Severe fetal acidemia and subsequent neonatal encephalopathy in the larger premature infant.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exome sequencing has recently been proved to be a successful diagnostic method for complex neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the diagnostic yield of exome sequencing for autism spectrum disorders has not been extensively evaluated in large cohorts to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed diagnostic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rossi M,El-Khechen D,Black MH,Farwell Hagman KD,Tang S,Powis Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Two patients with hemophilia and spinal epidural hematoma, who were treated successfully with serial Factor VIII infusions, are reported. This form of conservative therapy may circumvent the need for decompressive laminectomy and its attendant complications in instances in which the neurologic deficit is mild or stabl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Narawong D,Gibbons VP,McLaughlin JR,Bouhasin JD,Kotagal S

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid eye movement sleep distribution changes during development, but little is known about rapid eye movement latency variation in childhood by age, sex, or pathologic sleep states. We hypothesized that: (1) rapid eye movement latency would differ in normal children by age, with a younger cohort (1-10 years) demonstr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mason TB 2nd,Teoh L,Calabro K,Traylor J,Karamessinis L,Schultz B,Samuel J,Gallagher PR,Marcus CL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal group B streptococcus meningitis causes neurologic morbidity and mortality. Cerebrovascular involvement is a common, poorly studied, and potentially modifiable pathologic process. We hypothesized that imaging patterns of focal brain infarction are recognizable in neonatal group B streptococcal meningitis. A c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hernández MI,Sandoval CC,Tapia JL,Mesa T,Escobar R,Huete I,Wei XC,Kirton A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT 1A) is an autosomal dominant demyelinating polyneuropathy associated with a 1.5-Mb duplication of the p11.2-p12 region of chromosome 17, including the peripheral myelin protein-22 (PMP-22) gene (CMT 1A duplication). We report a male patient with a de novo CMT 1A diagnosed on cl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tachi N,Kozuka N,Ohya K,Chiba S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once-daily ethosuximide was used to treat 10 consecutive children with typical absence seizures. Three patients had gastrointestinal side effects which resolved when the same total daily dose was divided into 2 doses. Two other patients continued to have seizures on ethosuximide, whether given once or twice daily. Fiv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dooley JM,Camfield PR,Camfield CS,Fraser AD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alexia without agraphia is a rare disconnection syndrome characterized by the loss of reading ability with retention of writing and verbal comprehension. We report a patient who developed alexia without agraphia after undergoing a biopsy for a malignant glioma involving the left thalamus. A 15-year-old right-handed ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tamhankar MA,Coslett HB,Fisher MJ,Sutton LN,Liu GT

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Throughout the Middle Ages, most representations of the brain amounted to highly schematized ventricles housed within abstract squiggles of neural tissue. The works by the pre-eminent Flemish anatomist Andreas Vesalius in his De Humani Corporis Fabrica (1543) added considerably more accuracy and detail; stil...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sutherland-Foggio H

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ATP1A3 mutations have now been recognized in infants and children presenting with a diverse group of neurological phenotypes, including Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP), Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC), and most recently, Cerebellar ataxia, Areflexia, Pes cavus, Optic atrophy, and Sensorineu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sweney MT,Newcomb TM,Swoboda KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify reflex profiles in the first year of life in connection with categories of neurologic abnormality, eight primitive reflexes (i.e., the palmar grasp reflex, the plantar grasp reflex, the Galant response, the asymmetric tonic neck reflex, the suprapubic extensor reflex, the crossed extensor reflex, the Rossol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Tsikoulas IG,Kremenopoulos GM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidural hematoma due to birth trauma is unusual. The presentation is similar to subdural hematoma in the newborn, but the results of subdural puncture may be normal. The CT scan is diagnostic and early surgical evacuation may be lifesaving. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gama CH,Fenichel GM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial diseases comprise a group of complex and heterogeneous genetic disorders. Variable clinical features present a major challenge in pediatric diagnoses. From January 1984-June 2009, 69 patients were diagnosed with either syndromic mitochondrial diseases or nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases. Clinical mani...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

