Botulinum toxin and cerebral palsy: time for reflection?

abstract：:Neural reuse is the process by which neural elements originally developed for one purpose are put to many different subsequent uses. In this brief review I will outline the role of neural reuse in the development of the brain. Special attention will be paid to elucidating and differentiating between two different mech...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson ML

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) provide a test population for the theory that elevated testosterone levels alter prenatal brain development and increase the risk of learning disabilities. Eleven subjects with CAH, five of their non-CAH siblings and 16 matched control subjects participated in two ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Plante E,Boliek C,Binkiewicz A,Erly WK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the underlying factor structure of the 46-item Flemish cerebral visual impairment (CVI) questionnaire, differentiate the factor scores of children with and without CVI, and examine the impact of comorbidities on factor scores. METHOD:The records of 630 children (386 males, 244 females; median age 77...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ben Itzhak N,Vancleef K,Franki I,Laenen A,Wagemans J,Ortibus E

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The ambulatory status of 74 neonatal intensive care unit survivors with cerebral palsy, excluding those with central nervous system malformations and syndromes, was assessed at eight years of age. Detailed examinations were completed at two and eight years of age; of the 47 who were sitting by two years, 46 became amb...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watt JM,Robertson CM,Grace MG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series aimed to characterize the clinical features, management, and outcomes of apnea in infants with trisomy 18. Participants in this study were infants with trisomy 18 who were born alive and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Kyushu University Hospital from 2000 to 2018. Retrospective analysi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Taira R,Inoue H,Sawano T,Fujiyoshi J,Ichimiya Y,Torio M,Sanefuji M,Ochiai M,Sakai Y,Ohga S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases with sensory peripheral neuropathies are reported. Case 1 presented with scoliosis, and cases 2 and 3 presented with abnormal gait. None had trophic limb changes, evidence of weakness, or a tendency to self-mutilation and each had normal motor studies on neurophysiological testing. Sural nerve biopsies sho...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bye AM,Baker WD,Pollard J,Wise G

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:An unusual presentation of biotinidase deficiency is described. The disorder classically presents in infancy or early childhood with intractable seizures, hypotonia, ataxia, hearing loss, dermatitis, and alopecia. A 5-year-old girl developed acute visual loss associated with optic atrophy, and disturbance of gait with...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rahman S,Standing S,Dalton RN,Pike MG

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of motor severity levels and temporal trends in an Australian population cohort and to review the distribution of Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels across cerebral palsy (CP) registries worldwide. METHODS:Data were extracted from the Vi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reid SM,Carlin JB,Reddihough DS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers whether pathological influences affect hand-preference among children with epilepsy or mental retardation, for whom there is no evidence of gross motor defect. Data on two tasks of manual skill were analysed for a group of over 12,000 children. The predicted association between poor skill with the...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental report may provide an inexpensive alternative to standardized assessments of children's development. We have adapted and validated a parental questionnaire on cognitive development for use with very preterm infants. Sixty-four 2-year-olds (28 males, 36 females) born less than 30 weeks' gestation (median 28.5 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Johnson S,Marlow N,Wolke D,Davidson L,Marston L,O'Hare A,Peacock J,Schulte J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The readability of health-related pamphlets intended for the British public was compared with that of English national newspapers. Many of the pamphlets were found to be less readable than desirable. Pamphlets issued by government departments (principally the Department of Health and Social Security) were assessed as ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nicoll A,Harrison C

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The operculum syndrome, not previously documented as a complication of tuberculous meningitis, is described in a three-year-old African boy. The appearance on CT scan correlates radiographically with anatomical descriptions of the operculum syndrome, and is useful in distinguishing the condition from pseudobulbar pals...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Moodley M,Bamber S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare thermal detection and pain thresholds in children with Down syndrome with those of their siblings. METHOD:Sensory detection and pain thresholds were assessed in children with Down syndrome and their siblings using quantitative testing methods. Parental questionnaires addressing...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Valkenburg AJ,Tibboel D,van Dijk M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：AIM:To investigate postural adjustments during reaching in infants at high risk for cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Observational cohort study in which 25 infants at high risk (11 males, 14 females) and 11 infants with typical development (six males, five females) were assessed at 4, 6, and 18 months corrected age. Reachi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Van Balen LC,Dijkstra LJ,Bos AF,Van Den Heuvel ER,Hadders-Algra M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisapride was used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux in seven children with neurodevelopmental disorders and in 15 children who were neurologically normal. 24-hour lower-oesophageal pH monitoring was carried out before and after treatment. The neurologically normal group had a statistically significant decrease after...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brueton MJ,Clarke GS,Sandhu BK

