SPECT in focal enterovirus encephalitis: evidence for local cerebral vasculitis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanistic target of rapamycin inhibitors everolimus and sirolimus have activity against multiple manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex and are approved to treat astrocytomas, angiomyolipomas, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and epilepsy. Cannabidiol is a novel antiepileptic medication. There is lack o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ebrahimi-Fakhari D,Agricola KD,Tudor C,Krueger D,Franz DN

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of epilepsy encompass all aspects of life, including medical, educational, and psychosocial. Adults with intractable epilepsy who undergo epilepsy surgery and have seizure-free outcomes still have significant barriers in the attainment of improved quality of life. For this reason, there is increasing interes...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have an increased risk of long bone fractures. Such fractures are sometimes associated with brain dysfunction due to fat embolism syndrome, although this syndrome has seldom been documented in muscular dystrophy patients. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:We describe a child w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bugnitz CJ,Cripe LH,Lo WD,Flanigan KM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Triple A" syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive condition whose main clinical features are alacrima, achalasia, and adrenal failure. Most patients also develop some neurologic abnormalities. We describe an 11-year-old boy with triple A syndrome who presented with progressive axonal motor neuropathy. Molecular analy...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dixit A,Chow G,Sarkar A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leigh syndrome, caused by dysfunction in mitochondrial energy metabolism, is an inherited, heterogeneous, and progressive neurodegenerative disorder of infancy and childhood. From 1983 to August 2006, 14 cases diagnosed with Leigh syndrome were studied in terms of characteristic neuroimaging findings and abnormal mito...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee HF,Tsai CR,Chi CS,Lee HJ,Chen CC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the effects of lithium on metabolic and signaling pathways in the brain may vary depending on the specific clinical condition or disease model. For example, lithium increases levels of cerebral N-acetyl aspartate in patients with bipolar disorder but does not appear to affect N-acetyl as...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Janson CG,Assadi M,Francis J,Bilaniuk L,Shera D,Leone P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus is rare. Twenty-four cases were previously reported. Although hypomelanosis of Ito is a relatively common disorder, there was only one previous case in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome. We describe an 11-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome without facial nevus, coex...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Değerliyurt A,Kantar A,Ceylaner S,Aysun S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are members of a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. Mutations in neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta 2 subunit have been associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsies. A major challenge is t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Peng CT,Chou IC,Li CI,Hsu YA,Tsai CH,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn infant with seizures of unknown etiology that were refractory to treatment with phenobarbitone, phenytoin, midazolam, clonazepam, and vigabatrin is reported. The introduction of the new antiepileptic drug lamotrigine was followed by rapid and sustained control of the seizures. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Barr PA,Buettiker VE,Antony JH

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery is an extremely uncommon complication of pediatric deep neck space infections in the postantibiotic era, and poses a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. Early recognition and aggressive management are essential to prevent mortality and serious morbidity. We describe a pseu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sankararaman S,Velayuthan S,Gonzalez-Toledo E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity is one of the most common symptoms presented by neurologic patients. Apart from surgical management, drug therapy is an important treatment of children suffering from spasticity. In this review, recent advances in the pharmacologic armamentarium are reported in detail. In particular, there are oral medicati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Verrotti A,Greco R,Spalice A,Chiarelli F,Iannetti P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relatively high incidence of persistent post-traumatic headache and vertigo in children and adolescents presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. It is often difficult to differentiate between functional complaints generated by psychological trauma or compensation-seeking and symptoms reflecting an organic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Eviatar L,Bergtraum M,Randel RM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microcephaly-capillary malformation syndrome is a newly described neurocutaneous entity that is characterized by congenital and progressive microcephaly, intractable epilepsy, profound developmental delay, multiple small capillary malformations on the skin, and poor somatic growth. Recently, mutations in the...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pavlović M,Neubauer D,Al Tawari A,Heberle LC

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system is an aggressive infantile embryonal neoplasm, usually presenting as an infratentorial and intraparenchymatous lesion. We report on magnetic resonance imaging findings of a 22-month-old boy with a biopsy-proven primary rhabdoid tumor, presenting as a si...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bing F,Nugues F,Grand S,Bessou P,Salon C

