Journal article
The Fault in Their Stars—Accumulating Astrocytic Inclusions Associated With Clusters of Epileptic Spasms in Children With Global Developmental Delay
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The presence of cerebral astrocytic inclusions recently has been described in a subset of children with early-onset refractory epilepsy, with or without structural brain malformations, and varying degrees of developmental delay.
METHODS: We describe two new individuals with epilepsy with astrocytic inclusions and suggest that in some children this disorder may represent a unique hemispheric epilepsy. We review previously reported …
Authors
Whitney R; AlMehmadi S; McCoy B; Yau I; Ochi A; Otsubo H; Weiss SK; Rutka J; Hazrati L-N; Snead OC
Journal
Pediatric Neurology, Vol. 73, , pp. 92–97.e3
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2017.04.010
ISSN
0887-8994