Brain biopsy is necessary to make the diagnosis of small-vessel primary angiitis of the central nervous system in children, prior to treatment with steroids and immunosuppressant medications.
Many patients who are shunted for normal pressure hydrocephalus have Alzheimer's pathology, and many go on to develop Alzheimer's disease.
The authors report a small, retrospective case series using low-dose intravenous lacosamide in the successful, adjunctive treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
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Unfortunately, cyclosporine treatment had no effect on muscle power in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The accurate diagnosis of narcolepsy requires detailed history as well as physiological and genetic testing.