Low-dose phenobarbital for epilepsy with myoclonic absences: A case report.

abstract：:Factors useful to predict seizure frequency and duration of antiepileptic treatment of children with benign partial epilepsy and rolandic spikes were retrospectively evaluated in 72 patients seizure-free for at least 5 years and off antiepileptic drugs for at least 2 years. Three groups were considered: Group I, 11 pa...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Ambrosetto G,Giovanardi Rossi P,Tassinari CA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children treated for status epilepticus had low plasma phenytoin levels during enteral feeding, despite adequate oral dosage. The target range (10-20 mg/l) was achieved when feeds were stopped, or when intravenous phenytoin was used. Enteral feeding may interfere with the absorption of oral phenytoin thereby compr...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： O'Hagan M,Wallace SJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive impairments had been reported in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, what caused the impairments needed to be demonstrated, chemotherapy-related or the disease itself. The primary aim of this exploratory investigation was to determine if there were changes in brain function of children with acut...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hu Z,Zou D,Mai H,Yuan X,Wang L,Li Y,Liao J,Liu L,Liu G,Zeng H,Wen F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old girl with a mass lesion in the left deep frontal lobe was reported. Clinically, seizures occurred at 3 years and 8 months and became intractable around the age of 5.5 years. EEG initially showed focal spikes on the left fronto-central area and later developed into diffuse slow spike and wave complexes (D...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Honda K,Shinomiya N,Nomura Y,Sato K,Segawa M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cerebellar ataxia is usually thought to be of cerebellar origin. We report two children with congenital cerebellar ataxia, in whom neuroimaging investigations suggest the possibility of a parietal etiology. The two boys showed hypotonia, delayed motor and cognitive development followed by marked, truncally ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Steinlin M,Schmitt B,Ferrini B

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with herpes simplex encephalitis developed diffuse brain lesions involving the white matter of both cerebral hemispheres. These lesions in the white matter were clearly observed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the T2-weighted sequence, and were found to have spontaneously disappeared on subse...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Tamura T,Morikawa A,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cell tumors originating in the posterior fossa are very rare. Described herein is a case of primary germ cell tumor (yolk sac tumor) found in the cerebellar vermis. A 5-year-old boy who complained of headache was admitted. CT and MRI revealed a tumor with diffuse enhancement by contrast medium in the right cerebe...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Nakase H,Ohnishi H,Touho H,Karasawa J,Tsunoda S

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This trial sought to evaluate our experience using the antimigraine prophylactic drug, use of valproate for the prophylactic management of cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) in children. Thirteen children diagnosed with severe CVS were enrolled. Prophylactic therapy consisted of valproate administered at a dose of 10-40 m...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hikita T,Kodama H,Nakamoto N,Kaga F,Amakata K,Ogita K,Kaneko S,Fujii Y,Yanagawa Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated potential renal functional impairment induced by chronic use of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) in 79 epileptic children. They were divided into five groups: valproic acid (VPA) monotherapy where the serum concentration (SC) of VPA was no less than 60 micrograms/ml (VPA [SC > or = 60]) (15 cases), VPA mono...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Otsuka T,Sunaga Y,Hikima A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of status epilepticus are reported, whose seizures responded well to the injection of flunitrazepam. One patient had generalized tonic clonic seizures and the other had partial seizures. The improvement of their condition was confirmed by both clinical and electroencephalographic examinations. There were no ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Ono J,Mimaki T,Tagawa T,Tanaka J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old male patient, who had suffered from intractable convulsions from the neonatal period, is presented. Serial brain images suggested slow, gradual destruction of neural elements. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA was detected in his cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by means of the polymerase chain reaction. Intrath...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kohyama J,Suzuki N,Kajiwara M,Shimohira M,Iwakawa Y

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary progressive dystonia (HPD) with marked diurnal fluctuation is caused by mutant guanosine triphosphate (GTP) cyclohydrolase I (GCH). The clinical presentation of dominant HPD varies considerably. We proposed the hypothesis that a relative increase of mutant GCH capable of inhibiting normal GCH is responsible...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Ueno S,Hirano M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl presented with talipes equinus of both legs, attenuation of upper and lower limb tendon reflexes, thermal hyperalgesia, and reduction of vibratory sensation. On clinical examination, muscle twitches of fingers of both hands, as well as the abductor halluces and the dorsal interossei muscles of the r...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Oguri M,Saito Y,Okazaki T,Matsumura W,Ohno K,Togawa M,Fukuda C,Saito Y,Nishino I,Maegaki Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the cerebellum, medulla oblongata and pons was investigated in 26 normal human brains, ranging from 20 weeks of gestation (GW) to adulthood by means of an immunohistochemical method. Immunoreactivity to MCP-1 was observed in neurons of the c...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Meng SZ,Oka A,Takashima S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many benzodiazepines used as anticonvulsants have nitrogen radicals in positions 1 and 4. Clobazam has nitrogen radicals in positions 1 and 5. We studied the antiepileptic effect of clobazam in 36 patients with intractable epilepsies in childhood. Their ages were 1 year 1 month to 16 years 5 months (mean 8 years). The...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Shimizu H,Abe J,Futagi Y,Onoe S,Tagawa T,Mimaki T,Yamatodani A,Kato M,Kamio M,Sumi K,Sugita T,Yabuuchi H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) activity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of normal infants (n:14) and children (n:28) was determined by measuring the amount of 14CO2 released from L-[1-14C]-glutamic acid. The mean GAD activity in CSF of infants and children was 5.2 +/- 2.5 pmol CO2 formed/hr/ml. Dividing these subj...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Tada H

