Methotrexate leukoencephalopathy presenting as Klüver-Bucy syndrome and uncinate seizures.

abstract：:Ninety term neonates with hyperbilirubinemia were studied with brainstem auditory evoked response to clarify the ototoxic effect of hyperbilirubinemia, and detect any differences in ototoxic effect between different levels of total serum bilirubin. The response threshold in these neonates was significantly elevated (P...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jiang ZD,Chen C,Liu TT,Wilkinson AR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with BH(4)-sensitive phenylketonuria. In neonatal screening, phenylalanine levels above 10 mg/dl were detected. In the tetrahydrobiopterin- (BH(4)) loading test, phenylalanine concentrations in serum fell significantly. Dihydropteridine reductase activity in blood, pterines, and neurotransmitters i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lücke T,Illsinger S,Aulehla-Scholz C,Sander J,Das AM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sarcoglycan alpha gene, also known as the adhalin gene, is located on chromosome 17q21; mutations in this gene are associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. We describe two Turkish siblings with findings consistent with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. The evaluation excluded a dystr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Diniz G,Tosun Yildirim H,Akinci G,Hazan F,Ozturk A,Yararbas K,Tukun A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare disease of young children. The typical presentation involves acute-onset flaccid paralysis in one or more extremities with a nonspecific viral prodrome. Long-term outcomes demonstrate that functional recovery plateaus around six to nine months. The purpose of this study...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paziuk TM,Tadley M,Aversano M,Kozin SH,Zlotolow DA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome X-to-autosome translocations [t(X;A)] are rare rearrangements with an estimated occurrence of 1 to 3 per 10,000 live births. Occurrences of Xq duplications have been observed in male and female subjects in whom the X chromosome segment escapes inactivation and results in functional disomy. We report a case ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jezela-Stanek A,Ciara E,Juszczak M,Pelc M,Materna-Kiryluk A,Krajewska-Walasek M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1991-2006, nine patients below age 18 years, with a microbiologic documentation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection and no evidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection, were identified and treated at Chang Gung Children's Hospital. All exhibited central nervous system involvement. Seven patients were fe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Huang KY,Huang YC,Hung IJ,Lin TY

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adolescent girl with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with selective brainstem dysfunction as the initial sign of central nervous system involvement. Although computed tomography was initially normal, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated multiple, large brainstem lesions. Serial magnetic resonance imaging,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： McAbee GN,Barasch ES

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：:Cardiac abnormalities, often heralded by electrocardiographic alterations, at times may become a serious problem in patients with neuromuscular disorders and occasionally lead to death. Electrocardiographic monitoring can identify patients whose conduction defects will benefit from the use of demand pacemakers. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arensman FW,Hartlage PL,Strong WB

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are an early sign of brain injury in newborns. These seizures are in most cases repetitive or associated with asymptomatic electrographic seizures. Despite the relative resistance of the immature brain to seizure-induced brain damage, there is more and more evidence that neonatal seizures impair normal brain ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Thibeault-Eybalin MP,Lortie A,Carmant L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetrical brachial plexus palsy, one of the most complex peripheral nerve injuries, presents as an injury during the neonatal period. The majority of the children recover with either no deficit or a minor functional deficit, but it is almost certain that some will not regain adequate limb function. These few cases m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Psychogiou K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dandy-Walker cyst associated with occipital meningocele is very rare. Only 12 patients have been reported. We report a female infant with Dandy-Walker cyst and occipital meningocele whose diagnosis was suspected antenatally by in utero ultrasonography. At birth, head circumference was normal for 37 weeks gestation. Sh...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Mimaki T,Tagawa T,Seino Y,Ohmichi M,Sugita N,Morimoto K,Yoshimine T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy had a gradual onset of post-exercise myalgia with progressive fatigue and dizziness. He had bradycardia (37 beats/minute) with low supine and normal standing norepinephrine levels (56 and 311 pg/mL, respectively). He had absent sympathetically mediated vasoconstrictor responses during Valsalva maneuv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fischer PR,Sandroni P,Pittock SJ,Porter CB,Lehwald LM,Raj SR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual symptomatology in childhood often presents diagnostic difficulties. Recurrent paroxysmal visual complaints, although typically associated with migraine, may also signal other disorders. We describe a 9-year-old partially sighted male with paroxysmal zoopsias resulting from Charles Bonnet syndrome. This conditio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mewasingh LD,Kornreich C,Christiaens F,Christophe C,Dan B

