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2004

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Full-Text Articles in Child Psychology

Identificación Y Diagnóstico Clínico Del Trastorno Por Déficit De Atención-Hiperactividad, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, Joaquín A. Peña Jan 2004

Identificación Y Diagnóstico Clínico Del Trastorno Por Déficit De Atención-Hiperactividad, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, Joaquín A. Peña

Psychological Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Caracterización De La Ceroidolipofuscinosis En Niños Venezolanos [Characterization Of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis In Venezuelan Children], Joaquín A. Peña, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, W. Delgado, M. L. Hernández, J. J. Cardozo, E. Mora, L. Soto-Faneite Jan 2004

Caracterización De La Ceroidolipofuscinosis En Niños Venezolanos [Characterization Of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis In Venezuelan Children], Joaquín A. Peña, Cecilia Montiel-Nava, W. Delgado, M. L. Hernández, J. J. Cardozo, E. Mora, L. Soto-Faneite

Psychological Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), represents a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders. Based on the age of the patient at onset, clinical course and ultrastructural morphology it has been identified three clinical types for the pediatric group: 1) Infantile NCL (INCL); 2) Late infantile NCL (LINCL); and 3) Juvenile NCL (JNCL). Other variants or atypical forms represent around 20% of the NCL in different populations. Genetic advances have made possible a better characterization, diagnostic and classification of these disorders.

Case reports: We present the clinical, neurophysiological, neuroradiological, and morphological data from 6 patients with NCL, who were assessed at the …