Transient magnetic resonance diffusion abnormalities in West syndrome: the radiological expression of non-convulsive status epilepticus?

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of long-term mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) and concomitant mechanical ventilation in children with neurological conditions, with reported reasons behind the initiation of treatment. METHOD:This was a population-based, cross-sectional study using Norwegian national registri...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hov B,Andersen T,Toussaint M,Vollsaeter M,Mikalsen IB,Indrekvam S,Hovland V

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of postural balance requires an active sensorimotor control system. Current data are limited and sometimes conflicting regarding the influence of the proprioceptive, visual, and vestibular afferent systems on posture control in children. This study investigated the development of sensory organization accor...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steindl R,Kunz K,Schrott-Fischer A,Scholtz AW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify and critically appraise standardized measures of power mobility skill used with children (18y or younger) with mobility limitations and explore the measures' application for 'exploratory', 'operational', and 'functional' learners. METHOD:Five electronic databases were searched along with hand-searching...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Field DA,Livingstone RW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of exercise interventions that may improve postural control in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:A systematic review was performed using American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) and Preferred Reporting Items ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dewar R,Love S,Johnston LM

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of prednisolone/prednisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the treatment of infantile spasms using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD:In a systematic literature search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library), we identi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Li S,Zhong X,Hong S,Li T,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intramuscular alcohol in treating cerebral-palsied children has led to reduced spasticity for varying periods of time, although the periods diminish with each subsequent injection. During the period of reduced spasticity there is an opportunity for therapists and orthopaedic surgeons to determine whether co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Carpenter EB,Seitz DG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 10 sagittal lower limb range-of-motion measures were conducted in a blinded fashion in 25 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and in 25 age- and sex-matched controls. The participants comprised 22 males, mean age 10 years 8 months and 28 females, with mean age 9 years 8 months; age range 6 to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kilgour G,McNair P,Stott NS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of the psychosocial and cultural factors influencing the management of spina bifida cystica was carried out on Nigerian children (48 males, 28 females) seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, between January 1982 and December 1983. The parents of 74 of the 76 children had never heard of th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oyewole A,Adeloye A,Adeyokunnu AA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the effects of functional gait training on walking ability in children and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:The review was conducted using standardized methodology, searching four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science) for rel...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Booth ATC,Buizer AI,Meyns P,Oude Lansink ILB,Steenbrink F,van der Krogt MM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital brain malformation, usually associated with mental retardation, * refractory epilepsy, and progressive neurological deficits. We report the case of a 19-year-old female with de novo diagnosis of right hemimegalencephaly, normal intellectual function, and history of non-refractor...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Beaulieu-Boire I,Lortie A,Bissonnette J,Prevost S,Bergeron D,Bocti C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasting socio-emotional behaviour difficulties are common among children who have suffered brain injuries. A proportion of difficulties may be attributed to impaired cognitive and/or executive skills after injury. A recent and rapidly accruing body of literature indicates that deficits in recognizing and responding to...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tonks J,Slater A,Frampton I,Wall SE,Yates P,Williams WH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anencephalus in the largely rural areas of Oxfordshire and west Berkshire from 1965 to 1972 was ascertained from the files of the Oxford Record Linkage Study as 1-49 per 1000 total births. There was little variation within the area, but there was a marked increase in incidence over the eight years of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fedrick J

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Mutations in the SLC16A2 gene have been implicated in Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS), an X-linked learning disability* syndrome associated with thyroid function test (TFT) abnormalities. Delayed myelination is a non-specific finding in individuals with learning disability whose genetic basis is often uncertai...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gika AD,Siddiqui A,Hulse AJ,Edward S,Fallon P,McEntagart ME,Jan W,Josifova D,Lerman-Sagie T,Drummond J,Thompson E,Refetoff S,Bönnemann CG,Jungbluth H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, the GMFCS has had, and continues to have, a major effect on the health care of children with CP. The number of citations of the GMFCS has been increasing every year, and the classification system has had good uptake internationally and across the spectrum of health professionals for use in research design ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Morris C,Bartlett D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a longitudinal, prospective, multicentre cohort study designed to measure the outcomes of gastrostomy tube feeding in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Fifty-seven children with CP (28 females, 29 males; median age 4y 4mo, range 5mo to 17y 3mo) were assessed before gastrostomy placement, and at 6 and 12 mon...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sullivan PB,Juszczak E,Bachlet AM,Lambert B,Vernon-Roberts A,Grant HW,Eltumi M,McLean L,Alder N,Thomas AG

