Cognitive competence at the onset of West syndrome: correlation with EEG patterns and visual function.

abstract：:This randomized double blind AB/BA cross-over trial evaluates the effect of oral modafinil versus placebo on spasticity, function, and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Outcomes were measured at the start and end of both 8-week treatment periods (modafinil and placebo). The order of the treatment p...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Murphy AM,Milo-Manson G,Best A,Campbell KA,Fehlings D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand preference and functional hand-dominance of 45 spina bifida patients (aged 13 to 25 years) were assessed by means of self-reports on an ordinal scale and a tapping task. Non-right-handedness was more frequent among patients with accompanying progressive hydrocephalus. Left-hand preference was significantly more f...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wassing HE,Siebelink BM,Luyendijk W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe gross motor function in children with bilateral lower limb (BLL) spasticity due to human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy (HIVE), and to investigate the association between age, CD4 percentage, and viral load at initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and current gross motor function. METHOD:Th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mann TN,Laughton B,Donald KA,Langerak NG

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the impact of dynamic motor control on treatment outcomes in children with cerebral palsy. METHOD:We used multiple regression on a retrospective cohort of 473 ambulatory children with cerebral palsy who underwent conservative treatment, single-level orthopaedic surgery, single-event multi-level orthopa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Schwartz MH,Rozumalski A,Steele KM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal baclofen is used in the management of spasticity associated with cerebral palsy (CP). Sudden cessation of intrathecal baclofen may give rise to the potentially life-threatening baclofen withdrawal syndrome. We report three cases in which intravenous diazepam is used effectively in the management of planned...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cruikshank M,Eunson P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although its cause, jaundice in the newborn, is extremely common, the disabling neurological disorder kernicterus is very rare. Kernicterus may be prevented by selecting those infants who are at risk of extreme jaundice or who may be particularly vulnerable to bilirubin neurotoxicity. Because the tools for achieving t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hansen TW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that so-called anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) may aggravate epilepsy must always be borne in mind by the clinician. Many reports of such aggravation of seizures have been published. Most such reports are anecdotal and speculative, and suggest that many such reactions are idiosyncratic. However, for some t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gayatri NA,Livingston JH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to identify the use and utility of language comprehension tests for unintelligible or non-speaking children with severe cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:severe CP was defined as severe dysarthria (unintelligible speech) or anarthria (absence of speech) combined with severe limited mobility, corresponding to Gross Motor...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Geytenbeek J,Harlaar L,Stam M,Ket H,Becher JG,Oostrom K,Vermeulen J

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:A care-load study was performed on a homogeneous group of 51 children, adolescents and young adults with spastic tetraplegia, born in Sweden between 1959 and 1978. All were immobile and severely mentally retarded, none could speak and the majority had epilepsy, scoliosis and contractures. 16 were living with their fam...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Edebol-Tysk K

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new cases are reported of a rare syndrome of malformation consisting of occiptal encephalocele, aplasia of the vermis and deformity of the tectum. Less consistent components are aplasia of mammillary bodies, fusion of thalami, anomalies of cerebral gyral patterns, bifid atlas or bifid occipital squame, elevation o...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Friede RL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports moderate to high Pearson correlations between Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS) subscale and total scores and a variety of cognitive, academic and motor performance tests on a population of extremely low-birthweight infants assessed at eight years of age. The subscales describe adaptive behavi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rosenbaum P,Saigal S,Szatmari P,Hoult L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as a primary disorder of posture and movement; however, approximately 45% of children with CP also have an intellectual impairment. Prevalence estimates are limited by a lack of guidelines for intelligence testing. This systematic review aims to identify and examine intelligence asses...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yin Foo R,Guppy M,Johnston LM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a study of a nationally representative sample of disabled children and controls are presented. The findings suggest that although, at any one time, families containing a disabled child are not no more likely to be one-parent families, disabled children do appear to be more likely to experience a spell i...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cooke K,Bradshaw J,Lawton D,Brewer R

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) in participants who underwent a rigorous selection process, uniform surgical procedure, and a standardized postoperative rehabilitation process. Outcome measures assessed were the Ashworth scale for spasticity, the Gillett...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Trost JP,Schwartz MH,Krach LE,Dunn ME,Novacheck TF

