Abstract:
:The clinical profile of 33 children (19 boys, 14 girls) with multiple congenital contractures has been studied. The majority (54%) belong to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with a static clinical course. Children were classified into three groups: group I (limb involvement only; n = 21) having arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (n = 18), distal arthrogryposis syndrome (n = 2) and Streeter syndrome (n = 1); group II (limb involvement with other malformation or anomalies; n = 7) having congenital contractural arachnodactyly (n = 3), Larsen syndrome (n = 1), multiple pterygium syndrome (n = 1), craniocarpotarsal dystrophy (n = 1), and Schwartz Jampel syndrome (n = 1); and group III (limb involvement with central nervous system dysfunction or mental retardation; n = 5) having myotonia dystrophica (n = 2), congenital muscular dystrophy (n = 1), foetal alcohol syndrome (n = 1) and Pena-Shokeir syndrome (n = 1). Three children died, one each of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, congenital contractural arachnodactyly and myotonia dystrophica. The majority had a good prognosis with independent function and mobility.
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Brain Devjournal_title
Brain & developmentauthors
Wong Vdoi
10.1016/s0387-7604(96)00557-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-04-01 00:00:00pages
187-96issue
3eissn
0387-7604issn
1872-7131pii
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19pub_type
杂志文章abstract:AIM:The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) has not decreased in developed countries over the past 30 years. We examined gestational age-specific trends in the prevalence of CP. METHODS:This unselected, population-based study was conducted in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan (10,000 deliveries annually), where 102,999 deliver...
journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2015.10.002
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2007.04.004
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2008.04.006
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(89)80017-8
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2009.09.014
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2008.07.008
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2013.05.003
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(86)80118-8
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2011.06.005
更新日期:2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2015.07.007
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.010
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00229-7
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2011.11.004
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2013.08.002
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2012.11.010
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2017.09.004
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00192-9
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00110-4
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The neuropathological characteristics and alteration of the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) were investigated in 27 cases of hypoxic-ischemic basal ganglia necrosis (BGN) by means of neuropathological and immunohistochemical methods. Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic BGN manifested neuronal karyorrhexis as well as eosinophilia, k...
journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(98)00003-5
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(03)00054-8
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(12)80054-4
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0387-7604(00)00174-1
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2010.07.013
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2008.04.004
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2009.03.007
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0387-7604(94)90076-0
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Environmental enrichment results in many modifications in the brain such as structural, behavioural, and biochemical changes. alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type receptors for excitatory amino acid glutamate are recently found to be involved in neuronal plasticity. In this study, we ex...
journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2004.07.006
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2012.05.002
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eye and brain involvement in congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) constitute a distinct group with a spectrum of brain malformations. We report two such CMD patients among our series of 58 cases with CMD. Despite known clinical and neuroradiological overlap, we tend to classify them into specific syndromes, though th...
journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0387-7604(95)00047-f
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in one patient with merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDCMD) revealed significant metabolite (choline, creatine, N-acetyl aspartate) level reductions, fractional anisotropy (FA) reduction and increased apparent diffusion coef...
journal_title:Brain & development
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2006.10.004
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00