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The response patterns of infantile spasms to treatments in 156 patients

Hormonal therapy with intravenous synthetic ACTH appears promising

Muhammad T. Alrifai, Ahmad R. Al-Rumayyan, Waleed A. Al-Tuwaijri, Duaa M. Baarmah, Safiyyah A. Asiri, Ahmad H. Bali, Muatassem A. Alsadhan and Shaden H. Alsugheir
Neurosciences Journal January 2022, 27 (1) 40-44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.1.20210116
Muhammad T. Alrifai
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad R. Al-Rumayyan
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Waleed A. Al-Tuwaijri
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Duaa M. Baarmah
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Safiyyah A. Asiri
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad H. Bali
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muatassem A. Alsadhan
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Bali), Neurology Division, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, from the College of Medicine (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali, Alsadhan, Alsugheir), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Alrifai, Al-Rumayyan, Al-Tuwaijri, Baarmah, Asiri, Bali), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Shaden H. Alsugheir
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