Childhood status epilepticus and excitotoxic neuronal injury.

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：:This paper reports 26 consecutive cases of cerebral cysticercosis in children, 21 presenting with intraparenchymal mass lesions, two with encephalitic disease, and three with intraventricular (racemous) cysticercosis. The intraparenchymal and encephalitic forms of the disease were benign. Regression of the lesions occ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mitchell WG,Snodgrass SR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease is an uncommon chronic cerebrovasculopathy, characterized by progressive stenosis of the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery and its main branches, in association with the development of compensatory collateral vessels at the base of the brain. The etiology is unknown, and was originally c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Currie S,Raghavan A,Batty R,Connolly DJ,Griffiths PD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niemann-Pick type C disease is an autosomal-recessive, inherited neurovisceral lipid storage disorder. This disease results from either protein NPC1 or HE1 deficiency, which leads to cholesterol metabolism disturbance and is characterized by early hepatosplenomegaly and progressive ataxia, dystonia, cataplexy, dysarth...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Triantafyllou P,Gombakis NP,Vargiami E,Tsantali C,Michelakaki E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant improvement in mortality rate, survivors of neonatal bacterial meningitis experience a significant incidence of neurodevelopmental sequelae. Neuropathologic studies have demonstrated vasculitis, arachnoiditis, and ventriculitis with secondary edema and encephalomalacia. Areas of cerebral infarction...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ment LR,Ehrenkranz RA,Duncan CC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carpal tunnel syndrome, although rare, is known to occur in children mainly because of genetic or metabolic disorders. The clinical findings are variable and include symptoms of burning pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness or atrophy in the hands of the patients. It is usually diagnosed by demonstration of prolonged...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Unal O,Ozçakar L,Cetin A,Kaymak B

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:We report a 4-year-old, left-handed male with focal coxsackievirus A3 encephalitis who presented with seizures and acquired aphasia. Electroencephalography exhibited focal spike discharges over the right frontal regions, but cranial magnetic resonance imaging did not reveal any structural abnormalities. However, brain...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wakamoto H,Ohta M,Nakano N,Kunisue K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial ischemic stroke occurs more frequently in term newborns than in the elderly, and brain immaturity affects mechanisms of ischemic injury and recovery. The susceptibility to injury of the brain was assumed to be lower in the perinatal period as compared with childhood. This concept was recently challe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Titomanlio L,Fernández-López D,Manganozzi L,Moretti R,Vexler ZS,Gressens P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl who had Duane retraction syndrome associated with Chiari I malformation is reported. Neuro-ophthalmologic examination revealed severe limitation of abduction of the left eye, as well as narrowing of the palpebral fissure and retraction of the globe on adduction. Electro-oculography of the affected e...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yamanouchi H,Iwasaki Y,Sugai K,Mukuno K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spasticity is one of the most common symptoms presented by neurologic patients. Apart from surgical management, drug therapy is an important treatment of children suffering from spasticity. In this review, recent advances in the pharmacologic armamentarium are reported in detail. In particular, there are oral medicati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Verrotti A,Greco R,Spalice A,Chiarelli F,Iannetti P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances are common among children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This study sought to evaluate the effects of individualizing wear times of the methylphenidate transdermal system on sleep parameters. In this open-label, randomized trial, 26 children with attention deficit hyp...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ashkenasi A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common clinical syndromes associated with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria are presented. In some patients these syndromes are multisystemic, progressive disorders of unknown etiology. Tissues deriving significant energy through oxidative metabolism (notably brain and cardiac muscle) are most often affected and in...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gibson KM,Elpeleg ON,Jakobs C,Costeff H,Kelley RI

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient nonketotic hyperglycinemia is characterized by clinical and biochemical findings similar to those seen in classic nonketotic hyperglycinemia. Abnormalities in amino acids are partially or completely resolved in a period ranging from days to months. Almost all patients with the classic form of nonketotic hype...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aliefendioğlu D,Tana Aslan Ay,Coşkun T,Dursun A,Cakmak FN,Kesimer M

更新日期：2003-02-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Very-low-birth-weight preterm infants have a higher rate of language impairments compared with children born full term. Early identification of preterm infants at risk for language delay is essential to guide early intervention at the time of optimal neuroplasticity. This study examined near-term structural ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Vassar R,Schadl K,Cahill-Rowley K,Yeom K,Stevenson D,Rose J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two children from a consanguineous family who manifested mega-corpus callosum, polymicrogyria, and psychomotor retardation. These patients also exhibited the brain anomalies of pontine hypoplasia and an abnormal cerebellar vermis. Our report confirms the genetic nature of megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-mega...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bindu PS,Taly AB,Sinha S,Bharath RD

