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New pediatric in children findings from Shiga University, Department of Pediatrics described

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, December 24th, 2007

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Delayed myelination at the onset of cryptogenic West syndrome.' "To evaluate the prognostic value of delayed myelination at the onset of cryptogenic West syndrome, the relationship between the seizure or developmental outcome and myelination was examined. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging studies were performed in nine cryptogenic cases," investigators in Otsu, Japan report.

"Infantile spasms were controlled in all patients, but three cases showed a mild developmental delay at 2 years after onset. Delayed myelination was observed in three cases (33.3%) on T(1)-weighted images and in two cases (22.2%) on T(2)-weighted...

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Source: Pain and Central Nervous System Week (2007-12-24)

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