Postural tachycardia syndrome in children and adolescents.

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 NeuroDevNet Autism Spectrum Disorder Demonstration Project interfaces at many levels with the network's research themes and priorities. Our interdisciplinary team aims to improve understanding of genetic factors underlying vulnerability to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) to develop better diagnostic strategies an...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Zwaigenbaum L,Scherer S,Szatmari P,Fombonne E,Bryson SE,Hyde K,Anagnostou E,Brian J,Evans A,Hall G,Nicholas D,Roberts W,Smith I,Vaillancourt T,Volden J

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:Creatine deficiency syndromes are a group of disorders of creatine (Cr) synthesis and transport characterized by intellectual disability, language delay, epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder, and movement disorders secondary to decrease of Cr concentration in the brain. Synthesis defects are treatable, therefore an earl...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Fons C,Campistol J

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:The heterogeneous childhood limb-girdle muscular dystrophies have originally been defined as a group of autosomal recessive and dominant diseases with progressive weakness and wasting of shoulder and pelvic-girdle muscles. Over the last 12 years, the underlying genetic defects for many of the diseases have been identi...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Straub V,Bushby K

更新日期：2006-06-01 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 success of transition for children and youth with neurological disorders depends on leadership from the pediatric neurology team to encourage and support the patient's firm knowledge base of the medical condition, gradual acceptance of self-management skills and confident self-advocacy. While the foundations of ef...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Brown LW

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 incidence and sex distribution of spinal cord injury (SCI) changes with age. Motor vehicle accidents, bicycle accidents, sports accidents, and violence are major causes in the pediatric population. Pulmonary complications may be severe and life-threatening in the acute phase. Chronically, the degree of ventilatory...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Zidek K,Srinivasan R

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Antiseizure medications and dietary therapies have associated effects on the endocrine system. We provided an overview of the relationship between epilepsy treatment and bone health in children with epilepsy. Additionally, we discussed the effects of epilepsy treatment on other endocrine systems including thyroid func...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： McNamara NA,Romanowski EMF,Olson DP,Shellhaas RA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Cerebral/cortical visual impairment (CVI) is characterized by higher order visual dysfunction caused by injury to the retrogeniculate visual pathways and brain structures which subserve visual processing. CVI has become the leading cause of significant vision loss in children in developed countries, but continues to b...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Kran BS,Lawrence L,Mayer DL,Heidary G

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common congenital virus passed from mother to fetus in the United States, and the most common acquired cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Neuroimaging in patients with symptomatic congenital CMV demonstrates abnormalities frequently, but many providers are unaware of the extent of t...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Moresco BL,Svoboda MD,Ng YT

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Many genetic conditions can result in ataxia. Careful clinical, radiologic, and genetic evaluation permits the specific diagnosis of many of these conditions, which in turn facilitates medical care for the patient and genetic counseling for the patient and family. Predictive, prenatal, and carrier testing are possible...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Nance MA

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:In this article, I consider in what sense bioethics is philosophical. Philosophy includes both analysis and synthesis. Analysis focuses on central concepts in a domain, for example, informed consent, death, medical futility, and health. It is argued that analysis should avoid oversimplification. The synthesis or synop...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Horn P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes language development from infancy through 8 years of life for a large sample of very low birth weight (VLBW) (high medical risk, n = 94; low medical risk, n = 132) and term (n = 134) children. Children of high and low medical risk status showed lower levels and slower rates of development compare...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Landry SH,Smith KE,Swank PR

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The cerebral cortex is the area of the brain where higher-order cognitive processing occurs. The 2 hemispheres of the cerebral cortex communicate through one of the largest fiber tracts in the brain, the corpus callosum. Malformation of the corpus callosum in human beings occurs in 1 in 4000 live births, and those aff...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Donahoo AL,Richards LJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and aggregation are common to many disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases referred to as "conformational disorders," suggesting that alterations in the normal protein homeostasis might contribute to pathogenesis. Cells evolved 2 major components of the protein quality control system to deal...

journal_title：Seminars in pediatric neurology

authors： Outeiro TF,Tetzlaff J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00