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of Rett syndrome is currently determined by a series of criteria, the first three of which are concerned with the initial period of normality. Using the Australian Rett Syndrome Database, information about this early period was obtained by questionnaires to paediatricians and families. For girls born bet...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Leonard H,Bower C

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of two EEG studies on adult patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) who had been treated early. Part I: the authors followed the EEGs of 34 PKU patients from birth to age 21. The frequency of abnormal EEG findings (especially epileptiform activity) steadily increased until age 12, then decre...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Pietz J,Schmidt E,Matthis P,Kobialka B,Kutscha A,de Sonneville L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the effects of oral stimulation with those of oral support on non-nutritive sucking and feeding parameters in preterm infants. Preterm infants (23 males, 20 females) born between 29 and less than 34 weeks' gestational age (GA; mean GA 31.2wks [standard error of mean{SEM} 0.39]; mean birth-weight 15...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Boiron M,Da Nobrega L,Roux S,Henrot A,Saliba E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive pediatric disorder that affects both muscle and brain. Children with DMD have mean IQ scores that are about one standard deviation lower than population means, with lower Verbal IQ than Performance IQ scores. For the present study, verbal skills and verbal memory skil...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hinton VJ,Fee RJ,Goldstein EM,De Vivo DC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three seizure types have been described in the neonate: electroclinical, electrographic, and clinical only. Controversy still exists about whether the episodic abnormal movements seen in some infants, which are not accompanied by simultaneous ictal discharges on the EEG, are true seizures. Twenty-four infants with sei...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Boylan GB,Pressler RM,Rennie JM,Morton M,Leow PL,Hughes R,Binnie CD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This systematic review investigated the availability of assessment tools to evaluate bimanual skills in young children (< or = 3y) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Evidence for validity, reliability, and clinical utility of the identified instruments was sought. METHOD:Ten electronic databases and grey literature w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Greaves S,Imms C,Dodd K,Krumlinde-Sundholm L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the architecture of the medial gastrocnemius in nine children (five males, four females; age range 6 to 15 years; mean 10 years 10 months, SD 3 years 6 months) with spastic diplegia by ultrasound imaging before and after a gastrocnemius recession. The children were ambulant (seven independent, one with a p...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shortland AP,Fry NR,Eve LC,Gough M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the level of evidence of speech, language, and communication interventions for infants at high-risk for, or with a diagnosis of, cerebral palsy (CP) from 0 to 2 years old. METHOD:We performed a systematic review of relevant terms. Articles were evaluated based on the level of methodological quality an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Chorna O,Hamm E,Cummings C,Fetters A,Maitre NL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bethanechol is a direct agonist of the acetylcholine receptor that was recently introduced in the therapy of gastro-oesophageal reflux. Acute dystonic reactions to bethanechol were observed in a 10-month-old infant who also demonstrated similar dystonic reactions to dopamine receptor blocking agents of two different c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shafrir Y,Levy Y,Beharab A,Nitzam M,Steinherz R

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate short-term (1y postoperatively; E1) and long-term (at least 4y postoperatively; E2) changes in hamstring muscle-tendon length (MTL) and lengthening velocity after hamstring lengthening in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Three-dimensional gait analysis was performed in 19 children (1...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salami F,Brosa J,Van Drongelen S,Klotz MCM,Dreher T,Wolf SI,Thielen M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compliance and maturation of visual acuity of 1245 2 1/2- to nine-year-olds was investigated. Testing was undertaken as part of routine surveillance. Ability to letter match, to achieve a binocular measure and to achieve monocular measures for children under three years was 89, 78 and 37 per cent, for children age...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salt AT,Sonksen PM,Wade A,Jayatunga R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 102 neurologically normal neonates with gestations between 26 and 40 weeks, without abnormality on cranial ultrasound, underwent evoked response testing. Satisfactory results were obtained for 90 per cent of the infants. Normal ranges with 95 per cent tolerance limits for the short-latency N1 component of t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Klimach VJ,Cooke RW

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00