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Language after Hemispherotomy in Rasmussen Syndrome [PDF]

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2016
Investigators from Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris report language outcome in children after (left) dominant-hemisphere hemispherotomy for Rasmussen Syndrome.
Sophia Varadkar, Martin Tisdall
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Functional hemispherotomy in Rasmussen syndrome in the absence of classic MRI findings [PDF]

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017
A 7-year-old previously healthy girl presented with a left-sided focal seizure without impaired consciousness and subsequently developed epilepsia partialis continua.
Yasunori Nagahama, Charuta Joshi, Brian Dlouhy, Angela Y. Wu, Taylor J. Abel, Gary Baumbach, Hiroto Kawasaki   +6 more
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Efficacy and tolerability of mycophenolate mofetil in a pediatric Rasmussen syndrome [PDF]

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2020
Rasmussen syndrome (RS) is a chronic encephalopathy with uncertain etiology and immune-mediated pathogenesis. The only definitive treatment is represented by functional hemispherectomy.
A. Orsini, G. Costagliola, D. Perna, M.G. Esposito, L. Bonfiglio, P. Striano, D. Peroni, R. Consolini, A. Bonuccelli   +8 more
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Clinical spectrum, diagnosis, cognitive outcomes and therapeutic strategies in pediatric Rasmussen syndrome: a 10-year cohort from a tertiary pediatric center [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Background Rasmussen syndrome (RS) is a rare, immune-mediated, progressive epileptic encephalopathy. A comprehensive understanding of its heterogeneous clinical course, along with the identification of prognostic and early determinants, is crucial for ...
Verónica Cantarín-Extremera, Maria Ballarà-Petitbò, María Jiménez-Legido, Borja Esteso-Orduña, Inés Solís Muñiz, Silvia Cámara-Barrio, Ramón Cancho-Candela, Maria Angeles Pérez-Jiménez, Anna Duat-Rodriguez, Rosa Guerrero-López   +9 more
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Immunomodulatory Therapy for Rasmussen Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2013
Investigators from the National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka, Gifu University, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and Okayama University School of Medicine, Japan, examined seizure, cognitive, and motor outcomes ...
J Gordon Millichap
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A rare complication of pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood: Rasmussen`s aneurysm in a 9-year-old child with Down syndrome

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
Background. As an extremely rare entity reported in children, Rasmussen`s aneurysm is an inflammatory pseudo-aneurysmal dilatation of a branch of the pulmonary artery adjacent to or within a tuberculous cavity. Case.
Elif Böncüoğlu, Celal Çınar, Elif Kıymet, İlknur Çağlar, Aybüke Akaslan Kara, Nuri Bayram, İlker Devrim   +6 more
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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, Touré Mohamed Lamine, Barry Mamadou Ciré, Diakité Mamady, Konaté Mahadi, Djibo Hamani Bachir Abdoul, Sakadi Foksouna, Djibo Hassane Fatimata, Camara Naby, Kassa Dago François, Bah Fatimatou Korka, Camara Doussou, Millimono Victorine, Condé Salematou, Sakho Aminata, Diallo Mohamed Tafsir, Barry Souleymane Djigué, Diallo Mamadou Saliou, Soumah Fodé Mohamed, Sanni Yaya Aminou, Douna Granga Daouya, Rafkat Said Abdallah, Konaté Mamady, Diallo Souleymane Mbara, Cissé Fodé Abass, Cissé Amara   +25 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, Musaib Ahmad Dar, Obaid Ashraf, Inayat Ellahi   +3 more
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Posterior-onset Rasmussen's encephalitis with ipsilateral cerebellar atrophy and uveitis resistant to rituximab

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, Lauren A. Henderson, Coral M. Stredny, Sanjay P. Prabhu, Ankoor Shah, Robert Sundel, Joseph Madsen, Chantal Dufreney, Annapurna Poduri, Mark P. Gorman   +9 more
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Late exacerbation of Rasmussen encephalitis with childhood onset [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2011
We describe the case of a 21 year old woman that presented for epilepsia partialis continua syndrome that she had been having in the last 8 months. Slight diminished speech fluency, cortical discriminative sensibility impairment and neuroradiological ...
Alexandra Comanescu, Monica Sabau
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