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial dysautonomia (FD), an autosomal recessive peripheral nervous system disorder, affects almost exclusively children of Jewish Ashkenazi origin and causes profound generalized autonomic dysfunction. Excessive drooling is frequent and is traditionally attributed to swallowing difficulties. Although true hypersali...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mass E,Wolff A,Gadoth N

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four infants developed dyskinesia after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery three to four days postoperatively. The dyskinesia was choreoathetotic, and involved mainly the mouth, tongue and face. It was absent during sleep. Three of these infants improved over periods of several weeks, but one infant remained dyskinetic on...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Huntley DT,al-Mateen M,Menkes JH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-month-old child born with marked microcephaly (head circumference 17cm) was found at autopsy to have gliomesodermal tissue replacing the telencephalon (atelencephaly). This finding, together with genital anomalies and hypoplasia of the extremities, suggests arrest at the fifth week of fetal life. The clinical an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Garcia CA,Duncan C

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six children with morphological hair-shaft abnormalities and neurological disease are presented, including two with Pollitt syndrome, one with biotin deficiency, two with Menkes diseases and one with argininosuccinic aciduria. The child with biotin deficiency grew normal hair following oral biotin therapy. Although th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Coulter DL,Beals TF,Allen RJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with infantile autism sometimes show hyperesthesia or hypoesthesia to touch, pain, and/or temperature. To clarify the pathophysiology, we examined short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (S-SEPs), elicited by median nerve stimulation, in 24 children with infantile autism (17 males, seven females; age ra...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Miyazaki M,Fujii E,Saijo T,Mori K,Hashimoto T,Kagami S,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to describe the particular types of behavioral problems, self-concept, and symptoms of depression experienced by children with both low IQ and epilepsy. Three groups of children (83 males, 81 females; mean age 11 years 10 months, SD 1 year 10 months; age range ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Buelow JM,Austin JK,Perkins SM,Shen J,Dunn DW,Fastenau PS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, and multisystem disease, characterized by cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, progressive respiratory failure, and an increased risk of malignancies. It demands specialized care tailored to the individual patient's needs. Besides the c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van Os NJH,Haaxma CA,van der Flier M,Merkus PJFM,van Deuren M,de Groot IJM,Loeffen J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Willemsen MAAP,A-T Study Group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the characteristics of families which may be more vulnerable than others to the impact of caring for a child with spina bifida. Morbidity and the use of health services were unexpectedly high. The impact on the family was related less to clinical diagnoses than to the characteristics of the child's...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McCormick MC,Charney EB,Stemmler MM

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a method to quantify a child's sensitivity to passive limb motion, which is an important aspect of kinaesthesia not easily examined clinically. Psychophysical detection thresholds to passive forearm motion were determined in a group of 20 typically developing pre-adolescent children (mean age 12y 6...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Pickett K,Konczak J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome, a severe infantile epilepsy syndrome, is typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs (AED). Lamotrigine (LTG), an AED that is effective for both focal and generalized seizures, has been reported to aggravate seizures in Dravet syndrome. Therefore, LTG is usually avoided in Dravet syndrome. We describe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalic L,Mullen SA,Roulet Perez E,Scheffer I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To conduct a longitudinal follow-up of the development of global cognitive abilities and adaptive skills in individuals with congenital and childhood forms of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). METHOD:Fifty-one participants (29 males, 22 females, mean age 19y 5mo, SD 4y 11mo, range 10y 10mo-28y 11mo) were divided in...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lindeblad G,Kroksmark AK,Ekström AB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty normal kindergarten and 50 first-grade children were examined three times at six-month intervals for synkineses to stress gaits and mirror movements to finger lifting, finger spreading, and timed motor maneuvers. Motor signs in the age-sensitive range showed substantial individual differences between children of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wolff PH,Gunnoe CE,Cohen C

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tactile extinction was investigated by the Quality Extinction Test (QET) of Schwartz in 39 patients, 34 of whom had congenital hemiplegia and five early-acquired hemiplegia. Extinction values were significantly higher in hemiplegia patients than in controls and usually contralateral to the side of brain damage, except...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lenti C,Radice L,Cerioli M,Musetti L

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The motor function of 35 children with athetoid cerebral palsy was examined retrospectively using videotape recordings made at five to eight months of age. Many infants showed asymmetric tonic neck, Moro and Galant reflexes. Movements shown to be difficult included: keeping a symmetric supine posture, isolated movemen...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yokochi K,Shimabukuro S,Kodama M,Kodama K,Hosoe A

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00