[The treatment of epileptic encephalopathies with gamma globulin in children (author's transl)].
The authors have treated 10 children presenting with severe epilepsy with repeated large doses of gamma-globulin. They noted a marked improvement in 7 of the children with respect to behaviour and a disappearance of seizures in 8 with comparable EEG improvement. Four children have been able to reduce their conventional anticonvulsant therapy considerably and 2 others havers received no other medication at all for 8 months. The possibility of an immune disturbance in some childhood epilepsies is thus suggested.
D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005719:gamma-Globulins
Traitement des encéphalopathies épileptiques de l'enfant par les gamma-globulines.