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 16-year-old girl with muscular atrophy of a distal upper extremity (Hirayama disease). The disease progressed insidiously, and during our first examination, she exhibited weakness and wasting in the right hand, accompanied by cold paresis. No sensory disturbance was evident. A nerve conduction test reve...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hosokawa T,Fujieda M,Wakiguchi H,Oosaki Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to predict long-term neurologic and neuropsychologic outcomes in 22 children, ages 1 week to 14 years at the time of traumatic brain injury, was investigated using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy acquired post injury and compared with standardized neurologic, intellectual, and neuropsychologic testi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brenner T,Freier MC,Holshouser BA,Burley T,Ashwal S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenfluramine therapy has been reported to improve behavior in infantile autism and has been associated with a decrease in abnormally increased blood serotonin content. The primary central effect has not been proved to be serotonergic. Beta-endorphin is involved in the anorexic effect of fenfluramine and may play a rol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ross DL,Klykylo WM,Hitzemann R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classic L-dopa-responsive dystonia is characterized by the triad of dystonia, diurnal fluctuation of signs, and dramatic response of signs to low-dose L-dopa therapy. Dopa-responsive dystonia succinctly summarizes the relevant clinical features. However, literal application of this label or consideration of ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Friedman JR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal development of the central nervous system depends on complex, dynamic mechanisms with multiple spatial and temporal components during gestation. Neurodevelopmental disorders may originate during fetal life from genetic as well as intrauterine and extrauterine factors that affect the fetal-maternal environment. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Connors SL,Levitt P,Matthews SG,Slotkin TA,Johnston MV,Kinney HC,Johnson WG,Dailey RM,Zimmerman AW

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical rhythmic electroencephalogram (EEG) discharge is an uncommon rhythmic EEG pattern that has been reported to occur in adults. It is thought to be a nonspecific finding with little clinical significance. This article reports this EEG pattern in two children and suggests it be called subclinical rhythmic EEG ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nagarajan L,Gregory PB,Hewitt IK,Gubbay SS,Parry TS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting cerebral glucose metabolism was assessed by 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose in 11 Down syndrome patients. Standardized uptake values were determined on a pixel-by-pixel basis from the measured tissue-activity data. The results revealed a mean overall 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the Down syndrome patients close...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lengyel Z,Balogh E,Emri M,Szikszai E,Kollár J,Sikula J,Esik O,Trón L,Oláh E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with angiodysgenetic necrotizing encephalopathy or diffuse meningocerebral angiomatosis complicated by intraventricular hemorrhage, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and signs of heart failure is reported. The hydrocephalus and cardiomegaly were diagnosed by fetal ultrasonography. Based on these pathologic find...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arvanitis DL,Apostolidou IA,Routsis PV,Biskini EI,Kalpoyannis NS

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial examination of the cerebral hemispheres of 20 sudden infant death syndrome victims revealed high incidence of leukomalacia (40%), leptomeningeal glioneuronal heterotopias (70%) at the base of the cerebrum, and astrogliosis (65%) in the white matter and medulla reticular formation compared with 20 age-matched co...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Obonai T,Takashima S

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male with developmental dysphasia is documented with fine motor dysfunction whose improvement in expressive language was associated with increased cerebellar perfusion, as detected by serial N-isopropyl-p-[iodine-123] iodoamphetamine single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). His expressive language has bee...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Oki J,Takahashi S,Miyamoto A,Tachibana Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory event-related potentials (P300 latency; odd-ball paradigm) were examined in 129 patients with childhood epilepsies and 53 controls. The P300 latency in the patients with epilepsies (373 +/- 39.4 ms) was significantly longer than in controls (356 +/- 38.4), and the prolongation was greatest in the patients wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Konishi T,Naganuma Y,Hongou K,Murakami M,Yamatani M,Yagi S

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young child with Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome is presented. She was well until 8 years of age when she lost interest in activities and her school performance declined. At age 11 years, she began having episodes of blepharospasm, accompanied by bilateral ptosis and occasional episodes of oculogyric crisis. By age 12 y...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML,Chun RW,Gilbert-Barness EF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was the purpose of this study to compare the efficacy and side effects of lamotrigine (LTG) and vigabatrin (VGB) as add-on therapy in epilepsies of childhood resistant to conventional drugs. Retrospective analysis of the medical charts and electroencephalograms of 134 children (LTG 57, VGB 77) was performed conside...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dimova PS,Korinthenberg R

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year-old white male presented with a history of progressive loss of vision that was subsequently followed by progressive corticospinal dysfunction. Evaluation revealed the presence of leukodystrophy which was confirmed by a deficiency of the enzyme, galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase. We present the clinical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brownsworth RD,Bodensteiner JB,Schaefer GB,Barnes P

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporadic and familial hemiplegic migraines are rare paroxysmal disorders characterized by transient hemiparesis and headache. The distinction is based on whether other family members are affected. In 50% of cases, these migraines are caused by CACNA1 A missense mutations. PATIENTS:We describe a boy with a p...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sánchez-Albisua I,Schöning M,Jurkat-Rott K,Lerche H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcomes of 60 children unconscious for 90 days or longer following acquired brain injury are reported. Eight children who died had remained in persistent vegetative states. As expected, most neurologic improvement occurred within the first year after injury, although some delayed improvements were observed. Outco...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kriel RL,Krach LE,Jones-Saete C

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00