Megalencephalic Cystic Leukoencephalopathy
Abstract
A 41 year-old Japanese male diagnosed with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC) with subcortical cysts (van der Knaap disease), presenting at 1 year of age with macrocephaly, slowly progressing after 5 years, seizures beginning at 11 years, completely bed ridden at 18 years, and with long survival, is reported from Tokyo Metropolitan Higashiyamato Medical Center for the Severely Disabled, Japan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-7-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 55
Published on: Jul 1, 2003
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2003 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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