Vanishing white matter disease with periodic (paroxysmal) hemiparesis.

abstract：:Carbamazepine has been used successfully in the treatment of different movement disorders and was recently reported to be effective for nonhereditary chorea. In view of the significant side effects associated with the drugs currently used to treat chorea, we sought to further evaluate the efficacy of carbamazepine in ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Harel L,Zecharia A,Straussberg R,Volovitz B,Amir J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of low-dose clonazepam on seizure frequency in children with epilepsy was evaluated. In an open study, 19 children with epilepsy (15 generalized and four partial) were examined during hospitalization with recordings of seizures by trained personnel. Seizures were counted during two 24-hour periods: b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dahlin MG,Amark PE,Nergårdh AR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal teratomas are extremely rare; they constitute <0.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These rare tumors have nonspecific manifestations but in most cases are accompanied by neurological deficits. Rupture of a mature teratoma can cause chemical meningitis. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:A 7-year-old boy presented wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mpayo LL,Liu XH,Xu M,Wang K,Wang J,Yang L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 7-month-old child was treated with homeopathic preparations of thuja, a potentially convulsant compound, for the purpose of providing a calming effect around times of immunizations. The child developed eight generalized tonic-clonic seizures with no other obvious cause, in the context of normal el...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Stafstrom CE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical rhythmic electroencephalogram (EEG) discharge is an uncommon rhythmic EEG pattern that has been reported to occur in adults. It is thought to be a nonspecific finding with little clinical significance. This article reports this EEG pattern in two children and suggests it be called subclinical rhythmic EEG ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nagarajan L,Gregory PB,Hewitt IK,Gubbay SS,Parry TS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy diagnosed as having glycogenosis type II at three years of age, underwent a sural nerve biopsy at the age of seven years. The distribution of the diameters of myelinated nerve fibers did not clearly demonstrate a bimodal pattern. However, larger fibers of 8 microns or more in diameter were more abundant. This fi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Origuchi Y,Itai Y,Matsumoto S,Matsuishi T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric critical care survivors often suffer persisting multisystem health problems and are left with treatment needs that go unmet due to limits in current care models. We proposed that integration of neuropsychology into neurocritical care follow-up provides incremental benefit to the identification and ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dodd JN,Hall TA,Guilliams K,Guerriero RM,Wagner A,Malone S,Williams CN,Hartman ME,Piantino J

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:The diagnosis of postinfectious encephalomyelitis with symmetric lesions in the basal ganglia was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging in 2 patients. A 7-year-old patient experienced severe dystonia and hyperreflexia; magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated bilateral lesions in the putamina and basis pontes. The ot...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Donovan MK,Lenn NJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old man in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia 3 years after a bone marrow transplant presented with signs of pseudotumor cerebri, including headache, visual changes, and papilledema. He manifested elevated opening pressure on lumbar puncture and positive cytology, with a concurrent normal bone marrow...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lipton J,Joffe S,Ullrich NJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic nonsyndromic cerebellar hypoplasia is a radiological diagnosis with clinical features and a relation with developmental disability that are presently not known. Through a retrospective review of a comprehensive standardized computerized database containing more than 2,500 patients examined consecutively by a ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Shevell MI,Majnemer A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corpus callosum atrophy has been associated with cognitive and motor deficits in elderly people. However, the role of the corpus callosum in infant development is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of corpus callosum size on motor development in infants. METHODS:We investigated cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chang CL,Hung KL,Yang YC,Ho CS,Chiu NC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) was examined in infants with leukomalacia by means of immunohistochemical methods with an antihuman TNF alpha monoclonal antibody. We studied 23 patients with neonatal leukomalacia, classified as having "focal," "widespread," or "diffuse" disease according to t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Deguchi K,Mizuguchi M,Takashima S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical characteristics of children with continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome and their treatment response to levetiracetam. Five boys and one girl, diagnosed with epilepsy with continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome, were enrolled. Their clinical characteristics,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wang SB,Weng WC,Fan PC,Lee WT