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

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：:The single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) findings in 2 patients with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome (OMS) who had similar symptoms in the acute stage of the disease are described. In 1 patient with encephalitis, SPECT showed increased blood flow in most of the cerebellum; the highest accumulation of the r...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Oguro K,Kobayashi J,Aiba H,Hojo H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension reflex of fingers was tested in several term and preterm infants. This reflex was found to be present as early as 28 weeks gestation in clinically stable preterm infants. Absence of extension reflex in infants is indicative of neurologic problems. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Modanlou HD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal lupus erythematosus, characterized mainly by congenital heart block and transient skin lesions, is usually self-limited. A patient with history of neonatal lupus erythematosus and congenital heart block developed central nervous system vasculopathy resembling moyamoya disease and hypertension at 17 years of a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Inoue K,Fukushige J,Ohno T,Igarashi H,Hara T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with the occurrence of behavioral and cognitive abnormalities in children treated with topiramate. A retrospective chart review of patients up to 18 years of age who had been treated with topiramate at a tertiary epilepsy center was performed. Behaviora...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gerber PE,Hamiwka L,Connolly MB,Farrell K

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:The relationship between the dose of ACTH and the initial effect was investigated in 41 children with infantile spasms. More than 0.015 mg (0.6 IU)/kg/day of ACTH was needed for a good initial response of seizures and electroencephalographic abnormalities. The relationship between the dose of ACTH and long-term progno...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ito M,Okuno T,Fujii T,Mutoh K,Oguro K,Shiraishi H,Shirasaka Y,Mikawa H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the many dire pronouncements of the moribund status of the academic triple threat, this species is far from extinct. Maintenance and, indeed, expansion of this pool of individuals requires their identification and support early in their careers, and nurturing and mentoring throughout their careers. Increasing ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Schor NF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of Behr syndrome remains uncertain. A 6-year-old girl with a progressive syndrome of optic atrophy, ataxia, myoclonic epilepsy, urinary incontinence, and pyramidal tract degeneration suggestive of Behr syndrome is described. Diffuse, symmetric white matter abnormalities were demonstrated by magnetic reson...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Marzan KA,Barron TF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic changes in brains from mentally retarded patients are often subtle and may be limited to abnormalities in the dendritic and synaptic organization of the cerebral cortex. Special methods may be necessary for their demonstration. This review summarizes data on dendritic and synaptic pathology in human mental ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Huttenlocher PR

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant therapy is usually contraindicated in patients with movement disorders such as tics or chorea. A young boy is reported who had benign hereditary chorea and attention deficit disorder, whose chorea, handwriting, and independent ambulation paradoxically improved with methylphenidate treatment. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Friederich RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two patients, a father and son, with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Although the father had the common phenotype, the son had a severe phenotype including early onset of weakness and fatal cardiomyopathy in childhood. Among the patients with severe phenotype of autosomal do...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Higuchi Y,Hongou M,Ozawa K,Kokawa H,Masaki M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old girl with clinically established tuberous sclerosis complex, and without signs of neurofibromatosis type 1, developed a right retro-ocular optic nerve tumor. After rapid growth for 1 year after its discovery, the optic nerve tumor demonstrated modest progression. The patient received the mammalian target...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sparagana SP,Wilkes DC,Thompson CE,Bowers DC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudotumor cerebri is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure in the absence of an intracranial tumor. It is most frequently diagnosed in obese young women, but it is also reported in children of all age groups, including infants. A variety of medical conditions have been suggested as pos...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Keren T,Lahat E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe brain disorders can be expressed as markedly abnormal encephalopathic EEG patterns in neonates who are usually neurologically depressed, with abnormal levels of reactivity and tone. This symptomatic group is now a minority of medically ill neonates as a result of more vigorous fetal and neonatal resuscitative e...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons must respond to a bewildering array of external and internal stimuli and must distinguish among them to generate an appropriate response or change in metabolic or electrical activity. Furthermore, the response of a cell to a given stimulus must depend on what else is happening inside and outside the cell at th...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Schor NF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregabalin is a new antiepileptic drug that acts at presynaptic calcium channels, modulating neurotransmitter release. We report on treating consecutive children with severe drug-resistant epilepsy in a prospective, open-label, add-on trial. Nineteen children (63% male) aged 4-15 years (mean, 9.7; S.D., 2.9) were incl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jan MM,Zuberi SA,Alsaihati BA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00