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. 2020 Oct 22;10(11):762. doi: 10.3390/brainsci10110762

Table 4.

Clinical improvement with folinic acid treatment (based on usual clinical exam).

Before Treatment After Treatment (2 Months)
Seizure ++++ +
Myoclonia +++
  • ▪ less important

  • ▪ less frequent

  • ▪ less invasive

  • ⇨ up to the lack of myoclonia

Tremor +++ +
Cognitive functions Non measurable (due to seizure, myoclonia, fatigue, tremor, language skills, neuromotor skills and limited interaction)
  • ▪ improvement

Language skills
  • ▪ difficulties to speak

  • ▪ no spontaneous question

  • ▪ screaming, laughing and moaning.

  • ▪ speaks more fluently

  • ▪ makes spontaneous questions

  • ▪ makes short sentences.

Motor coordination
  • ▪ motor coordination disorder

  • ▪ better motor coordination: hands reuse

(for instance: she holds objects more easily, as a book, turns pages, eats alone, holds a pencil, stacks cubes, switches objects from one hand to another hand and draws on a board)
Neuromotor skills
  • ▪ no autonomous walking

  • ▪ needs a wheelchair

  • ▪ falls down (more than 2 per day)

  • ▪ improvement

  • ▪ walks alone or with partial assistance

  • ▪ stands upright

Interaction
  • ▪ no interaction

  • ▪ no eye contact

  • ▪ interactions around her

+: frequency.