Mild encephalopathy with reversible lesions in the splenium of corpus callosum and bilateral cerebral deep white matter in identical twins

• Main Authors: Junko Tahara (Author), Jun Shinozuka (Author), Hitoshi Awaguni (Author), Shin-ichiro Tanaka (Author), Shigeru Makino (Author), Rikken Maruyama (Author), Shinsaku Imashuku (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Identical twin brothers developed mild encephalopathy at the age of 7.0 and 9.7 years (Patient 1) and 10.7 years (Patient 2). Patient 1 had influenza A at the time of his second episode, but triggering agents were not evident at the first episode. The triggering agents in Patient 2 were unclear. The...