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Brain Development 37 (2015) 191–199 /locate/braindev Original article Prognostic factors for acute encephalopathy with bright tree appearance Junji Azuma a,b,⇑, Shin Nabatame a,b, Sayaka Nakano a,b, Yoshiko Iwatani a,b, Yukihiro Kitai f, Koji Tominaga a,b,c, Kuriko Kagitani-Shimono a,b,c, Takeshi Okinaga a,b d e a,b , Takehisa Yamamoto , Toshisaburo Nagai , Keiichi Ozono a Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan b Epilepsy Center, Osaka University Hospital, Japan c United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan d Department of Pediatrics, Minoh City Hospital, Japan e Division of Health Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan f Department of Pediatrics, Morinomiya Hospital, Japan Received 14 October 2013; received in revised form 6 March 2014; accepted 2 April 2014 Abstract Objective: To determine the prognostic factors for encephalopathy with bright tree appearance (BTA) in the acute phase through retrospective case evaluation. Methods: We recruited 10 children with encephalopathy who presented with BTA and classified them into 2 groups. Six patients with evident regression and severe p