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Original Source: Susac's syndrome, a rare, potentially severe or lethal neurological disease.
Susac's syndrome (SS) is a rare, immune-mediated endotheliopathy affecting the microvasculature of the brain, the inner ear and the retina. Clinical presentation is characterised by a triad: encephalopathy, hearing loss and branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO). Given the rarity of this disease, its natural history still remains partially unknown, but lethal cases appear to be extremely rare since there has never been, to our knowledge, a report of SS leading to death. We report 2 cases of SS illustrating...
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Huntington's disease is a hereditary disease caused by a defect in a single gene on Chromosome 4 that is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. The defect causes a part of DNA, called a CAG...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - DMD
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severely debilitating childhood neuromuscular disease that affects 1 in 3,500 live male births. This rare disease is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene...
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Neurologic Deficits Persist After Childhood Brain Tumors
A new study shows childhood cancer survivors can have neurologic problems up to 30 years after diagnosis and treatment. Medscape Medical News
Neurologic Disease in HIV-HTLV Coinfection
A case series reveals the neurologic sequelae of this coinfection and the failure of HAART to mitigate these outcomes. Medscape Neurology
Children With Neurologic Disorders At High Risk Of Death From Flu
A team of experts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that during the 2009 H191 pandemic, an excessive number of kids with neurologic disorders died from influenza-relat...
Heparin Could Reduce Neurologic Deterioration Following Stroke
Following an acute ischemic stroke, low-molecular weight heparin may help prevent early neurologic deterioration in patients with large...
Kawasaki disease in childhood linked to increased risk of adult heart disease
Researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a leading cause o...
Researchers link Kawasaki Disease in childhood with increased risk of adult heart disease
Cedars-Sinai researchers have linked Kawasaki Disease, a serious childhood illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels throughout the body, with early-onset and accelerated atherosclerosis, a le...
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 The Educational First Steps Four Steps to Excellence 2.0 program emphasizes partnerships with child care centers, training and mentoring their teachers and di...
Early Childhood Trauma Takes Visible Toll On Brain
Trauma in infancy and childhood shapes the brain, learning, and behavior, and fuels changes that can last a lifetime, according to new human and animal research just released. The studies delve into t...
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Surgical treatment for acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) complicated by cerebral malperfusion (CM) remains debatable. Worsening of neurologic symptoms and poor quality of life after immediate surge...
To compare clinical, laboratory, and imaging characteristics of childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) subtypes at diagnosis and during followup; to characterize disease acti...
Diagnostic shortfalls in early childhood chronic stress: a review of the issues.
Clinical effects of early childhood chronic stress should be regarded as causing a developmental brain injury. However, current diagnostic constructs fail to capture the associated disabilities in emo...
Blood Pressure and Vascular Alterations with Growth in Childhood.
The long preclinical phase of atherosclerosis involves the interaction of genetic and environmental factors that modulate the progression of disease from early life. A variety of noninvasive tests hav...
Beyond the joints : Neurological involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.
Although arthritis is the most notable component, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disorder where extra-articular manifestations are common; among them, central and peripheral nerv...