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three patients with the limb pain of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in childhood with autonomic nervous system function involvement. Their autonomic nerve abnormality was non-invasively examined by means of laser doppler flowmetry (LDF) and a sympathetic skin response (SSR) test. In one it was resol...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Matsui M,Ito M,Tomoda A,Miike T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female was diagnosed as a late variant form of infantile Krabbe disease at 1 year and 3 months because of the late onset of regressive clinical course, decreased motor nerve conduction velocities, high cerebrospinal protein concentration and partial deficiency of galactocerebrosidase (15.6%) in the cultured skin fib...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Okada S,Kato T,Tanaka H,Takada K,Aramitsu Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MPS type II (Hunter disease) results from deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfate sulfatase. Two forms of the disease have been recognized, based on absence or presence of progressive intellectual deterioration. This study aimed to assess activities of daily life (ADL) in 27 Hunter disease-affected Japa...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kato T,Kato Z,Kuratsubo I,Ota T,Orii T,Kondo N,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) associated with hemimegalencephaly. The etiological factors in previously published cases of EIEE are reviewed and attention is focused on the high proportion of cases associated with neuronal migration disorders. We suggest that idiopathic c...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Bermejo AM,Martin VL,Arcas J,Perez-Higueras A,Morales C,Pascual-Castroviejo I

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents 21 cases, found in the literature, of a CNS lesion (a tumor in 19 of them) associated with emaciation, anorexia and several psychic symptoms that had led to the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN). Anorexia and psychic disturbances preceded the neurologic signs and/or the correct diagnosis in all p...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Chipkevitch E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infections are a common cause of childhood stroke with variable presentation. The current case describes a rare infective cause of venous and arterial stroke in an immunocompetent girl with management implications. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 12 year old girl, presented with history of fever for 10 days, painful swe...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Gupta J,Chakrabarty B,Singh G,Singh S,Kumar A,Xess I,Jauhari P,Gulati S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 2-month-old boy who presented with apneic attacks as a manifestation of epileptic seizures at onset and eventually progressed to infantile spasms. At onset, at 2 months of age, apneic attacks were the sole symptom of epileptic fits. Although these seizures were accompanied by cyanosis, bradycardia was not ...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kamei A,Ichinohe S,Ito M,Fujiwara T

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the efficacy of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in treating Taiwanese children with West syndrome (WS) and the impact on long-term prognosis, 66 patients with WS (54 symptomatic and 12 cryptogenic) were collected from 1987 to 1998 in a medical center in Taiwan. A total of 53 patients were enrolled in this...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Lin HC,Young C,Wang PJ,Lee WT,Shen YZ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a genetic disorder with characteristic clinical and EEG findings. We report here the results of long-term follow-up studies on the epileptic seizures and EEG findings of 23 cases of deletion type AS confirmed by FISH analysis, including seven cases previously reported by Matsumoto et al. in 1...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Uemura N,Matsumoto A,Nakamura M,Watanabe K,Negoro T,Kumagai T,Miura K,Ohki T,Mizuno S,Okumura A,Aso K,Hayakawa F,Kondo Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seven-year-old girl with Krabbe disease presenting palatal myoclonus only when awake is reported. The patient was diagnosed as having Krabbe disease enzymatically at the age of eleven months. She developed rhythmical contractions of the soft palate, pharynx, larynx, lips and tongue at two years. The surface electrom...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Yamanouchi H,Kasai H,Sakuragawa N,Kurokawa T

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle ultrasound scanning is a non-invasive and painless technique for evaluating muscle disorders in childhood. We have performed ultrasound scans of the quadriceps muscle in 26 children with various forms of congenital muscular dystrophies. There were 8 patients clearly showing selective involvement within the comp...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Topaloğlu H,Gücüyener K,Yalaz K,Renda Y,Topçu M,Aysun S,Ozdirim E,Anlar B

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report seizures induced by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which were demonstrated clinically and electro-encephalographically, in a severely handicapped 7-month-old infant with West syndrome due to perinatal hypoxicischemic encephalopathy. Although tonic spasms (original seizures) decreased soon after starting...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Kanayama M,Ishikawa T,Tauchi A,Kobayashi M,Takasaka Y,Shibata H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic acidemias (OAs) have been detected worldwide in symptomatic patients using gas chromatography mass spectrometry. We diagnosed 188 Asian cases of OAs by analysis of urinary organic acids and investigated their clinical onset and outcome. Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) was most common (74 cases), followed by propi...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hori D,Hasegawa Y,Kimura M,Yang Y,Verma IC,Yamaguchi S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guillain-Barré syndrome and myasthenia gravis both lead to muscle weakness but the two combined is uncommon. Detection of these entities can help identify forms of autoimmune neuromuscular diseases that may respond to immunotherapy. This report sought to characterize the clinical features of these two entiti...

journal_title：Brain & development

authors： Hsieh MY,Chan OW,Lin JJ,Lin KL,Hsia SH,Wang HS,Chiu CH

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00