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View Post: Epilepsy
28 Oct 2009 by MR.G  
Rasmussen's Encephalitis. Rasmussen's encephalitis is a progressive epilepsy type in which half of the brain shows continual inflammation. It sometimes is treated with a radical surgical procedure called hemispherectomy. ...
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View Post: The Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders (2 Volume Set)
15 Nov 2009
The articles cover diseases (Batten disease, Rasmussen's encephalitis); syndromes (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, Tourette syndrome); drugs (Antimigraine medications, Valporic acid and divalproex sodium); treatments (Acupuncture, Radiation); ...
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View Post: If I Only Had A Brain
15 Oct 2009 by kimberi  
After visiting many doctors, on from UCLA finally got it right and diagnosed baby Brandi with Rasmussen's encephalitis. Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects only one hemisphere of the ...
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View Post: Multifocal paraneoplastic cortical encephalitis associated with ...
14 Nov 2009
In addition to ... myoclonus syndrome and anti-GluRdelta2 antibody, Rasmussen encephalitis and anti-GluR3 antibody, paraneoplastic brainstem ... Autoantibody-mediated disorders of the central nervous system. Autoimmunity Jan 07, 2008 ...
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View Post: China “Half Brain Boy” Hou Guozhu Suffered Rasmussen's ...
17 Mar 2009 by Lindsay Britney  
Guozhu was not born with “half brain” but due to the brain surgery (hemispheresectomy) resulting from the treatment of Rasmussen's Encephalitis. Born as half of a pair of healthy twins, Guozhu came to the world just three minutes later ...
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View Post: Neocortical sclerosis and Epilepsy
13 Nov 2009 by Yasser Metwally  
Rasmussen's encephalitis, first described by Rasmussen in 1958. [4] also deserves special mention. On imaging, the condition is characterized by slowly spreading cortical atrophy and signal change that begins focally and spreads ...
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View Post: You Gotta Have Friends
24 Oct 2009 by Seth Wohlberg  
We plan to discuss how best to jumpstart the research efforts to find a cure for Rasmussen's Encephalitis. There are several paths that may be of interest such as starting a nationwide tissue bank, creating an animal model, ...
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View Post: EPILEPSY
3 Nov 2009 by HARIKRISHNAN.V  
Rasmussen's encephalitis is a symptomatic localization-related epilepsy that is a progressive, inflammatory lesion affecting children with onset before the age of 10. Seizures start as separate simple partial or complex partial seizures ...
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View Post: how can epilepsy be treated?
7 Sep 2009 by M Rizwan Ghani  
these include focal seizures, seizures that begin as focal seizures before spreading to the rest of the brain, and unilateral multifocal epilepsy with infantile hemiplegia (such as rasmussen's encephalitis). ...
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View Post: A "Special" Message Sent to Jessica !
26 Oct 2009 by Jessica's Journey  
Our prayers go out to Olivia and her family as well for continued recovery from Rasmussen's Encephalitis. You can visit her website at: www.oliviadavisfoundation.org. This is a special "Shout Out" to Olivia who reads Jessica's blog! ...
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