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Chromosome X-to-autosome translocations [t(X;A)] are rare rearrangements with an estimated occurrence of 1 to 3 per 10,000 live births. Occurrences of Xq duplications have been observed in male and female subjects in whom the X chromosome segment escapes inactivation and results in functional disomy. We report a case ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jezela-Stanek A,Ciara E,Juszczak M,Pelc M,Materna-Kiryluk A,Krajewska-Walasek M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes reported after corpus callosotomy include hyperintensity in the corpus callosum, perifalcine hyperintensity caused by surgical retraction, and acute changes associated with surgical complications. The authors have observed MRI signal changes in the cerebral white matter of corp...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Khurana DS,Strawsburg RH,Robertson RL,Madsen JR,Helmers SL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the effects of lithium on metabolic and signaling pathways in the brain may vary depending on the specific clinical condition or disease model. For example, lithium increases levels of cerebral N-acetyl aspartate in patients with bipolar disorder but does not appear to affect N-acetyl as...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Janson CG,Assadi M,Francis J,Bilaniuk L,Shera D,Leone P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia has improved because of intensive chemotherapy and supportive care. The frequency of adverse events has also increased, but the data related to acute central nervous system complications during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment are sparse. The purpos...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Baytan B,Evim MS,Güler S,Güneş AM,Okan M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dandy-Walker cyst associated with occipital meningocele is very rare. Only 12 patients have been reported. We report a female infant with Dandy-Walker cyst and occipital meningocele whose diagnosis was suspected antenatally by in utero ultrasonography. At birth, head circumference was normal for 37 weeks gestation. Sh...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Mimaki T,Tagawa T,Seino Y,Ohmichi M,Sugita N,Morimoto K,Yoshimine T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G(M2)-gangliosidosis is a neurodegenerative lysosomal disease with several clinical variants. We describe a 2-year-old black child with juvenile-onset disease, who presented with abnormal eye movements and cherry-red spots of the maculae. Mutation analysis of the HEXA gene revealed the patient to be a compound heteroz...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paciorkowski AR,Sathe S,Zeng BJ,Torres P,Rosengren SS,Kolodny E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports a large case series of children with Aicardi syndrome. A new severity scoring system is established to assess sidedness of ocular and brain lesions. Thirty-five children were recruited from Aicardi syndrome family conferences. All children received dilated ophthalmologic examinations, and brain magn...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cabrera MT,Winn BJ,Porco T,Strominger Z,Barkovich AJ,Hoyt CS,Wakahiro M,Sherr EH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Adie's pupil and radiologic changes related to Parry-Romberg syndrome in a child who presented with facial hemiatrophy with no neurologic deficit. We suggest that cerebral lesions in Parry-Romberg syndrome without neurologic symptoms must be carefully investigated. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aynaci FM,Sen Y,Erdöl H,Ahmetoğlu A,Elmas R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used two strategies to investigate a possible link between predisposition for epilepsy and mutations in the fragile X mental retardation-1 gene. The first entailed performing electroencephalography on 14 patients with an amplification in the fragile X mental retardation-1 gene, and the second involved molecular gen...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kluger G,Böhm I,Laub MC,Waldenmaier C

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old female suddenly exhibited high fever and convulsions, and entered a semi-coma. She also had thrombocytopenia, elevated aminotransferase, prolonged prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time, and hemophagocytes in the bone marrow. The brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple low-i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Akiyoshi K,Hamada Y,Yamada H,Kojo M,Izumi T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The somatosensory evoked potentials from the lower extremities were measured postoperatively in 15 patients with biliary atresia to investigate whether they were free of neurologic dysfunction. Because long-standing cholestasis causes progressive neuropathy due to malabsorption of vitamin E, the serum vitamin E, D, an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kubota M,Suita S,Kamimura T,Shono K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypomelanosis of Ito has been associated with precocious puberty in two cases. This study reports a third case involving a female with hypomelanosis of Ito including severe mental retardation and seizure disorder with autonomic symptoms (gastroesophageal reflux and asthma). At age 5 she developed vaginal discharge, th...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rutland BM,Edgar MA,Horenstein MG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00