Somatosensory testing in idiopathic scoliosis.

abstract：:Occasionally children undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermia and cardiac arrest develop a postoperative syndrome of acute chorea. The authors report the neuropathological findings in two such children surgically treated for congenital heart disease. Examination of the brain showe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kupsky WJ,Drozd MA,Barlow CF

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autism can occur in conjunction with a range of other conditions, the association with Down syndrome is generally considered to be relatively rare. Four young boys with Down syndrome are described who were also autistic. All children clearly fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for autism required by the ICD-10 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Howlin P,Wing L,Gould J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive calcification of the brain and the spinal cord at early infantile onset was observed in two siblings. They showed growth failure, psychomotor deterioration, deafness, vestibular dysfunction, microcytic hypochromic anemia, abnormal ratios of lymphocyte subpopulations, and slightly decreased bicarbonate on b...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yoshimura M,Hara T,Maegaki Y,Koeda T,Okubo K,Hamasaki N,Sly WS,Takeshita K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review aimed to synthesize current research evidence to determine the effectiveness of conservative interventions for infants with positional plagiocephaly. A systematic review was conducted, where papers were sourced from 13 library and internet databases. Research was included if published in English between 19...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bialocerkowski AE,Vladusic SL,Howell SM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the contribution of somatosensory evoked potentials after median nerve (MN-SEPs) and posterior tibial nerve (PTN-SEPs) stimulation in functional assessment of cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis in children with achondroplasia. METHOD:We reviewed MN-SEPs, PTN-SEPs, and spinal magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fornarino S,Rossi DP,Severino M,Pistorio A,Allegri AE,Martelli S,Doria Lamba L,Lanteri P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luce's choice theory provided the psychophysical basis for investigating the ability of cerebral-palsied children to detect passive movement of the elbow joint. The method included testing "yes" responses when the forearm was moved, and "false-alarm" responses of "yes" when no arm movement had occurred. The children w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jones B

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anencephalus in the largely rural areas of Oxfordshire and west Berkshire from 1965 to 1972 was ascertained from the files of the Oxford Record Linkage Study as 1-49 per 1000 total births. There was little variation within the area, but there was a marked increase in incidence over the eight years of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fedrick J

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anencephalic infants born to women who are very prone to bear them do not have a sex ratio appreciably different from that of other anencephalic births. Moreover, the sexes of affected cases in sibships containing exactly two anencephalic births seem to be distributed approximately binomially. Bearing in mind the corr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： James WH

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of nine randomised controlled trials of prophylactic vitamin E supplementation in very low-birthweight infants (less than 1500g) showed no statistically significant reduction in the incidence of acute retinopathy of prematurity. There was a significant reduction (49 per cent) in the incidence of intraventricu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Law MR,Wijewardene K,Wald NJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in an eight-year-old girl was recounted by Thomas of Monmouth in a mid twelfth-century English hagiographic narrative, The Life and Miracles of St William of Norwich. The child had deformities of both hands and both feet at birth, and she developed torticollis and probably ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gordon EC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cranial CT and MRI appearances of a 14-year-old girl with Parry-Romberg syndrome and epilepsy are described. The findings are compared with the two published descriptions of MRI and CT in such patients. MRI appearances in our patient differ from those published and may be consistent with a vascular malformation. T...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Taylor HM,Robinson R,Cox T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of clinically normal newborns, differing in the number of non-optimal factors in their obstetric history, were compared by measuring heart-rate response to a series of auditory stimuli. There was a significant difference between the groups in the direction of the average heart-rate response. The high risk" ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kittner S,Lipsitt LP

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe trends in prevalence, subtypes, and severity among children with cerebral palsy (CP) born moderately preterm (MPT; (gestational age 32-36 wks) or at moderately low birthweight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) in Europe. METHOD:We conducted trend analyses of data from 903 children with CP b...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Andersen GL,Romundstad P,De La Cruz J,Himmelmann K,Sellier E,Cans C,Kurinczuk JJ,Vik T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rolfing is a technique which involves the use of pressure on areas of the body in which muscle tendons adhere to each other rather than sliding over one another in the normal way. In this study, a series of 10 patients with mild, moderate or severe cerebral palsy underwent Rolfing Treatment, and the results were evalu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Perry J,Jones MH,Thomas L

