Publications by authors named "Oebo F Brouwer"
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- - The study aimed to assess how accurately early-onset ataxia (EOA) can be recognized compared to conditions like developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and central hypotonia, using scientifically validated features.
- - Researchers analyzed 32 children with diagnoses of EOA, DCD, and hypotonia through videotaped assessments by three neurologists, focusing on inter-observer agreement and phenotypic profiles using a specific scoring system.
- - Results indicated that while EOA could be reliably distinguished from central hypotonia, it was not easily differentiated from DCD, highlighting that incorporating scientifically validated EOA features improved consensus on diagnoses.
To act or not to act? Developments in prenatal and postnatal care for children with spina bifida aperta Until the middle of the twentieth century, newborns with spina bifida aperta had low chances of survival. Advances in the treatment of hydrocephalus, among other conditions, led to increased chances of survival during the 1960s. This also revealed the downsides of the treatment of spina bifida patients since some considered the quality of life of a number of these patients to be unacceptable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBenign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited epilepsy syndrome with onset between 3 and 12 months of age. It is characterized by brief seizures with motor arrest, cyanosis, hypertonia, and limb jerks. Seizures respond well to antiepileptic drugs and remission occurs before the age of 3 years.
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