Epilepsy
Data on epilepsy in children described by researchers at Catholic University, Division of Child Neurology
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, January 15th, 2007
Research findings, "Symptomatic epilepsy in children with poroencephalic cysts secondary to perinatal middle cerebral artery occlusion," are discussed in a new report. "Perinatal cerebral artery occlusion is responsible for ischemic cerebral infarction leading to brain cavitation and gliosis; the territory of the middle cerebral artery is most frequently involved. The resulting poroencephalic cysts are frequently associated with hemiplegia and epilepsy; that can be managed medically in most cases, only 6-7% of them being refractory to medical treatment," researchers in Rome, Italy report.
"This particular subset of congenitally hemiplegic children will be possible...
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