Pearls & Oy-sters: Fatal brain edema is a rare complication of severe CACNA1A-related disorder

Neurology. 2020 Apr 7;94(14):631-634. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009223. Epub 2020 Mar 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrophy
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Edema / drug therapy
  • Brain Edema / etiology*
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Calcium Channels / genetics*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Consciousness Disorders / etiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Muscle Hypotonia / etiology
  • Ocular Motility Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • CACNA1A protein, human
  • Calcium Channels
  • Methylprednisolone