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By scoring EEG patterns (hypsarrhythmia = 10, absence of sleeping patterns = 10, focal
epileptic discharge = 5, generaltreatment or in whom infantile spasms never disappeared
even during ACTH. A low voltage EEG did not have any ending ACTH therapy free of seizures
showed lower scores compared to those infants relapsing after the end of ACTH treatment
or in whom infantile spasms never disappeared even during ACTH. A low voltage EED
did not have any prognostic significance. Using EEG scores it might be possible to
separate non-responders and responders after 3 weeks of ACTH therapy, thus shortening
ACTH treatment in non-responding infants.
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1This paper included investigations done by US for his thesis.
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