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A special
role of the NeuroScope™ in the clinical management of Rett
syndrome
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Our
award winning machine, the NeuroScope™, was used to characterise
the dysfunctions of the brainstem in Rett syndrome. Brainstem
dysfunctions in Rett syndrome is life-threatening and come in
the form of severe breathing disorders, swallowing difficulty,
sleep disturbance, agitation, and can in many ways resemble
epileptic fits that do not seem to respond to anti-epileptic
drugs. This can cause many worries to parents and carers and
indeed can cause apprehension to the doctors taking care of
such patients. Fortunately the NeuroScope™ can detect the
brainstem dysfunctions and guide the doctor in the clinical
management of such a difficult patient. MediFit Instruments
has asked one the leading experts in the brainstem abnormalities
in Rett syndrome, Dr Peter Julu, to give very brief descriptions
with visual examples of the various life-threatening dysfunctions
in Rett syndrome and to show how the NeuroScope™ can help
in the clinical management of such cases with so many variable
medical consequences.
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Julu, P.O.O
(2001). The central autonomic disturbance in Rett syndrome. In: Kerr,
A. and Witt Engerstrom, I (eds) Rett Disorder and the Developing
Brain. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp132-181. |
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