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonuniform pathologic changes in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy were previously reported only in adult humans. We analyzed the pathologic features of 12 children, aged 2-17 years, with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Six patients manifested a preceding illness. Five patients prese...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Luan X,Zheng R,Chen B,Yuan Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old male developed encephalitis 2 weeks after the onset of varicella. During his evaluation neuroradiologic procedures documented cerebellar edema and demyelination. Cerebrospinal fluid titers confirmed varicella encephalitis. To our knowledge, this patient is the first reported with focal cerebellar edema, a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hurst DL,Mehta S

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with angiodysgenetic necrotizing encephalopathy or diffuse meningocerebral angiomatosis complicated by intraventricular hemorrhage, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and signs of heart failure is reported. The hydrocephalus and cardiomegaly were diagnosed by fetal ultrasonography. Based on these pathologic find...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arvanitis DL,Apostolidou IA,Routsis PV,Biskini EI,Kalpoyannis NS

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:We report on a previously healthy 11-year-old boy with unilateral periorbital mild headache and facial nerve palsy, followed during the next 5 months by recurrent unilateral headaches and subsequent extrinsic paresis of the third cranial nerve and paresis of the sixth cranial nerve, each of which improved with steroid...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cerisola A,González G,Scavone C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The updated American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines include recommendation for thrombectomy in certain adult stroke cases. The safety and efficacy of thrombectomy in children are unknown. An 8-year-old girl experienced acute stroke symptoms on two occasions while therapeutically anticoagulate...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Buompadre MC,Andres K,Slater LA,Mohseni-Bod H,Guerguerian AM,Branson H,Laughlin S,Armstrong D,Moharir M,deVeber G,Humpl T,Honjo O,Keshavjee S,Ichord R,Pereira V,Dlamini N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mean rectal temperatures in neonates were investigated during sleep state transitions as assessed by visually analyzed electroencephalographic-polygraphic recordings. Continuous 3-hour studies were obtained on 3 term and 5 preterm infants at postconceptional term ages using a 24-channel computerized monitoring system....

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS,Dokianakis SG,Sun M,Steppe DA,Guthrie RD,Sclabassi RJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：: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：:Mitochondrial encephalopathies may be caused by mutations in the respiratory chain complex I subunit genes. Described here are the cases of two pediatric patients who presented with MELAS-like calcarine lesions in addition to novel, bilateral rolandic lesions and epilepsia partialis continua, secondary to MT-ND3 mutat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Werner KG,Morel CF,Kirton A,Benseler SM,Shoffner JM,Addis JB,Robinson BH,Burrowes DM,Blaser SI,Epstein LG,Feigenbaum AS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the alpha-subunit of the first neuronal sodium channel gene SCN1A have been described in isolated patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy or Dravet syndrome and in families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. To find phenotype/genotype correlations, we reviewed all published c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ceulemans BP,Claes LR,Lagae LG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study developed a Farsi language Communication Function Classification System and then tested its reliability and validity. METHODS:Communication Function Classification System is designed to classify the communication functions of individuals with cerebral palsy. Up until now, there has been no instru...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Soleymani Z,Joveini G,Baghestani AR

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Children with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) are at risk for later neurocognitive and behavioral deficits, yet the clinical predictors of these outcomes are understudied. We examined the influence of clinical and infarct characteristics on attention and executive functioning in children following ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bosenbark DD,Krivitzky L,Ichord R,Vossough A,Bhatia A,Jastrzab LE,Billinghurst L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case reports of four patients with therapy-resistant lesional partial epilepsies and additional foci of benign epileptic discharges of childhood, in addition to the usual electroencephalogram (EEG) changes, are presented. A family history of epileptic or febrile seizures in childhood was reported in all four patients....

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Degen R,Holthausen H,Pieper T,Tuxhorn I,Wolf P

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of alternating hemiplegia of childhood is reported. Tonic fits and generalized tonic-clonic seizures developed during her infancy. Frequent twitching and apneic seizures appeared at 16 years of age. Zonisamide transiently suppressed the tonic, twitching and apneic seizures, as well as the facial and neck dyston...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Saito Y,Sakuragawa N,Sasaki M,Sugai K,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00