Kawasaki disease with predominant central nervous system involvement.

abstract：:Limited data are available on optic neuritis in Asian children. Clinical profiles tend to vary with different races. We aimed to determine the clinical manifestations, visual outcomes, and etiologies of optic neuritis in Malaysian children, and discuss the literature of optic neuritis in Asian children. A retrospectiv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Shatriah I,Adlina AR,Alshaarawi S,Wan-Hitam WH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pediatric neurologist can fulfill a useful role as a subspecialty consultant concerning the fetus with a suspected brain disorder, given that neurologic disease may occur before the intrapartum period. Brain disorders detected in the neonatal period may also reflect fetal brain damage before dysfunction is first d...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant, 26 weeks gestation, had a stormy neonatal course; at 10 hours of age, initial cranial ultrasound apparently demonstrated a left subependymal hemorrhage placed somewhat medially with possible extension into the lateral ventricle. These ultrasound findings were present up to and including a study on the seven...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Imaizumi SO,Pleasure JR,Zubrow AB

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Very-low-birth-weight preterm infants have a higher rate of language impairments compared with children born full term. Early identification of preterm infants at risk for language delay is essential to guide early intervention at the time of optimal neuroplasticity. This study examined near-term structural ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Vassar R,Schadl K,Cahill-Rowley K,Yeom K,Stevenson D,Rose J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous electroencephalographic monitoring often detects nonconvulsive seizures in critically ill children, but it is resource-intense and has not been demonstrated to improve outcomes. As institutions develop clinical pathways for monitoring, they should consider how seemingly minor variations may exert substantia...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gutierrez-Colina AM,Topjian AA,Dlugos DJ,Abend NS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of death and neurologic sequelae in African children with cerebral malaria are undetermined. Because pathologic features are confined to the cerebral vasculature, perturbations in cerebral hemodynamics may be responsible. We compared the transcranial Doppler findings in 50 children with cerebral malaria...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Newton CR,Marsh K,Peshu N,Kirkham FJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical development in the first years of age for children with very low birth weight is not well characterized. We obtained high-resolution structural magnetic resonance images from children aged 18-22 months (16 very low birth weight/7 term) and 3-4 years (12 very low birth weight/8 term). Cortical surface area and...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Phillips JP,Montague EQ,Aragon M,Lowe JR,Schrader RM,Ohls RK,Caprihan A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxcarbazepine, a carbamazepine analog, was approved for use as an antiepileptic agent in the United States in 2000. A search of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System identified nine cases of oxcarbazepine-associated angioedema in pediatric patients aged 16 years and younger. W...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Knudsen JF,Flowers CM,Kortepeter C,Awaad Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most effective method for the screening and monitoring of optic pathway gliomas in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 remains a dilemma. Children less than 6 years of age are the group at highest risk for the development of optic pathway gliomas. Although an annual ophthalmologic examination currently is recom...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ng YT,North KN

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease is an uncommon chronic cerebrovasculopathy, characterized by progressive stenosis of the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and its main branches, in association with the development of compensatory collateral vessels at the base of the brain. The etiology is unknown, and was originally c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Currie S,Raghavan A,Batty R,Connolly DJ,Griffiths PD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisomal disorders are classified in two major groups: (1) peroxisome biogenesis disorders and (2) single peroxisomal enzyme/transporter deficiencies. D-bifunctional protein deficiency (OMIM #261515) is included in this last group of rare diseases and leads to an impaired peroxisomal beta-oxidation. D-bif...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nascimento J,Mota C,Lacerda L,Pacheco S,Chorão R,Martins E,Garrido C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alagille syndrome is associated with various ocular abnormalities, including pseudopapilledema or optic disk edema due to increased intracranial pressure. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the mechanism of intracranial hypertension in Alagille syndrome. Craniosynostosis is an unusual but significant cau...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yilmaz S,Turhan T,Mutluer S,Aydogdu S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression and characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomographic (CT) findings in 3 patients with infantile Krabbe disease (i.e., globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase deficiency) are reported. We obtained initial CT and MRI studies when patients demonstra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sasaki M,Sakuragawa N,Takashima S,Hanaoka S,Arima M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders. A better understanding of genotype-phenotype-histology correlation is expected to improve patient care and enhance understanding for phenotypic variability. This meta-analysis studies the correlation of NCL genotypes with cli...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aungaroon G,Hallinan B,Jain P,Horn PS,Spaeth C,Arya R

