title: Deficient platelet-activating factor and related enzymes in hemimegalencephaly.
abstract: Platelet-activating factor (PAF) may influence neuronal migration, and gyral anomaly in hemimegalencephaly is believed to result from a neuronal disorder. A 7-month-old girl with hemimegalencephaly presented with intractable seizures, for which graded hemispherectomy was performed. In the resected specimen, we could not detect PAF, and related enzyme activities were low. These results suggest a role of PAF in neuronal migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan. yhira@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Setaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takaku
mesh_terms: D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase; D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000032:analysis*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000172:deficiency; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000379:methods; D011817:Rabbits; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D017855:Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups); C019863:ceramide cholinephosphotransferase; D010741:Phospholipases A; D043203:1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase