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Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Earlier Infantile Spasms
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SUMMARY: In order to evaluate the occurrence of psychiatric disorder following infantile spasms, a long‐term follow‐up study (between three and 19 years) was made of 192 children in Finland. Psychiatric disorders were found in 53 of the children. 24 had infantile autism (transient in 14 cases), 16 of whom were also hyperkinetic, as were an additional 29 cases from the whole group. Considerable muscular hypotonia was frequently combined with infantile autism, but both tended to decrease with age. Autistic children often had psychomotor epilepsy and temporal lobe abnormalities, which suggests that organic lesions with a specific localization may be a pathophysiological basis for autism. In addition, the hyperkinetic children had more focal temporal abnormalities in their EEGs than did the children without psychiatric disorders. RÉSUMÉ: Troubles psychiatriques chez les enfants ayant présenté des spasmes infantiles précoces Dans le but d'evaluer la fréquence des troubles psychiatriques à la suite de spasmes infantiles, une étude longitudinale à long terme (de trois à 19 ans) a été effectuée en Finlande chez 192 enfants. Des troubles psychiatriques ont été trouvés chez 53 de ces enfants. 24 avaient un autisme infantile (temporaire dans 14 cas), et parmi eux 16 étaient également instables psychomoteurs, comme l'étaient 29 autres cas du groupe entier. Une hypotonic musculaire considérable était fréquemment associée à l'autisme infantile mais les deux manifestations tendaient à diminuer avec l'âge. Les enfants autistiques avaient souvent une epilepsie psychomotrice et des anomalies du lobe temporal, ce qui suggère que ces lésions organiques à localisation spécifique pouvaient être le support physio‐pathologique de l'autisme. De plus, les enfants instables psychomoteurs présentaient plus d'anomalies temporales focales dans leur EEG que les enfants sans trouble psychiatrique. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Psychiatrische Erkrankungen bei Kindern, die BNS Krämpfe hatten Um die Häufigkeit psychiatrischer Erkrankungen im Anschluß an BNS Krämpfe zu untersuchen, wurde in Finland an 192 Kindern eine Langzeitkontrollstudie (zwischen drei und 19 Jahren) durchgeführt. Bei 53 der Kinder wurden psychiatrische Erkrankungen festgestellt. 24 hatten infantilen Autismus (in 14 Fällen transitorisch), davon waren 16 außerdem hyperkinetisch, wie weitere 29 der Patienten. Eine ausgeprägte Muskelhypotonie fand sich häufig im Zusammenhang mit infantilem Autismus, aber beide Befunde wurden mit zunehmendem Alter schwächer. Autistische Kinder hatten häufig eine psychomotorische Epilepsie und Auffälligkeiten im Temporallappenbereich, was vermuten läßt, daß das pathophysiologische Substrat für den Autismus organische Läsionen mit spezifischer Lokalisation sind. Außerdem hatten die hyperkinetischen Kinder mehr fokale temporale Befunde in ihren EEGs als die Kinder ohne psychiatrische Erkrankung. RESUMEN: Alteraciones psiquiátricas en niños con espasmos infantiles anteriores Con el objeto de evaluar la aparación de alteración psiquiátrica tras espasmos infantiles, se realizó un estudio a largo plazo (entre tres y 19 años) en 192 niños en Finlandia. Se hallaron alteraciones psiquiátricas en 53 niños. 24 tenían autismo infantil (transitorio en 24 casos), de los cuales 16 eran tanbién hypercinéticos, lo mismo que 29 otros casos del grupo total. Una considerable hipotonía muscular estaba combinada frecuentemente con autismo infantil, pero ambas alteraciones tendían a disminuir con la edad. Los niños autistas tenían con frecuencia una epilepsia psicomotora y anomalías del lóbulo temporal, lo que sugiere que lesiones orgánicas con una localización especial pueden constituir una base fisiopatológica del autismo. Además los niños hipercinéticos tenían más anomalias focales temporales en sus EEG que los niños sin alteraciones psiquiátricas.
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- Authors
- Riikonen, R., & Amnell, G.
- Venue
- Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1981-04
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- s44
- Pages
- 747-760
- ISSN
- 0012-1622 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8749
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- W2041788137
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- 179
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 1.98
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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