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Two visually impaired children with occipital infarctions are presented. One patient has profound impairment of his primary visual pathway but has good vision for traveling, while the other child presented with the symptoms in reverse. We believe that these two patients provide further evidence that the primary visual...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jan JE,Wong PK,Groenveld M,Flodmark O,Hoyt CS

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are benign intracranial tumors that usually become symptomatic in adults, rather than in children. Rare hemorrhages in these cysts can cause acute obstructive hydrocephalus and sudden death. We report a novel pediatric case of hemorrhagic colloid cyst in a 9-year-old girl who prese...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Farooq MU,Bhatt A,Chang HT

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbamazepine has been used successfully in the treatment of different movement disorders and was recently reported to be effective for nonhereditary chorea. In view of the significant side effects associated with the drugs currently used to treat chorea, we sought to further evaluate the efficacy of carbamazepine in ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Harel L,Zecharia A,Straussberg R,Volovitz B,Amir J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perifascicular atrophy of muscle fibers is generally considered to be a specific feature of autoimmune myopathies, dermatomyositis in particular. We describe a neonate presenting with hypotonia and weakness. A biopsy revealed atrophic and regenerating muscle fibers in a perifascicular distribution, and abnormal alkali...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nevo Y,Pestronk A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic spinal epidural hematoma (TSEH) is rare in children. Only three cases of TSEH were documented in the pediatric literature. This clinical note presents an infant with TSEH but no risk factors. Without magnetic resonance imaging examination, children with TSEH and minor symptoms may be missed and under reporte...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Alva NS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiel-Tison neurologic assessment at term has recently been updated for clinical application. Experience in this field, in addition to a better understanding of pathophysiologic characteristics of the immature brain, has taught us that an increased precision in assessing central nervous system function in the neonate ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Amiel-Tison C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients who undergo metabolic decompensation from urea cycle disorders, cerebrospinal fluid glutamine level may be a better marker of cerebral dysfunction than blood ammonia or glutamine levels. However, obtaining cerebrospinal fluid by lumbar puncture carries risk in these acutely ill patients with cerebral edema...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kojic J,Robertson PL,Quint DJ,Martin DM,Pang Y,Sundgren PC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychogenic seizures or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures occur in various mental disorders. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms can also imitate epileptic partial seizures, but detailed observations of this phenomenon are rare in the literature. A girl of 13 years was referred to the Department of Child Psychiatry because ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wolańczyk T,Bryńska A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute transverse myelitis is a rare Borellia burgdorferi-related neurologic complication in childhood. We present a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with a borreliosis infection. We also review clinical features in all five cases of Borellia burgdorferi-related transverse my...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Erol I,Kılıçarslan B,Saygi S,Demir S,Alehan F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical features and the muscle pathology in 2 patients with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) secondary to merosin deficiency and in 2 patients with sarcoglycan (adhalin) deficiency. Electron microscopic examination revealed sarcolemmal defects in non-necrotic muscle fibers in all cases. These pathol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fadic R,Waclawik AJ,Lewandoski PJ,Lotz BP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertigo, instability, dizziness, or equilibrium disorders are not usually considered as consequences of ophthalmologic problems. We present data indicating that ocular disorders can be responsible for these symptoms in children. In a population of 523 pediatric patients with vertigo or disequilibrium and referred for ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Anoh-Tanon MJ,Bremond-Gignac D,Wiener-Vacher SR

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric critical care survivors often suffer persisting multisystem health problems and are left with treatment needs that go unmet due to limits in current care models. We proposed that integration of neuropsychology into neurocritical care follow-up provides incremental benefit to the identification and ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dodd JN,Hall TA,Guilliams K,Guerriero RM,Wagner A,Malone S,Williams CN,Hartman ME,Piantino J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Although peripheral vascular thrombic events are recognized as a serious extra-intestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease, the occurrence of cerebral vascular events in association with acute exacerbations of this group of diseases is rare. In this article, relevant literature is reviewed and three children...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Keene DL,Matzinger MA,Jacob PJ,Humphreys P

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiepileptic drug felbamate has demonstrated efficacy against a variety of seizure types in the pediatric population, particularly seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Postmarketing experience, however, revealed serious idiosyncratic adverse effects not observed during clinical trials, including apla...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML,Roell Werner R,Schwabe MS,O'Connor SE,Marcuccilli CJ,Hecox KE,Chico MS,Eggener KA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00