Spontaneous periodic hypothermia and hyperhidrosis: a possibly novel cerebral neurotransmitter disorder
Autor: | Eduardo Ferreira de Castro Neto, Marcelo Rodrigues Masruha, Jaime Lin, Maria da Graça Naffah Mazzacoratti, Luiz Celso Pereira Vilanova, Juliana Harumi Arita, Débora Amado Scerni, Esper A. Cavalheiro |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
Předmět: |
Medical knowledge
Corpus Callosum Agenesis Hyperhidrosis Hypothermia medicine.disease chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure Cerebrospinal fluid nervous system Developmental Neuroscience chemistry Cerebral cortex Anesthesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Agenesis of the corpus callosum Psychology Neurotransmitter |
Zdroj: | Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 53:378-380 |
ISSN: | 0012-1622 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03854.x |
Popis: | Spontaneous periodic episodes of hypothermia still defy medical knowledge. In 1969, Shapiro et al. described the first two cases of spontaneous periodic hypothermia associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Recently, Dundar et al. reported a case of spontaneous periodic hypothermia and hyperhidrosis without corpus callosum agenesis, suggesting that the periodic episodes of hypothermia might be of epileptiform origin. Here we describe two paediatric patients with spontaneous periodic hypothermia without corpus callosum agenesis and demonstrate, to our knowledge for the first time, altered levels of neurotransmitter metabolites within the cerebrospinal fluid. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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