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The clinical, electrophysiological and neuroradiological features of thirteen patients suffering from progressive neuronal degeneration of childhood with liver failure are presented. The disease commonly presents very early in life with progressive mental retardation, followed by intractable epilepsy, and should be suspected clinically especially if there is a family history of similar disorder in a sibling. On computed tomography there are low density regions, particularly in the occipital and posterior temporal lobes, involving both cortex and white matter, combined with or followed by progressive atrophy. Typical EEG findings may be confirmatory.
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Kendall, B.E., Boyd, S.G., Egger, J. et al. Progressive neuronal degeneration of childhood with liver disease. Neuroradiology 29, 174–180 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327545
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