Bilirubin encephalopathy
Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova, 89 (10):
45--48 (1989)Abstract
The author describes symptoms typical for children with bilirubin encephalopathy (the hyperkinetic patterns of infantile cerebral paralysis, audition deficiency, mental deficiency). During follow up studies (from 1 month or 1-5 years and up to 10-25 years) of children with bilirubin encephalopathy uncomplicated by prolonged asphyxia and derangement of cerebral circulation, the majority of them demonstrated the evolutional time-course of changes in motor disorders (from rigidity to athetosis and then to ataxia). Variants of neurosensory hypoacusis and peculiarities of secondary retardation of the mental development determined by audition and speech distress in children trained at the boarding++ schools are described. Preventive and treatment measures for these abnormalities are provided.