4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question Category : Neuroregression
One & half year old boy-first product of II-consanguineous marriage had isolated progressive motor regression. MRI showed white matter disease with prominent post. & deep white matter involvement without contrast enhancement. Three senior pediatric neurologists have labeled it as leukodystrophy. VLCFA-WNL. Last neurologist bluntly conveyed poor outcome & non availability of any solution in allopathy & advised for help of alternative medicine. With no definite metabolic diagnosis, mode of inheritance how can this pessimistic approach be justified? Please answer in this regards- 1)Availability & usefulness of further diagnostic workup. 2)therapeutic options(in all existing pathies with some predictable help).
Question Category : Neuroregression
Dear sir 4 year male child present with abnormal jerky movement involving all the body with ataxia & frequent falling. Mentation is going down with abnormal behavior& loss of previous skills. All his symptoms started one year ago, before that he is quite normal. Family history is +ve for similar illness in 2sibs, male & female, both died at the age of 6y.. Both parents are close relatives . O/E nice child look abnormal , ataxic, recurrent myoclonic fits. He is blind, deaf, spastic.CAT scan reveal mild brain atrophy. 1.What is the dx? 2.Can you suggest any treatment...?
Question Category : Neuroregression
Can u give me the work up for neuro degenerative disorders? i.e. when a child presents with regression of mile stones, how should we progress?
Question Category : Neuroregression
What's subacute sclerosing panencephalitis?
 
 
 
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