Rasmussen encephalitis: an update

KC Cay-Martinez, RA Hickman… - Seminars in …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare, devastating, progressive pediatric epilepsy. First
described 60 years ago, RE continues to present challenges in diagnosis and management …

[HTML][HTML] Rasmussen's encephalitis: from immune pathogenesis towards targeted-therapy

A Orsini, T Foiadelli, N Carli, G Costagliola, B Masini… - Seizure, 2020 - Elsevier
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a unilateral hemispheric encephalitis whose main clinical
features include refractory focal epilepsy or epilepsia partialis continua, hemiparesis, and …

Epileptic brain fluorescent imaging reveals apigenin can relieve the myeloperoxidase-mediated oxidative stress and inhibit ferroptosis

C Shao, J Yuan, Y Liu, Y Qin, X Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Myeloperoxidase (MPO)-mediated oxidative stress has been suggested to play an important
role in the pathological dysfunction of epileptic brains. However, there is currently no robust …

Upregulation of adenosine A2A receptor and downregulation of GLT1 is associated with neuronal cell death in Rasmussen's encephalitis

X He, F Chen, Y Zhang, Q Gao, Y Guan… - Brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a severe pediatric inflammatory brain disease
characterized by unilateral inflammation and atrophy of the cerebral cortex, drug‐resistant …

Rasmussen's encephalitis: mechanisms update and potential therapy target

C Tang, G Luan, T Li - Therapeutic Advances in Chronic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is rare neurological diseases characterized as epilepsia
partialis continua, invariably hemiparesis, and cognitive impairment. This disease is …

Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with autoimmune encephalitis: clues for paraneoplastic aetiology

R Iorio, V Damato, G Spagni… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) represents a complex syndrome
with diverse clinical manifestations and therapeutic outcomes. The aim of this study was to …

Epilepsy surgery for Rasmussen encephalitis: the UCLA experience

N Bellamkonda, HW Phillips, JS Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare inflammatory neurological disorder
typically involving one hemisphere and resulting in drug-resistant epilepsy and progressive …

Neuropathologie de l'épilepsie

S Tran, B Mathon, E Morcos-Sauvain, J Lerond… - Annales de …, 2020 - Elsevier
The neuropathology of epilepsy aims at diagnosing the cerebral lesions underlying epilepsy
that are obtained from epilepsy surgery, or rarely from biopsy or autopsy. The main …

Methylprednisolone pulse therapy in 31 patients with refractory epilepsy: a single-center retrospective analysis

T Kimizu, Y Takahashi, T Oboshi, A Horino, H Omatsu… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose We investigated the efficacy of methylprednisolone pulse therapy (MP) and
responder characteristics in patients with refractory epilepsy. Methods We reviewed medical …

An immunotherapy effect analysis in Rasmussen encephalitis

Z Liba, M Vaskova, J Zamecnik, J Kayserova… - BMC neurology, 2020 - Springer
Background Immune-mediated mechanisms substantially contribute to the Rasmussen
encephalitis (RE) pathology, but for unknown reasons, immunotherapy is generally …