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Positive Response to Immunommodulatory Therapy in an Adult Patient with Rasmussen's Encephalitis Neurol 56:248-250, Villani,F.,et al, 2001 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare and progressive neurologic condition of uncertain etiology that typically has a childhood onset. The authors describe a 45-year-old woman with adult-onset progressive aphasia, right hemiparesis, sever e drug refractory epilepsy, and left cerebral hemisphere atrophy. High-dose corticosteroids and plasmapheresis were not effective. She improved with high-dose therapy with human IV immunoglobulin.

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