Pituitary hemorrhage in hemolytic uremic syndrome.

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：:We report a 13-year-old female with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy in whom diffusion tensor imaging was useful for exploring subtle cortical malformation. She had frequent simple partial seizures characterized by clonic movement of the right upper extremity. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging was not conclusive...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Okumura A,Fukatsu H,Kato K,Ikuta T,Watanabe K

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:To evaluate the need for antiepileptic drugs after successful epilepsy surgery in pediatric patients, we retrospectively reviewed patients who had epilepsy surgery and were seizure free or had rare nondisabling auras during the first 6 postoperative months. Association between drug discontinuation and seizure recurren...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lachhwani DK,Loddenkemper T,Holland KD,Kotagal P,Mascha E,Bingaman W,Wyllie E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of an 11-year-old girl with a prior history of epilepsy and multiple episodes of status epilepticus who presented with generalized convulsive status epilepticus and left hemiclonic seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging, including diffusion-weighted sequences and spectroscopy, and neuropat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tsuchida TN,Barkovich AJ,Bollen AW,Hart AP,Ferriero DM

更新日期：2007-04-01 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:Neonatal neurocritical care is a growing and rapidly evolving medical subspecialty, with increasing numbers of dedicated multidisciplinary clinical, educational, and research programs established at academic institutions. The growth of these programs has provided trainees in neurology, neonatology, and pedia...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Smyser CD,Tam EWY,Chang T,Soul JS,Miller SP,Glass HC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the cerebellum in unfavorable outcomes of extreme prematurity is increasingly recognized. Evidence implicates both cerebellar injury and cerebellar growth failure, which, along with supratentorial lesions, aggravate motor and developmental outcomes. We describe clinical and neuroradiologic findings ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Ververi A,Anastasiou A,Soubasi V,Vargiami E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G(M2)-gangliosidosis is a neurodegenerative lysosomal disease with several clinical variants. We describe a 2-year-old black child with juvenile-onset disease, who presented with abnormal eye movements and cherry-red spots of the maculae. Mutation analysis of the HEXA gene revealed the patient to be a compound heteroz...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paciorkowski AR,Sathe S,Zeng BJ,Torres P,Rosengren SS,Kolodny E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the sensory evoked potentials in pediatric Wilson disease to verify their subclinical neurologic involvement and to elucidate the role of cirrhosis in abnormal evoked potentials in non-neurologic Wilson disease. Thirty children (17 male, 13 female), diagnosed with Wilson disease before 18 years, were enroll...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hsu YS,Chang YC,Lee WT,Ni YH,Hsu HY,Chang MH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient nonketotic hyperglycinemia is characterized by clinical and biochemical findings similar to those seen in classic nonketotic hyperglycinemia. Abnormalities in amino acids are partially or completely resolved in a period ranging from days to months. Almost all patients with the classic form of nonketotic hype...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aliefendioğlu D,Tana Aslan Ay,Coşkun T,Dursun A,Cakmak FN,Kesimer M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this mixed-methods study, utilization data for disease-modifying therapies were reviewed to determine the adherence rate among our pediatric multiple sclerosis cohort. Adolescents were interviewed to explore their experiences with multiple sclerosis and the impact of peer relationships on adherence to treatment. Se...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Thannhauser JE,Mah JK,Metz LM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the clinical manifestations, genetic mutations, treatment responses to L-dopa, and long-term neurologic outcomes in Taiwanese infants with tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency. From 1999 to May 2011, we enrolled six infants who had been diagnosed with tyrosine hydroxylase deficiency by identifying point mutatio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chi CS,Lee HF,Tsai CR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings, a 27-year-old man and his 24-year-old sister were diagnosed with classic transferase deficiency galactosemia at birth and were treated with strict lactose restriction. Despite well-documented dietary management, both siblings are mentally retarded and manifest a progressive neurologic condition character...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Koch TK,Schmidt KA,Wagstaff JE,Ng WG,Packman S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in a 13-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus, a history of multiple shunt revisions, and a stable prepontine arachnoid cyst, who experienced profound catatonic deterioration. After initial shunt placement at age 20 months, the patient had followed norm...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wachtel LE,Baranano K,Reti IM

