West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in an immunocompetent adolescent.

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：:Amphetamine-derived medications are being prescribed with increasing frequency to younger pediatric patients to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Although choreiform movements were reported in adults with amphetamine abuse and in those under therapeutic treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ford JB,Albertson TE,Owen KP,Sutter ME,McKinney WB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fontan operation is one of the most common cardiac operations for children with congenital heart disease beyond the first year of age. Although the surgical mortality of this procedure has improved over the past 2 decades, the neurologic outcome in this population is not well described. We performed a retrospectiv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： du Plessis AJ,Chang AC,Wessel DL,Lock JE,Wernovsky G,Newburger JW,Mayer JE Jr

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:We report a previously undescribed electroencephalographic pattern of epochs of diffuse delta background (85-240 sec) alternating with epochs of classic "burst suppression" (90-270 sec) in a 13-month-old girl with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. A dramatic electroencephalographic improvement was evident on continuous monit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pascual-Leone A,Dhuna AK,Janousek ST,Talwar D

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seizures may cause added harm in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Specific recommendations about seizure treatment in this context are lacking. We sought to determine the scope of practice regarding management of non-status epilepticus electrographic-only seizures in this setting. METHOD...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： McNally MA,Hartman AL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to predict long-term neurologic and neuropsychologic outcomes in 22 children, ages 1 week to 14 years at the time of traumatic brain injury, was investigated using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy acquired post injury and compared with standardized neurologic, intellectual, and neuropsychologic testi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brenner T,Freier MC,Holshouser BA,Burley T,Ashwal S

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:We assess the prevalence of vision problems in a cohort of low birth weight infants at age 2 years and the relationship of these problems to neonatal brain injury. Data on prenatal and neonatal history and brain injury status were prospectively collected on 721 children weighing 500-2,000 gm at birth enrolled in a mul...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pinto-Martin JA,Dobson V,Cnaan A,Zhao H,Paneth NS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome is a metabolic encephalopathy that results from impaired glucose transport into the brain as the result of a mutation of the SLC2A1 gene. It has been recognized recently that these patients can present with a much broader clinical spectrum than previously thou...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ohshiro-Sasaki A,Shimbo H,Takano K,Wada T,Osaka H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant forms of the Guillain-Barré syndrome are characterized by their localized or regional involvement of the peripheral and autonomic nerves. As there is no single clinical or serologic marker for Guillain-Barré syndrome, diagnosis of this condition is based upon consistent clinical, laboratory, and neurophysiolog...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mogale KD,Antony JH,Ryan MM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old male was admitted with inability to walk and speech abnormality. He was diagnosed with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis on the basis of clinical and laboratory findings. Therapy with inosiplex (100 mg/kg/day orally) plus intrathecal interferon-alpha (3 million units/dose twice per week) and ribavirin...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Caksen H,Odabaş D,Anlar O,Ataş B,Tuncer O

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Rachischisis totalis is a rare open neural tube defect often associated with lethal acrania. When acrania is not present, mortality remains high and morbidity for survivors is extreme. PATIENT:We describe is a term newborn with in-utero diagnosed rachischisis totalis without acrania and Chiari II malformati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Meadows JT Jr,Hayes D Jr

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Epileptic activity, as a component of epileptic encephalopathies, can interfere with brain growth and development. Infantile spasms as a syndrome represent such epileptic activity during the period of spasms and hypsarrhythmia. The rate of head growth in infants with infantile spasms during the period of spasms has no...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rener-Primec Z,Lozar-Krivec J,Krivec U,Neubauer D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune-mediated, inflammatory acquired demyelinating syndrome predominantly affecting the white matter of the central nervous system. METHODS:We describe a three-year-old boy whose clinical presentation was suspicious for ADEM but whose initial imaging abnor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Abu Libdeh A,Goodkin HP,Ramirez-Montealegre D,Brenton JN

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High dosages of natural adrenocorticotropic hormone are used in many centers in the United States for the treatment of infantile spasms. However, lower dosages of synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone (tetracosactide) might be equally efficient as high dosages. We analyzed the treatment options for infantile...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Riikonen R,Lähdetie J,Kokki H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.07.002. The duplicate article has therefore been removed. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Removal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Disabella MT

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute myelitis represent common and very rare etiologies of acute limb weakness in children, respectively. Typically, demyelination is most common, limited to either the central or peripheral nervous system. Concurrent acute myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome are seldom reported. We retro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL,Lyu RK

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Two half-siblings with schizencephaly are presented. They have the same mother who had a normal cerebral imaging study. Only one other kindred was found in which 2 siblings had this cerebral lesion. In the present patients, autosomal inheritance from the mother is possible, but other explanations should include famili...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hosley MA,Abroms IF,Ragland RL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy presented with hypertension, seizures, lethargy, headache, and occipital blindness. He improved with antihypertensive therapy. Other reported children with a similar distinctive clinical condition are compared with adults with a syndrome termed reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy. Because both gray and whit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pavlakis SG,Frank Y,Kalina P,Chandra M,Lu D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal latency between an encephalopathic event and the onset of infantile spasms cannot be determined in the majority of symptomatic cases (e.g. genetic conditions, cerebral malformations). However, we can measure this interval when a previously normal infant sustains brain injury followed by infantile spasms. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Guggenheim MA,Frost JD Jr,Hrachovy RA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although brainstem immaturity has been postulated as one of the pathogenesis underlying cyanosis during feeding (CDF), there has been no widely accepted physiologic parameter that reflects brainstem function. We recently proposed that the dissociation index (DI), one of the phasic sleep parameters, is a reliable and q...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kohyama J,Watanabe S,Iwakawa Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers have been reported. All of these patients had central nervous system involvement. In this report, we describe the first patient with pure motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fukuda M,Morimoto T,Suzuki Y,Kida K,Ohnishi A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign paroxysmal torticollis in infancy is characterized by periods of torticollic posturing of the head. The onset of the episodes usually occurs during the first month of life and may recur at varying intervals until the age of 1-5 years. This appears to be a self-limited disorder. The follow-up of 7 patients with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cohen HA,Nussinovitch M,Ashkenasi A,Straussberg R,Kauschanksy A,Frydman M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a female with eyelid fluttering with absence seizures, infrequent generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and mild mental retardation. Interictal and video-electroencephalography evaluations revealed normal activity while eyes were open but continuous generalized discharges with eyes closed (eyes clos...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Senbil N,Soyer O,Turanlý G,Gürer YK

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute encephalitis and encephalopathy are life-threatening diseases in children. However, no laboratory examinations are performed for their early diagnosis and treatment. Alpha 2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a blood glycoprotein that increases during the early stages of inflammation. In the present study, we inve...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Hashimoto K,Hoshi K,Ito H,Kariya Y,Miyazaki K,Sato M,Kawasaki Y,Yoshida M,Honda T,Hashimoto Y,Hosoya M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old female was hospitalized with clinical and electroencephalographic evidence of acute encephalopathy. Five days later the classic signs of Kawasaki disease appeared. The neurologic outcome in this female was poor despite early treatment with immunoglobulin. Like many other vasculitidies, Kawasaki disease ca...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tabarki B,Mahdhaoui A,Selmi H,Yacoub M,Essoussi AS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00