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen consumption of 15 myelodysplastic children during walking and propelling a wheelchair was studied. In comparison to normal children, they walked more slower and consumed more oxygen per meter, but had a similar rate of oxygen consumption. A swing-through gait pattern was 33 per cent more energy-efficient th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Williams LO,Anderson AD,Campbell J,Thomas L,Feiwell E,Walker JM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one individuals (19 females, two males) with teenage-onset anorexia nervosa (AN), 19 of whom were weight restored, were assessed using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) 7 years after onset of AN, at a mean age of 22 years. For comparison we recruited a younger group without neuropsychiatric dis...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Råstam M,Bjure J,Vestergren E,Uvebrant P,Gillberg IC,Wentz E,Gillberg C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that there is a positive epidemiological correlation between the rates of premature delivery and intra-uterine growth retardation. This was tested across three series of live births, cross-classified according to gravidity and mother's age in two states, North Carolina (caucasians and blacks), an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Spiers PS,Wacholder S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equinus in hemiplegic children is multifactorial. In some cases it is due to a short muscle, in others to simple foot-drop, tonic spasticity, rigidity, compensation for a short limb, fixed flexion contracture at the hip, dominantly inherited forefoot deformity, forefoot equinus secondary to chronic toe-walking, or abn...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brown JK,Rodda J,Walsh EG,Wright GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating a sudden-onset concomitant squint from a paralytic squint in an ill child can be difficult, but the distinction is important in view of the neurological implications of the latter. Furthermore, the two types may co-exist, and four such cases are described. The causes of sudden-onset squint are discusse...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watson AP,Fielder AR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-articular subtalar arthrodesis with cancellous bone graft and internal fixation was performed on 20 feet of 12 children with myelomeningocele, whose average age at operation was 7.4 years. Indication for surgery was progressive hindfoot valgus deformity causing difficulty in fitting orthoses. At average follow-u...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Aronson DD,Middleton DL

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess various aspects of visual function in children with single-suture, non-syndromic craniosynostosis. Thirty-eight infants (28 males, 10 females; age range 3.5-13mo, mean age 7mo, 11 with plagiocephaly, 12 with trigonocephaly, and 15 with scaphocephaly), were assessed with a battery of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ricci D,Vasco G,Baranello G,Salerni A,Amante R,Tamburrini G,Dickmann A,Di Rocco C,Velardi F,Mercuri E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Early sucking and swallowing problems may be potential markers of neonatal brain injury and assist in identifying those infants at increased risk of adverse outcomes, but the relation between early sucking and swallowing problems and neonatal brain injury has not been established. The aim of the review was, therefo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Slattery J,Morgan A,Douglas J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine dimensionality and item-level properties of the Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ) 22-item skill set using factor and Rasch analyses. METHOD:A retrospective review of parent-reported FAQ 22-item skill set data was conducted of 485 individuals (273 males, 212 females; mean age 9 y 10 mo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gorton GE 3rd,Stout JL,Bagley AM,Bevans K,Novacheck TF,Tucker CA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, and multisystem disease, characterized by cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, progressive respiratory failure, and an increased risk of malignancies. It demands specialized care tailored to the individual patient's needs. Besides the c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van Os NJH,Haaxma CA,van der Flier M,Merkus PJFM,van Deuren M,de Groot IJM,Loeffen J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Willemsen MAAP,A-T Study Group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in epilepsy, and to better understand the relationship and comorbidity between these disorders. METHOD:PsychINFO and PubMed were searched for articles published in the past 15 years that examined the prevalence of ASD in individuals with ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Strasser L,Downes M,Kung J,Cross JH,De Haan M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:gastrostomy feeding children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) improves weight gain but may cause excess deposition of body fat. This study was designed to investigate whether weight gain could be achieved without an adverse effect on body composition by using a low-energy feed in gastrostomy-fed chil...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vernon-Roberts A,Wells J,Grant H,Alder N,Vadamalayan B,Eltumi M,Sullivan PB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was made of levels of lactate and hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of 57 term neonates, in relation to the time elapsed since delivery, neonatal examinations (Apgar score, neurological symptoms and EEG findings) and psychomotor outcome at one year of age. Serum det...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalens B,Viallard JL,Raynaud EJ,Dastuge B

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial calcification (ICC) is a common finding on neuroimaging in paediatric neurology practice. In approximately half of all cases the calcification occurs in damaged, neoplastic, or malformed brain. For the large number of other disorders in which ICC occurs, no common pathogenetic mechanism can be suggested. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Livingston JH,Stivaros S,Warren D,Crow YJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors looked for differences in the energy expenditure patterns of ambulant children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Oxygen consumption was measured according to type of cerebral palsy or level of spina bifida lesion, and in healthy children. The rate of oxygen consumption (mL/kg/min) was significantly hig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Duffy CM,Hill AE,Cosgrove AP,Corry IS,Graham HK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a total population-based cohort study of over 500 surviving children born in 1974, 1975 and 1976, who were identified as having been a low birthweight (less than 200g). The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) diagnosed by age six years was compared for groups who had various antenatal and perinatal at...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Stanley FJ,English DR

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00