Erschienen in:
01.07.2003 | Your Diagnosis
An 11-month-old boy with psychomotor regression and auto-aggressive behaviour
verfasst von:
Christina Chrysochoou, Christoph Rutishauser, Christine Rauber-Lüthy, Thomas Neuhaus, Eugen Boltshauser, Andrea Superti-Furga
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 7-8/2003
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Excerpt
An 11-month-old Swiss boy was brought to his paediatrician. He had been in good health and had developed normally until then, but his parents mentioned that over the previous 2 weeks, the child no longer laughed or played, was becoming more and more restless, and slept only 1 to 2 h a night. He was no longer able to crawl and to stand up, and he had lost weight. Clinical examination revealed swollen hands and feet with skin desquamation, axial hypotonia and brisk reflexes. The child sweated profusely, refused to crawl or stand, showed stereotypic movements of the hands (kneading) and repeatedly bit objects or his own hands. …