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- Title
Effect of early corticosteroid therapy for Landau-Kleffner syndrome.
- Authors
Lerman, Pinclias; Lerman-Sagie, Tally; Kivity, Sara; Lerman, P; Lerman-Sagie, T; Kivity, S
- Abstract
Four children treated for seizures between 1980 and 1986 were diagnosed as having Landau-Kleffner syndrome (acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder), following the onset of aphasia. They received early and prolonged ACTH or corticosteroid therapy, with high initial doses. In all four cases the EEG promptly became normal, with subsequent long-lasting remission of the aphasia and improvement of seizure control. Three to six years after discontinuation of hormone therapy the children are off medication and free from seizures and language disability.
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1991, Vol 33, Issue 3, p257
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1991.tb05115.x