Sydenham's chorea as a presentation of Moyamoya disease.

abstract：:Although no single neurological manifestation is specific of mitochondrial encephalopathies, several neurological syndromes are clearly suggestive of the diagnosis. Muscle biopsy for histochemicals, biochemical, and mitochondrial DNA studies is frequently necessary to establish diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalopath...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Maertens P

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of sleep-related breathing problems varies with age. Ventilatory function may be compromised at the level of the brainstem, the autonomic nerves, or the upper airway musculature. These disorders are state-dependent, being impacted by both rapid eye movement and non-rapid eye movement sleep, and also by the ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Kotagal S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifactorial, pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder defined by the core symptoms of significant impairment in social interaction and communication as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. In addition to these core behaviors, persons with ASD frequently have associat...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Mostafavi M,Gaitanis J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Training in child neurology requires formal training in other aspects of pediatrics. This pediatrics training affords the ability to obtain a developmentally appropriate history and physical examination at all stages of childhood and adolescence and to provide anticipatory guidance to children and families of all deve...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Schor NF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many inherited metabolic diseases or inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) cause movement disorders in children. This review focuses on chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, tremor, and parkinsonism. Broad neurometabolic categories commonly responsible for pediatric movement disorders include mitochondrial cytopathies, organic aci...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Christensen CK,Walsh L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults treated in infancy for conditions such as spina bifida and hydrocephalus are not cured of their conditions even after reaching adulthood. However, patients who have received coordinated care within a children's facility are unlikely to find the same type of coordinated care when they become adults. This article...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Rekate HL

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scoliosis, common in preadolescent females is a finding which warrants investigation in any other age group or if the clinical or neuroimaging features are atypical even in the preadolescent female. The cause of scoliosis are numerous but include several important conditions some of which are treatable and some of whi...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Barnes PD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine serum antiepileptic (AED) drug levels and laboratory monitoring for drug toxicity have crept into clinical practice. The value of these routines is uncertain. Serum drug levels do not clearly improve seizure control, predict adverse effects, or influence compliance. Routine laboratory testing appears neither s...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Dooley JM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This neuropathologic case study illustrates the discovery of metachronous hemorrhagic infarcts insinuating round mass-like lesions by magnetic resonance imaging in the setting of childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system (cPACNS) raising diagnostic awareness of this unusual presentation in a clinical an...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Katsetos CD,Poletto E,Kasmire KE,Walleigh D,Kumar I,Pascasio JM,Legido A,Goldsmith DP

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood narcolepsy is frequently under-diagnosed. Hypersomnolence may not always be accompanied by cataplexy, sleep paralysis, or hypnagogic hallucinations in the early stages. Pathophysiologic considerations revolve around an altered central nervous system catecholamine-acetylcholine balance. Both idiopathic and sy...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Kotagal S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old girl presented with a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, which was transitory and, initially, of obscure origin. Subsequently, the patient's hypothalamic disorder emerged as a component of a steroid-responsive relapsing encephalomyelitis with cerebral pathology restricted to the b...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Breningstall GN

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discipline of childhood movement disorders is an exciting new area of specialization within the field of pediatric neurology. Establishing a formal educational system is an ongoing challenge that should include the standardization of movement definitions, the development of a formal classification system for exist...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Singer HS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are central to the translational medicine strategic focus, though strict criteria need to be applied to their designation and utility. They are one of the most promising areas of medical research, but the "biomarker life-cycle" must be understood to avoid false-positive and false-negative results. Molecular...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Bielekova B,Pranzatelli MR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial pressure (ICP) and skull volume are intricately related. Craniosynostosis alters skull volume, and the many forms of craniosynostosis complicate the relationship to ICP even further. Patients with single-suture synostosis are less likely to experience elevated ICP than patients in whom multiple sutures, c...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Bristol RE,Lekovic GP,Rekate HL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentation of patients with epileptic encephalopathies can be heterogenous. When attempting to classify a patient's epilepsy syndrome, challenges can arise due to the phenotypic overlap of various epilepsies as well as the different presentations of mutations within the same gene. Genetic testing can be...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Fine AL,Wong-Kisiel LC,Wirrell EC

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocytes have long been forgotten entities in our quest to understand brain function. Over the last few decades, there has been an exponential increase in our knowledge of central nervous system (CNS) function, and, consequently, astrocytes have emerged as key figures in CNS physiology and disease. Indeed, several p...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Chaboub LS,Deneen B

