Publications by authors named "Susanne Holst Ravn"

The Cerebral Palsy Registry in eastern Denmark has been collecting cases using a uniform data sampling procedure since birth year 1979. Children are included by two child neurologists and an obstetrician. Information on pregnancy, birth, neonatal period, impairments and demographic data are registered.

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Aim: To determine the proportion of children with cerebral palsy (CP) who have cerebral and non-cerebral congenital malformations.

Methods: Data from 11 CP registries contributing to the European Cerebral Palsy Database (SCPE), for children born in the period 1976-1996. The malformations were classified as recognized syndromes, chromosomal anomalies, cerebral malformations or non-cerebral malformations.

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We present three patients with SURF1 mutations. In addition to Leigh syndrome all patients had hypertrichosis, a clinical sign that is not usually associated with Leigh syndrome. The hypertrichosis was not congenital and it was mainly distributed on the extremities and forehead.

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