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New Treatment for Down Syndrome Regression Disorder Helps Bring Darci Back to Herself

June 27, 2024

When athlete Darci suddenly became catatonic, her mom learned of a new Down syndrome regression disorder treatment at CHLA that is bringing her back to herself.

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CHLA Neuroimmunology Expert Jonathan Santoro Featured in Washington Post Article About Breakthrough Discovery in Down Syndrome Regression Disorder

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How an ICD-10 Code Is Improving Care for Children With MOGAD

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A neuroimmunologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles led an effort to create an ICD-10 code for MOGAD—helping to speed access to critical medications.

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Lifesaving Brain Surgery Rescues Buddy From a Rare Encephalitis

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Rasmussen’s encephalitis imperiled Buddy’s life. Doctors performed a hemispherectomy, disarming his epileptic seizures by separating the two sides of his brain.

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Gene Therapy Saves Greigh From a Paralyzing Muscle Disease

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Newborn screening found that Greigh had spinal muscular atrophy. He was sent to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where gene therapy saved him from paralysis.

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Linked by Their Hand Differences, Ramon and Ethan Forged an Improbable Friendship

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Limb Difference Awareness Month shines on two CHLA patients, born years apart with similar hand disorders, who connected through the hospital’s CATCH Program.

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As FDA Expands Approval of a New Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a CHLA Expert Weighs in

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The new approval opens the gene therapy to a wider range of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that worsens over time.

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A Trio of Specialists Help a Preemie Breathe Easy

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Born at 29 weeks, Sam suffered from subglottic stenosis, his airway so narrowed it was 95% closed. Doctors in CHLA’s Aerodigestive Program worked to rebuild it.

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