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermediate filament (IF) proteins are cytoplasmic and nuclear cytoskeletal proteins. Of the ~70 IF proteins, nearly 12 are found in the nervous system, where their expression is largely cell-type specific. Astrocytes express glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), whereas different neuron types contain neurofilament...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Quick Q,Paul M,Skalli O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in infant cardiac surgery have resulted in a dramatic decline in mortality rates; however, neurological morbidity remains an important concern. The effectiveness of a number of interventional strategies to prevent or minimize brain injury during open heart surgery are currently being investigated. This articl...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： du Plessis AJ,Johnston MV

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migraine is a commonly occurring headache syndrome in children and adolescents. Half of all individuals destined to have migraine begin their attacks before age 20 years. It is characterized by paroxysmal headache, nausea, vomiting, and desire to sleep. On occasion, dramatic neurological symptoms and signs accompany t...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Lewis DW

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two consanguineous siblings presented with developmental regression and emerging spasticity. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging in both showed diffuse leukoencephalopathy. Further investigation established the siblings as having complex 1 deficiency consequent to a novel homozygous mutation in NDUFV1, a nuclear-encode...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Breningstall GN,Shoffner J,Patterson RJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous neurosurgical approaches are available for children presenting with hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) associated with severe epilepsy. A concern regarding the impairment of short-term memory after resective surgery is promoting the exploration of less invasive alternatives like radiosurgery. Gamma knife radiosurg...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Régis J,Scavarda D,Tamura M,Villeneuve N,Bartolomei F,Brue T,Morange I,Dafonseca D,Chauvel P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of sudden unexpected death in people with epilepsy (SUDEP) is very frightening for parents of a child with epilepsy. The mechanism for SUDEP is unclear but is probably most commonly related to postictal respiratory insufficiency. Occasionally the cause is a cardiac arrhythmia induced by a seizure. Even...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Camfield P,Camfield C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate goal of treating status epilepticus is to provide the best opportunity for a good outcome. This review discusses the current literature on the outcome after status epilepticus in children, including the risk of recurrence, morbidity, and mortality. The outcome seems most dependent on etiology, with age an...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Ostrowsky K,Arzimanoglou A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric neurologists frequently encounter patients who present with significant musculoskeletal pain that cannot be attributed to a specific injury or illness, which can often be defined as pain amplification syndrome (PAS). PAS in children and adolescents is the result of a heightened pain sensitivity pathway, whic...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Namerow LB,Kutner EC,Wakefield EC,Rzepski BR,Sahl RA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between sleep and headache or migraine is powerful and an elevated comorbidity between these 2 disorders has been reported in either adults or children. This comobidity is linked to common neurophysiological and neuroanatomical substrates that are genetically based strongly. The first reports on this r...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Dosi C,Figura M,Ferri R,Bruni O

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood stoke is increasingly recognized, but studies remain largely descriptive. Important differences from adult stroke include the following: (1) frequently delayed or missed diagnosis, (2) heterogenous and overlapping risk factors, and (3) developmental differences in the cerebrovascular, neurologic, and coagula...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： deVeber G,Roach ES,Riela AR,Wiznitzer M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic vomiting is a variant of migraine that is discussed in depth. The importance of the diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, supportive and pharmacologic therapies is stressed. ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Li BU

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric movement disorders may present with psychiatric symptoms at many points during the course of the disease. For the relatively common pediatric movement disorder, Tourette syndrome, psychiatric comorbidities are well-described and treatment is well-studied. Managing these comorbidities may be more effective th...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Walsh KH,Soe K,Sarawgi S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric epileptic encephalopathies represent a clinically challenging and often devastating group of disorders that affect children at different stages of infancy and childhood. With the advances in genetic testing and neuroimaging, the etiologies of these epileptic syndromes are now better defined. The various ence...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Shbarou R,Mikati MA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy (CP) registers appear to be appropriate tools for answering questions regarding the prevalence and characteristics of this common childhood disability. Registers are population databases issuing from multiple sources, relying on a clear definition and inclusion and exclusion criteria of CP, and requirin...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Cans C,Surman G,McManus V,Coghlan D,Hensey O,Johnson A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00