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of anti-muscle specific kinase-positive myasthenia in children has been little reported. Described here is the case of an 8 year-old boy who presented with ptosis and generalized weakness, which resolved within 1 month without any immunomodulatory treatment. This spontaneous remission lasted 6 year...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Anlar B,Yilmaz V,Saruhan-Direskeneli G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common cause of acute flaccid paresis in childhood. Few validated large-scale population-based data are available concerning pediatric Guillain-Barré syndrome, including incidence, risk factors, and initial clinical characteristics. METHODS:In the Danish National Patient ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Levison LS,Thomsen RW,Markvardsen LK,Christensen DH,Sindrup SH,Andersen H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocturnal frontal-lobe epilepsy is characterized by paroxysmal arousals, motor seizures with dystonic or hyperkinetic features, and episodic nocturnal wanderings. Carbamazepine is effective for seizure control in some of these patients, but seizures may be refractory to multiple antiepileptic drugs. We report on eight...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Raju GP,Sarco DP,Poduri A,Riviello JJ,Bergin AM,Takeoka M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous brain metastases are uncommon in childhood. Three patients and a literature review that includes centers reporting up to 36 years of experience are presented in this study. The total of 2,040 patients includes our three examples of one neuroblastoma, one hepatoblastoma, and one adrenal carcinoma. Cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Curless RG,Toledano SR,Ragheb J,Cleveland WW,Falcone S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare neurologic disorder of childhood and adolescence. We describe a 16-year-old boy who manifested the disease despite proper vaccinations. He was hospitalized because of bedwetting, involuntary limb movements, abnormal speech, and balance disturbances. Immunoglobulin G antibo...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Har-Even R,Aichenbaum S,Rabey JM,Livne A,Bistritzer T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolipid protein (PLP) is the major myelin protein of the central nervous system and is widely believed to play an important structural role in maintaining the myelin compaction. We have studied the early developmental changes of PLP with immunohistochemical methods. Our data demonstrate for the first time a compar...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Iai M,Yamamura T,Takashima S

更新日期：1997-10-01 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

abstract：:Sleep disturbances are common among children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This study sought to evaluate the effects of individualizing wear times of the methylphenidate transdermal system on sleep parameters. In this open-label, randomized trial, 26 children with attention deficit hyp...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ashkenasi A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electrographic status epilepticus in slow sleep or continuous spike and waves during slow-wave sleep is an epileptic encephalopathy characterized by seizures, neurocognitive regression, and significant activation of epileptiform discharges during nonrapid eye movement sleep. There is no consensus on the diag...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Carosella CM,Greiner HM,Byars AW,Arthur TM,Leach JL,Turner M,Holland KD,Mangano FT,Arya R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of low-dose clonazepam on seizure frequency in children with epilepsy was evaluated. In an open study, 19 children with epilepsy (15 generalized and four partial) were examined during hospitalization with recordings of seizures by trained personnel. Seizures were counted during two 24-hour periods: b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dahlin MG,Amark PE,Nergårdh AR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic nonsyndromic cerebellar hypoplasia is a radiological diagnosis with clinical features and a relation with developmental disability that are presently not known. Through a retrospective review of a comprehensive standardized computerized database containing more than 2,500 patients examined consecutively by a ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Shevell MI,Majnemer A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy can be used to assess brain integrity and maturation with age. OBJECTIVE:To compare regional cerebral magnetic resonance spectroscopy metabolite ratios in extremely low birth weight and healthy term control infants measured at term-equivalent age and to evaluate associ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bapat R,Narayana PA,Zhou Y,Parikh NA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination is one of several useful tools for early identification of cerebral palsy; however, cut-off scores for cerebral palsy do not consistently distinguish infants with hemiplegia from those typically developing. We hypothesized that use of an asymmetry score, in add...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hay K,Nelin M,Carey H,Chorna O,Moore-Clingenpeel Ma Mas M,Maitre N,NCH Early Developmental Group.

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:Chronic oral VP-16 (etoposide) is a chemotherapy regimen with a wide application in oncology and documented efficacy against germ cell tumors, lymphomas, Kaposi's sarcoma, and primary brain tumors. This study was performed to assess the toxicity and activity of chronic oral etoposide in the management of children with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess neurologic complications of pertussis infection. A file review of all children (age 7-18 years) in our hospital with serology-positive pertussis infection admitted from 1995 to 2005 yielded six patients with neurologic symptoms in whom electroencephalographic studies were performed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Eidlitz-Markus T,Zeharia A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00