Childhood Dystonia-Parkinsonism Following Infantile Spasms —Clinical Clue to Diagnosis in Early Beta-Propeller Protein-Associated Neurodegeneration
Conclusions Autophagy-related X-linked BPAN disease might still be underdiagnosed in female cases of infantile spasms.Skewed X-inactivation will have mainly influenced the uncommon, very early childhood neurodegenerative symptomatology in the present BPAN case. Oral levodopa substitution led to improvement in sleep disorder, hypersalivation, and swallowing.Reduced white matter and hypointense signals in SN and GP on susceptibility sequences in magnetic resonance imaging are characteristic radiological findings of advanced disease in NBIA. No BPAN-typical halo sign in T1-weighted scan at midbrain level was seen at the age of 11 years. NBIA panel is recommended for early diagnosis. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text
Source: Neuropediatrics - Category: Neurology Authors: Hornemann, Frauke Le Duc, Diana Roth, Christian Pf äffle, Roland Huhle, Dagmar Merkenschlager, Andreas Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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