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Rasmussen’s encephalitis

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2001
When the diagnosis of Rasmussen's encephalitis is being considered, it is important to rapidly exclude other causes of epilepsia partialis continua and hemiparesis. Although there is no good data from randomized trials of different immune-related therapies, treatment with immunoglobulin G (IgG), steroids, or plasmapheresis is advocated as first-line ...
Dianne, Counce   +2 more
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Bilateral Rasmussen encephalitis

Epilepsy & Behavior, 2011
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare, chronic, inflammatory neurological disorder that usually affects one hemisphere of the brain. RE is characterized by frequent and severe seizures, progressive neurological dysfunction, and unilateral brain atrophy. This article documents a case of RE with bilateral involvement occurring at the age of 2.
Yuguang, Guan   +3 more
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Rasmussen's encephalitis

Epileptic Disorders, 2004
ABSTRACT Rasmussen's encephalitis, a syndrome characteristically presenting in children with the onset of partial motor seizures followed by progressive hemiparesis and cognitive impairment, and accompanied by unilateral cerebral atrophy, was described nearly 50 years ago, yet the cause and optimum treatment remain unclear.
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Rasmussen's Encephalitis

2023
Clinical History: An eight-year-old boy presented with recurrent focal tonic-clonic seizures for the past one year. Video EEG showed focal epilepsy of the posterior head region origin. Despite being on anti-epileptic medications he now presented with recurrent focal seizures with weakness of the right upper and lower limbs.
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Rasmussen Encephalitis

2017
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare epileptic disorder that is characterized by the presence of unihemispheric seizures coinciding with inflammation. The disease mostly presents in children. Clinically, patients often reach a residual stage with drug resistant seizures and severe neurological deficits.
Jan Bauer, Christian G. Bien
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