Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Acute encephalopathy is a common childhood disease,especially in the nervous system of infants and young children. Recently,a new subtype of childhood acute encephalopathy named acute encephalopathy with bi-phasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD)has been reported. The patients present with persistent febrile sei-zures,long - term cognitive impairment and local brain atrophy. Acute infantile encephalopathy predominantly affecting the frontal lobes is a special type of AESD,which mainly impair the frontal lobe the improvement of understanding and early diagnosis of acute encephalopathy in children is particularly important.