Abstract:Background
West syndrome (WS) is a severe epileptic encephalopathy of infancy. The high degree of effectiveness of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy indicates that the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis may be involved in WS, and there is substantial evidence that the gut microbiota (GM) communicates with the brain via the HPA axis. The aims of this study were to determine and compare the diversity of the GM in infants with WS and healthy infants, and in patients with WS before and after ACTH … Show more
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