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What Causes Brain Atrophy?
Sir,my nephew,when he was 4 years old,he suffered from , after a few days he was weeping.with the passage of time ,he stopped his speech.consulting more than three prominent neuro physian and asked for MRI.which shows brain atrophy.while the child is playing every day,eat well but looks abnormal. suggest please
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I really appreciate your concern your are being wrongly understood or informed in fact the brain atrophy is term apply to a aged brain (Person is above 80 or above 80 years old can have a atrophy of brain) and this is not applied to a age group of 4 years old but this could be Microcephaly, or agenesis of some part of cerebral cortex, this could be genetic, hope this information helps you have nice day.
Thank for asking to HCM
I really appreciate your concern your are being wrongly understood or informed in fact the brain atrophy is term apply to a aged brain (Person is above 80 or above 80 years old can have a atrophy of brain) and this is not applied to a age group of 4 years old but this could be Microcephaly, or agenesis of some part of cerebral cortex, this could be genetic, hope this information helps you have nice day.
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