baarmah, Duaa, Alrifai, Muhammad T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10621999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37927737
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46431