Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy in an acidotic child.

Impairment of pyridoxal phosphate dependent metabolic reactions in a child with subacute necrotizing encephalopathy.

Leigh's subacute necrotizing encephalopathy: clinical and biochemical study, with special reference to therapy with lipoate.

Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood; A Case Report

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a disease characterized by respiratory or gastrointestinal infection and high fever accompanying with rapid alteration of consciousness and seizures. This disease is nearly exclusively seen in East Asian infants and children who had previously been completely healthy. Serial magnetic resonance imaging examinations have demonstrated symmetr...

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy associated with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus in Turkey.

Influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy has been well recognized but not yet been reported with novel influenza A in Turkey. We report a 6-year-old boy infected with novel influenza A who displayed the typically characteristic clinical features and neuroimaging findings of acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Physicians who care for children should be aware of acute necrotizing encep...

Leigh Syndrome: An Unusual Rare Case Report

Leigh syndrome is a rare inherited neurometabolic subacute necrotizing encephalopathy mostly involving brainstem and basal ganglia, seen in the early childhood. It is characterized by progressive loss of mental and movement abilities associated with abnormal muscle tone, weakness, visual loss and respiratory failure. There is no effective treatment for this condition, as such the prognosis of t...