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-injury is a defining feature of lesch-nyhan disease (LND) but does not occur in the less severely affected Lesch-Nyhan variants (LNV). The aim of this study was to quantify behavioral and emotional abnormalities in LND and LNV. Thirty-nine informants rated 22 patients with LND (21 males, 1 female), 11 males with ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Schretlen DJ,Ward J,Meyer SM,Yun J,Puig JG,Nyhan WL,Jinnah HA,Harris JC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-seven consecutive patients (59 females, eight males; mean age 13.6 years, age range 8.1 to 18 years) with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were evaluated for segmental dystonia, thermal and vibratory thresholds, and cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (cSEPs). Clinically, there were no signs of segmental dys...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Olafsson Y,Odergren T,Persson HE,Saraste H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and optimal placement of pedometers in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who ambulate without aids. METHOD:Seventeen participants aged 7 to 17 years with CP (eight males, nine females; mean age 12y 4mo; SD 3y 2mo), who could ambulate without aids, w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maher C,Kenyon A,McEvoy M,Sprod J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the descriptive epidemiology of vision impairment among 6- to 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Children with vision impairment (n=310; 42% black, 56% white; 57% male, 43% female), defined as a best corrected visual acuity in the better eye of 20/70 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mervis CA,Boyle CA,Yeargin-Allsopp M

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:Progressive calcification of the brain and the spinal cord at early infantile onset was observed in two siblings. They showed growth failure, psychomotor deterioration, deafness, vestibular dysfunction, microcytic hypochromic anemia, abnormal ratios of lymphocyte subpopulations, and slightly decreased bicarbonate on b...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yoshimura M,Hara T,Maegaki Y,Koeda T,Okubo K,Hamasaki N,Sly WS,Takeshita K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effectiveness of relaxation training in the treatment of paediatric migraine. Relaxation training was compared with-two control groups (psychological placebo and 'own best efforts') in a total of 99 children and adolescents with frequent migraine. Daily recording ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McGrath PJ,Humphreys P,Goodman JT,Keene D,Firestone P,Jacob P,Cunningham SJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a behaviourally defined syndrome characterized by disturbances of social interaction and communication and restrictions of behaviour patterns and imagination. The pathogenesis of autism is unknown but it is suspected that a number of genetic factors may be involved. Neurotrophic factors such as insulin-like ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vanhala R,Turpeinen U,Riikonen R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of children with deficits in attention, motor control and perception at seven years, drawn from a total population sample of such children in Göteborg, Sweden, was compared at 13 years with a group of normal children with regard to behaviour and school achievement. The index group showed persisting high rates...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillberg IC,Gillberg C

更新日期：1989-02-01 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：:We report on a 13-year-old male who had acute enteroviral encephalitis causing cerebellar symptoms at the age of 10 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no abnormalities. Clinically he appeared to be recovered completely after 6 months. Twenty-three months after the recovery, MRI was performed because he pre...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vitaszil E,Kamondi A,Csillik A,Velkey I,Szirmai I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the development of a new diagnostic motor performance test to spare more children from painful muscle biopsy, seven functional items were used to measure muscle strength and muscle endurance in a prospective study on new patients. Over a 2-year period, 22 patients (12 males, 10 females; mean age 8y 1mo [SD 2y 6mo],...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van den Beld WA,van der Sanden GA,Feuth T,Janssen AJ,Sengers RC,Verbeek AL,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate flexor hypertonia of the extremities in newborns, a neurological examination and superficial electromyogram (EMG) recordings were carried out on 50 full-term infants both before and after the first 48 hours of life (the 'birth-shock period). EMG amplituds on the flexor side of the upper arm in ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maekawa K,Ochiai Y

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To characterize growth trajectories of children who develop multiple sclerosis compared to typically developing, regional peers and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) normative values. METHOD:This case-control study collected weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) in 40 consecutive pediatric patients with multip...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brenton JN,Woolbright E,Briscoe-Abath C,Qureshi A,Conaway M,Goldman MD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00