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May 25, 2004; 62 (10) Special Article

Practice Parameter: Medical Treatment of Infantile Spasms

Report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society

M. T. Mackay, S. K. Weiss, T. Adams-Webber, S. Ashwal, D. Stephens, K. Ballaban-Gill, T. Z. Baram, M. Duchowny, D. Hirtz, J. M. Pellock, W. D. Shields, S. Shinnar, E. Wyllie, O. C. Snead
First published May 24, 2004, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000127773.72699.C8
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Practice Parameter: Medical Treatment of Infantile Spasms
Report of the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society
M. T. Mackay, S. K. Weiss, T. Adams-Webber, S. Ashwal, D. Stephens, K. Ballaban-Gill, T. Z. Baram, M. Duchowny, D. Hirtz, J. M. Pellock, W. D. Shields, S. Shinnar, E. Wyllie, O. C. Snead
Neurology May 2004, 62 (10) 1668-1681; DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000127773.72699.C8

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vol. 62 no. 10 1668-1681
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000127773.72699.C8
PubMed: 
15159460

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received September 3, 2003
  • Accepted March 17, 2004
  • First Published May 24, 2004.

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© 2004

Author Disclosures

    1. M. T. Mackay, MBBS,
    2. S. K. Weiss, MD,
    3. T. Adams-Webber, MLS,
    4. S. Ashwal, MD,
    5. D. Stephens, MSc,
    6. K. Ballaban-Gill, MD,
    7. T. Z. Baram, MD PhD,
    8. M. Duchowny, MD,
    9. D. Hirtz, MD,
    10. J. M. Pellock, MD,
    11. W. D. Shields, MD,
    12. S. Shinnar, MD PhD,
    13. E. Wyllie, MD and
    14. O. C. Snead III, MD
  1. M. T. Mackay, MBBS,
  2. S. K. Weiss, MD,
  3. T. Adams-Webber, MLS,
  4. S. Ashwal, MD,
  5. D. Stephens, MSc,
  6. K. Ballaban-Gill, MD,
  7. T. Z. Baram, MD PhD,
  8. M. Duchowny, MD,
  9. D. Hirtz, MD,
  10. J. M. Pellock, MD,
  11. W. D. Shields, MD,
  12. S. Shinnar, MD PhD,
  13. E. Wyllie, MD and
  14. O. C. Snead III, MD
  1. From the Royal Children’s Hospital (Dr. Mackay), Victoria, Australia; Hospital for Sick Children (Drs. Weiss and Snead, T. Adams-Webber and D. Stephens) and Faculty of Medicine (Drs. Weiss and Snead, D. Stephens), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Loma Linda University School of Medicine (Dr. Ashwal), CA; Montefiore Medical Center (Drs. Ballaban-Gill and Shinnar), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York; University of California at Irvine (Dr. Baram) and Mattel Children’s Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles (Dr. Shields); Miami Children’s Hospital (Dr. Duchowny), FL; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Dr. Hirtz), NIH, Washington, DC; Medical College of Virginia (Dr. Pellock), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; and Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Dr. Wyllie), OH.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint requests to the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, 1080 Montreal Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55116.
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