Background: Bilirubin encephalopathy is a clinical syndrome, associated with bilirubin toxicity in the central nervous system, resulting in chronic and permanent sequelae. It has been estimated that approximately 60% and 80% of term and preterm newborns develop jaundice in the first week of life, respectively. In the present study, we aimed to determine the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality ...

how to cite this article: tavasoli ar, rostami p, ashrafi mr, karimzadeh p. neurological and vascular manifestations of ethylmalonic encephalopathy. iran j child neurol. spring 2017; 11(2):57-60.   abstract objective ethylmalonic encephalopathy (ee) is a severe mitochondrial disease of early infancy clinically characterized by a combination of developmental delay, progressive pyramidal signs, a...

The cardinal symptom of acute encephalopathy is impairment consciousness onset during the course an infectious disease, with duration and severity meeting defined criteria. Acute consists multiple syndromes such as necrotizing encephalopathy, biphasic seizures late reduced diffusion clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy reversible splenial lesion. Among these syndromes, there are both sim...

BACKGROUND & AIMS It remains unknown what the prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is in Taiwan, a highly endemic country for chronic viral hepatitis infection. It is also unclear whether abnormal serum cytokine levels can be indicative of the presence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy. We aimed to standardize the tests of psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score and predictive value o...

Background: The effects of magnesium physiology are contradictory to the neurotoxic effect of bilirubin, but the relationship between magnesium level and hyperbilirubinemia in neonates has not been well studied. In this study, we investigated the relationship between serum magnesium level and hyperbilirubinemia and hyperbilirubinemia complications at the Children’s Medical Center. Methods: In ...

acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (anec) is a specific type of encephalopathy. after viral infection, it  can be diagnosed by bilateral symmetrical lesions that are predominantly observed in thalami & brainstem of infants & children. although, it is commonly occurred in japanese and taiwanese population. the goal of this article is to report a rare case of anec in  north part of ira...