PMID: 697215Jun 1, 1978Paper

Kinsbourne's disease. Study of four cases (author's transl)

Anales españoles de pediatría
E Fernández-AlvarezI Bidegaín

Abstract

Four children who at ages from five months to three years developed an acute (one case), subacute (two cases) and chronic form (one case) clinical picture of ataxia, myoclonus, ocular dyskinesia and behaviour disorder are reported. In one of them there was, in addition mental retardation. Response to treatment with ACTH was successful. Clinical and evolutive characteristics of this process as well as the variety of ocular manifestations are emphasized.

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