The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)

The Society of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회)
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A Clinical Case Report on the Schizencephaly with symptoms of Dysarthria

Schizencephaly(분열뇌증)환자에 있어 구음 장애 치험 1례

  • Kim, Dong-Jo (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-myung University) ;
  • Gong, Gyeong-Hwan (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-myung University) ;
  • Kyung, Hyuk-Su (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-myung University)
  • 김동조 (세명대학교 한방병원 내과학교실) ;
  • 공경환 (세명대학교 한방병원 내과학교실) ;
  • 경혁수 (세명대학교 한방병원 내과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.12.30
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Abstract

Schizencephaly is a form of the porencephaly in which there is a cystic cavity in the cerebral hemispheres. Schizencephaly is a congenital disease which consist of clefts that extend through the entire hemisphere from the ependymal lining of the lateral ventricles to the pial covering of the cortex. The etiology and the pathogenesis of this malady are not clearly estalilished. Typical symtoms is seizures, mental retardation, spastic tetraplegia and blindness. A case of schizencephaly which was treated through methods of the Oriental Medicine, and that met with good results, is reported.

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