Menkes Disease Presenting with Epilepsia Partialis Continua
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Menkes Disease Presenting with Epilepsia Partialis Continua
Aim. We aim to describe a female patient with Menkes disease who presented with epilepsia partialis continua. Case Presentation. Seventeen-months-old Saudi infant was presented with repetitive seizures and was diagnosed to have epilepsia partialis continua. Discussion. Menkes disease (OMIM: 309400) is considered a rare, X-linked recessive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a mutation in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6668,2090-6676
DOI: 10.1155/2014/525784