Research Article

Lesions of Acetylcholine Neurons in Refractory Epilepsy

Table 1

Summary of the subjects in the pathological analysis.

Age/sexCause of death

Control
 4 m/malePeritonitis
 1 y/male Malignant lymphoma
 6 y/male Acute leukemia
 22 y/male DIC
 29 y/male Migraine
 38 y/female Heart failure

Etiology

West syndrome/Lennox-Gastaut syndrome  
 5 y/femaleLissencephaly
 8 y/maleLissencephaly
 10 y/femaleLissencephaly
 13 y/male Perinatal HIE
 18 y/male Perinatal HIE
 21 y/maleLissencephaly
West syndrome only
 5 y/female
Microdysgenesis
 13 y/female
Microdysgenesis
 16 y/male
Heterotopia
 20 y/male
Perinatal HIE
 24 y/male
Porencephaly
 26 y/MaleMicrodysgenesis

Disease type

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy
 16 y/femaleJuvenile
 17 y/maleJuvenile
 21 y/maleJuvenile
 24 y/maleJuvenile
 27 y/maleJuvenile
 39 y/female Early adult
 40 y/male Early adult

m: months; y: years; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; HIE: hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.