Pediatric brain tumors and epilepsy.

abstract：:Neurocutaneous disorders are a heterogeneous group of conditions (mainly) affecting the skin [with pigmentary/vascular abnormalities and/or cutaneous tumours] and the central and peripheral nervous system [with congenital abnormalities and/or tumours]. In a number of such disorders, the skin abnormalities can assume a...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Ruggieri M,Praticò AD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache is a common problem in children and adolescents. Its recurrent and disabling nature may lead to use of neuroimaging to exclude secondary causes of headache such as Chiari I malformation (CM I). CM I has a variety of presentation with headache being the most common symptom. CM I can be asymptomatic and is also...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Victorio MC,Khoury CK

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Infections of the central nervous system are a significant cause of neurologic dysfunction in resource-limited countries, especially in Africa. The prevalence is not known and is most likely underestimated because of the lack of access to accurate diagnostic screens. For children, the legacy of subsequent neurodisabil...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Mallewa M,Wilmshurst JM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant disorder with variable expression. The complications are age specific. Neurologic complications include tumors of the peripheral nerves, nerve roots, and plexi; spinal cord compression; dural ectasias; learning disabilities; attention deficit; headaches; seizures...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Tonsgard JH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent headaches in children are most often migraines and are based in a genetic predisposition with a low headache threshold. As with any pain experience, there is a large emotional component associated with an attack of migraines that grows in amplitude as the headaches become more frequent and resistant to medic...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Farmer K,Dunn D,Scott E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 10% to 40% of children with epilepsy have treatment-resistant epilepsy. Persistent seizures have negative psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, and financial consequences and are associated with an increased mortality rate. Accurate syndromic and etiologic diagnoses are of vital importance because they may...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Skjei KL,Dlugos DJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been increasing recognition of the impact of childhood stroke and interest in the role of drugs in the acute, chronic, and prophylactic management of this condition. Most treatment strategies are based on studies in adults with stroke, and the relative infrequency of stroke and the heterogen...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Amlie-Lefond C,Gill JC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has contributed dramatically to our understanding of the newborn with neurologic problems. Recently developed magnetic resonance techniques, such as fetal MRI and MR spectroscopy, offer additional insight into normal and pathologic processes affecting the fetal and neonatal CNS. This a...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Bangert BA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants with congenital infections are at high risk for developmental disabilities. Because of this increased-risk status, they require comprehensive, longitudinal follow-up that should begin in the neonatal period with sensory, developmental, and neuromotor assessments as well as neuroradiological imaging. Reassessme...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Williamson WD

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The protein surplus myopathies have emerged as a newly recognized subgroup of morphologically defined myopathies within the spectrum of congenital myopathies because of the accumulation of protein aggregates, some of them mutant proteins. Currently, nosologic, including molecular criteria include desmin-related myopat...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Goebel HH,Borchert A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn screening has evolved from a single test for a single metabolite to a test that detects more than 90 metabolites on a single blood spot. In the past decade, the panel of newborn-screening disorders has rapidly expanded and will continue to grow as more is discovered about the human genome. It continues to be a...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Copeland S

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:The paroxysmal dyskinesias (PxDs) are involuntary, intermittent movement disorders manifested by dystonia, chorea, athetosis, ballismus or any combination of these hyperkinetic disorders. Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD), one of the four main types of PxD, involves sudden attacks of dyskinesias induced by volun...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Lotze T,Jankovic J

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：: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

abstract：:Global developmental delay (GDD) and intellectual disability (ID) occur in up to 3% of the general population and are even more commonly encountered in the setting of the pediatric neurology clinic. New advances in technology and in the understanding of genetic disorders have led to changes in the diagnostic approach ...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Flore LA,Milunsky JM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postural tachycardia syndrome is a chronic condition with frequent symptoms of orthostatic intolerance or sympathetic activation and excessive tachycardia while standing, without significant hypotension. Orthostatic symptoms include dizziness, lightheadedness, blurring of vision, near faints, weakness in legs, poor co...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Jarjour IT

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:The organization of language-relevant brain systems was examined in normally developing and language-impaired children. Atypical patterns of brain activity were observed in subsets of children with specific language impairment (SLI) for both sensory (auditory and visual) and language processing. However, it was not th...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Mills DL,Neville HJ

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Children with neurologic conditions benefit from international conventions, and national treaties, policies and regulations that safeguard their human rights. These regulations also exist to serve as guidance in the creation of comprehensive systems of care, inclusive environments, accessible societies and communities...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Shikako-Thomas K,Shevell M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00