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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：:Postoperative seizures are among the more common complications of cardiac surgery in children. These seizures have traditionally been considered benign, transient phenomena with little, if any, prognostic significance. We report 4 infants with early postoperative seizures following cardiac surgery who later developed ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： du Plessis AJ,Kramer U,Jonas RA,Wessel DL,Riviello JJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case reports of 4 pediatric patients illustrate the complex clinical scenarios in which childhood rhabdomyolysis/myoglobinuria occurs. Children ranged in age from 8-18 years. Presumed etiologies of rhabdomyolysis/myoglobinuria included Neisseria sepsis, exertion-related episodes, dialysis disequilibrium, and diabe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the protective role of lactate on the hypoxic brain in newborn rats. A total of 107 7-day-old Wistar rats were divided into three groups. The lactate accumulation group was given 5% oxygen and 95% nitrogen for 30 minutes. The lactate elimination group was given 5% oxygen, a con...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ohki S,Togari H,Sobajima H,Fujimoto S,Kobayashi M,Hyodo J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zonisamide is an antiepileptic drug developed and first marketed in Japan in 1989. Cases of oligohydrosis, characterized by deficient production and secretion of sweat, were reported in children treated with zonisamide in Japan during development and in the postmarketing period. Zonisamide was approved in the United S...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Knudsen JF,Thambi LR,Kapcala LP,Racoosin JA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to compare the neurodevelopmental outcome between very low birth weight infants with and without sonographic disproportionate enlargement of occipital horn. We retrospectively reviewed the brain sonography of all very low birth weight infants born at National Taiwan University Hospital b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tang MP,Chou HC,Tsao PN,Tsou KI,Hsieh WS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4 1/2-year-old girl with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and prolonged varicella zoster virus skin infection developed multiple ischemic strokes and radiologic and histopathologic evidence of central nervous system vasculitis. Typical features of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome encephalitis were not present an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Frank Y,Lim W,Kahn E,Farmer P,Gorey M,Pahwa S

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intranasal midazolam in the treatment of autonomic crises in children with familial dysautonomia, intranasal midazolam was administered at the hospital to six patients during nine episodes of autonomic crisis. Treatment was successful in seven of nine episodes of autonomic crisis...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lahat E,Goldman M,Barr J,Bistritzer T,Berkovitch M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant improvement in mortality rate, survivors of neonatal bacterial meningitis experience a significant incidence of neurodevelopmental sequelae. Neuropathologic studies have demonstrated vasculitis, arachnoiditis, and ventriculitis with secondary edema and encephalomalacia. Areas of cerebral infarction...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ment LR,Ehrenkranz RA,Duncan CC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain radiotherapy plays a central role in the treatment of certain types of childhood primary central nervous system tumors. However, damage to surrounding normal brain tissue causes different acute and chronic medical and neurological complications. Despite the expected increase in number of childhood prim...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Passos J,Nzwalo H,Marques J,Azevedo A,Netto E,Nunes S,Salgado D

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Syncope affects all age groups and is characterized by a brief sudden loss of consciousness followed by fast recovery. Vasovagal syncope, the most common type, is generally assumed to be due to venous pooling and an abnormal sympathetic response. In approximately 20% of cases, more than one family member is affected. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Daas A,Mimouni-Bloch A,Rosenthal S,Shuper A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep problems affect 30% to 80% of patients with mild traumatic brain injury. We assessed the prevalence of sleep disorders after mild traumatic brain injury and its correlation with other symptoms. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury were assessed at the New York University ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tkachenko N,Singh K,Hasanaj L,Serrano L,Kothare SV

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00