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Rasmussen’s encephalitis [PDF]
Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2018 AbstractRasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a childhood epilepsy syndrome characterized by drug-refractory focal seizures especially epilepsia partialis continua, progressive hemiparesis, and neurocognitive decline. Diagnosis is mainly clinical and can be ambiguous during the early stages of the disease.
Krishnan Vijayan, Madeswaran K, Ramya R
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Atypical Rasmussen's Encephalitis
Cureus, 2023 A three-year-old female patient was admitted to our institution due to subacute fever, intermittent vomiting, persistent bilateral mydriasis after cycloplegia, right central facial palsy, and mild right hemiparesis with hyperreflexia. Brain MRI shows encephalitis in frontal, parietal, insular, and left putamen course and loss of cortical volume and ...
Alfonso, Maria A +3 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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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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Evidence for Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses in a Cohort of Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Patients. [PDF]
, 2019 Brain-infiltrating lymphocytes (BILs) were isolated from resected brain tissue from 10 pediatric epilepsy patients who had undergone surgery for Hemimegalencephaly (HME) (n = 1), Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) (n = 2), Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) (n
Chang, Julia W +8 more
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Zika virus: New clinical syndromes and its emergence in the western hemisphere [PDF]
, 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) had remained a relatively obscure flavivirus until a recent series of outbreaks accompanied by unexpectedly severe clinical complications brought this virus into the spotlight as causing an infection of global public health concern.
Brazilian Medical Genetics Society–Zika Embryopathy Task Force +9 more
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