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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hendriksen, Ruben G. F.
• Aalbers, Marlien W.
• Hendriksen, Jos G. M.
• de Die-Smulders, Christine E. M.
• Hoogland, Govert
• Vles, Johan S. H.

Titel

An Unusual Triad in Pediatric Neurology: A Case Report on Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Ist Teil von

• Child neurology open, 2016-01, Vol.3, p.2329048X16642948-2329048X16642948

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We present a case of an unusual triad in pediatric neurology: a currently 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and epilepsy who was later also diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We describe the clinical path that resulted in this exceptional diagnosis. This case report illustrates how different neurological disorders may overshadow each other. In addition, it demonstrates that every child with cerebral palsy and either an atypical clinical course or with inexplicable laboratory values—as well as every infant boy born to a theoretical Duchenne muscular dystrophy carrier—should be subjected to additional investigations.