Opsoclonus Myoclonus

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THE BRAIN GUIDE The human brain has many parts and functions This is a brief look only at two structures known to be abnormal in opsoclonus myoclonus Cerebellum Located at the back of the brain and beneath the cerebral hemispheres the cerebellum is a small but important structure It helps us sit stand walk

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Bryan Hymas comforts his daughter Mackenzie last week The 23 month old suffers from opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome which causes the body s immune system to attack the brain Photo by

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be impaired Problems with synapses or with small populations of cells do not show up on these scans We have been using other techniques to evaluate cerebellar dysfunction Brainstem The brainstem connects the higher brain with the spinal cord It contains many tracts going between the two and vital cells that help control the eyes

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Gabrielle taking a bow Thanksgiving at school with Grandma and Pa

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My Pictures My favorite baby picture of Gabrielle

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as the immune system cannot tell them apart and the brain is an innocent bystander caught in the cross fire between the immune system and the tumor which it is trying to destroy Gabrielle s condition did not improve much after surgery so we began treatment for the Opsoclonus Myoclonus One week after surgery we started her on IVIG intravenous

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school She complains that school is to hard but she does do very good work Here is some of her work I will update these when she starts bringing home work this school year