Pediatric Neurology

A Bangladeshi Child with Ataxia Telangiectasia

Ataxia Telangiectasia: Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, inherited disease that affects many parts of the body and causes severe disability. Ataxia refers to poor coordination of movement, including wide-based, uncoordinated, unsteady gait due to dysfunction of the cerebellum and telangiectasia refers to small dilated blood vessels and capillaries usually of the sclera, face and …

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Spinal Muscular Atrophy SMA Case History Diagnosis Treatment

What does SMA mean? Spinal Muscular Atrophy also is known as SMA is a medical term. It is a kind of neuromuscular disease. There are other types of neuromuscular disorder. SMA is a disorder of motor neuron of brainstem or anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. Weakness and increased fatiguability are important features of …

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Children’s Epilepsy or Seizure Cause, Symptoms Treatments

What is Epilepsy in Children Epilepsy is a series or neurological disorders that result in provoked or unprovoked seizures. The condition is said to be present when a person has two or more unprovoked seizures separated by a time period of at least 24 hours. In the U.S., it is the fourth most common neurological …

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