Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to unilateral hemispheric atrophy, associated with progressive neurological dysfunction and intractable seizures. The best approach to RE is hemispherectomy. However long-term immunotherapy seems to prevent or slow down hemispheric tissue loss and the associated functional decline.
Early add-on immunoglobulin administration in Rasmussen encephalitis: the hypothesis of neuroimmunomodulation / Papetti L; Nicita F; Granata T; Guerrini R; Ursitti F; Properzi E; Iannetti P; Spalice A.. - In: MEDICAL HYPOTHESES. - ISSN 0306-9877. - STAMPA. - 77 (5):(2011), pp. 917-920. [10.1016/j.mehy.2011.08.011]
Early add-on immunoglobulin administration in Rasmussen encephalitis: the hypothesis of neuroimmunomodulation.
GUERRINI, RENZO;
2011
Abstract
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a chronic inflammatory disease leading to unilateral hemispheric atrophy, associated with progressive neurological dysfunction and intractable seizures. The best approach to RE is hemispherectomy. However long-term immunotherapy seems to prevent or slow down hemispheric tissue loss and the associated functional decline.
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