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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Rasmussen encephalitis is a rare and unexplained chronic brain hemispheric inflammatory disease. We report a case of epilepsy in which magnetoencephalography showed dipoles localized only in the operculum.
Jinkun Han, Xiaotong Fan, Sichang Chen
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A Case Report of Rasmussen Encephalitis and its Stages: The Important Role of Imaging
Global Pediatric Health, 2023 Relatively rare, Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease conditioning a single cerebral hemisphere. It is a progressive pathology with different stages clinically and on MRI.
El Harras Yahya MD +5 more
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Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2020 Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a disorder characterized by drug-resistant seizures and progressive unihemispheric atrophy, hemiparesis, and varying degrees of cognitive decline.
Arnold J. Sansevere +9 more
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Cerebral hemiatrophy: Case series of three cases
CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2021 Pediatric cerebral hemiatrophy is a rare entity with widespread etiology. Imaging in form of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging is helpful in differentiating between the etiologies of hemiatrophy.
Suhail Rafiq +3 more
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Rasmussen's encephalitis: the relevance of neuropsychological assessment in patient's treatment and follow up [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2002 Rasmussen's encephalitis is characterized by refractory epilepsy, neurological deterioration and progressive atrophy of one cerebral hemisphere. The objective of this study is to describe the importance of neuropsychological evaluation in the treatment ...
Catarina Abraão Guimarães +5 more
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1990 Immunological abnormalities associated with chronic encephalitis, epilepsy, and progressive hemiplegia in a three-year, nine-month old girl are reported from the University of Utah School of Medicine and the Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake ...
J Gordon Millichap
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A Case of Rasmussen Encephalitis: The Differential Diagnoses and Role of Diagnostic Imaging
Oman Medical Journal, 2014 Rasmussen encephalitis is an extremely rare chronic inflammatory neurodegenerative disease affecting a single cerebral hemisphere, causing progressive neurological deterioration and intractable seizures.
Binoj Varghese +3 more
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Autoimmune mechanisms in focal epilepsy of unknown cause
Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology, 2023 The manifestation of immunological findings in diverse disorders presenting with seizures points to autoimmunity and inflammation in the etiology of epilepsy.
Elif Sanli, Vuslat Yilmaz, Erdem Tuzun
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Rasmussen syndrome in a tropical environment: a study of six (6) observations
The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2021 Background In sub-Saharan Africa, encephalitis of various etiologies is a major public health problem and Rasmussen syndrome is rarely diagnosed due to under-medicalization.
Carlos Othon Guelngar +25 more
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Prednisolone as an Effective Treatment for Epilepsy
European Journal of Inflammation, 2014 Rasmussen encephalitis is a chronic inflammatory disease commonly seen in children. Hemispheric atrophy, intellectual disability, and hemiparesis are characteristics of this rare disease.
F. İlik, A.C. Pazarli, A. Dogan
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