Recovery of visual functions after early acquired occipital damage.

abstract：:Modified Gubbay tests, assessing various aspects of motor performance, were administered to 885 Manchester children in mainstream primary education, and centile tables were drawn up by age. Children who had performed badly on one of the four tests were retested two years later, when they were found to have 'caught up'...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ehrhardt P,McKinlay IA,Bradley G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The prevalence of severely symptomatic deformities of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) requiring arthrodesis is unknown. Recent literature regarding these deformities is limited. We studied the presentation of severe, symptomatic deformities of the first ray in a lar...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van de Velde SK,Cashin M,Johari R,Blackshaw R,Khot A,Graham HK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset and development of the jaw-reflex responses were studied of 54 neonates and children in up to 15 years of age. Recordings were made with standard EMG equipment. The reflex response was constantly elicited in all but one child of 35 weeks postconceptional age. The latency times showed negative linear correlat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jääskeläinen SK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy may contribute to memory deficits in children, but these deficits are generally mild. We describe the neuropsychological profile of a female who had prolonged status epilepticus at 5 years of age, and then developed temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging 1 month after the onset of status epi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jambaqué I,Hertz-Pannier L,Mikaeloff Y,Martins S,Peudenier S,Dulac O,Chiron C

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：AIM:There is a large literature reporting risk factor analyses for poor neurodevelopment in children born very preterm (VPT: ≤32wks) or very low birthweight (VLBW: ≤1250g), which to date has not been formally summarized. The aim of this paper was to identify prognostic factors for cerebral palsy (CP) and motor impairme...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Linsell L,Malouf R,Morris J,Kurinczuk JJ,Marlow N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the linear growth of children with cerebral palsy (CP) with that of children without CP. The segmental lengths (humerus, ulna, femur, tibia, and spine), recumbent length, body weight, and bone age of 62 children with CP (age range 2.25 to 14 years, mean 7.13 years) were measured an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kong CK,Tse PW,Lee WY

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:The headache histories obtained from 214 children were analysed by computer to see whether it was possible to identify and classify migraine, and to distinguish children with psychogenic headache. During headache attacks, most children had no or very few associated symptoms. For classification, 175 patients were divid...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rossi LN,Cortinovis I,Bellettini G,Brunelli G,Bossi A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effectiveness of soft splints made from polyurethane foam in reducing severe knee-flexion contractures of patients with cerebral palsy. The splints were applied nightly over a period of 10 months. Knee-flexion contractures were reduced by an average of 24 degrees in all patients. Younger patie...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson JP,Snow B,Dorey FJ,Kabo JM

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:The assumption that children born preterm have difficulties in maintaining active attention was tested in passive and active tasks. Twenty 5-year-old children born preterm at 26 to 32 weeks gestational age were compared with 20 children born at term, matched for age and IQ, using an auditory paradigm. In the passive t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dupin R,Laurent JP,Stauder JE,Saliba E

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Three cases of 'vertical' hydrocephalus are described, characterised by absence of the bones of the skull vault, progressive vertical soft-tissue growth of the head, and normal occipito-frontal head circumference. The management of the condition by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt is discussed, and a theory proposed as to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Naim-ur-Rahman

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population-based sample of 149 children with hemiplegia, IQ was highly correlated with a simple-to-calculate index of neurological severity. Performance IQ was an average of 13 points lower then verbal IQ-a difference that seemed to reflect specific visuospatial difficulties rather than an effect of the motor dis...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Goodman R,Yude C

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:In four generations of a family with autosomal dominant hyperekplexia (startle disease), untreated affected adult members had pes cavus and extensor plantar responses, as well as hyper-reflexia. Electroencephalography during a startle, electromyography, nerve conduction velocities and somatosensory evoked potentials w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Baxter P,Connolly S,Curtis A,Spencer V,Ravindranath C,Burn J,Gardner-Medwin D

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe four children with dysmorphic syndrome with severe learning disability (SLD). Their chromosomes had been normal on conventional cytogenetic examination. However, screening using a multiprobe fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) technique for subtelomeric abnormalities revealed a deletion of the p arm ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Knight-Jones E,Knight S,Heussler H,Regan R,Flint J,Martin K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to review the psychometric properties and use of goal attainment scaling (GAS) in paediatric rehabilitation research. We performed a critical literature review searching: (1) all studies whose main focus was to assess the psychometric properties of GAS in paediatric rehabilitation; and (2) all...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steenbeek D,Ketelaar M,Galama K,Gorter JW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the cumulative efficacy (three treatment sessions) of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) alone, casting alone, and the combination of BTX-A and casting in the management of dynamic equinus in ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Thirty-nine children with spastic CP (mea...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ackman JD,Russman BS,Thomas SS,Buckon CE,Sussman MD,Masso P,Sanders J,D'Astous J,Aiona MD,Shriners Hospitals BTX-A Study Group.

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：AIM:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a poorly understood disorder with no cure. We determined the landscape of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for CP-related research. METHOD:We searched NIH databases Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results, and Research, Condition, and Disease Categorizat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wu YW,Mehravari AS,Numis AL,Gross P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitofusin 2, a large transmembrane GTPase located in the outer mitochondrial membrane, promotes membrane fusion and is involved in the maintenance of the morphology of axonal mitochondria. Mutations of the gene encoding mitofusin 2 (MFN2) have recently been identified as the cause of approximately one-third of dominan...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ouvrier R,Grew S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autism can occur in conjunction with a range of other conditions, the association with Down syndrome is generally considered to be relatively rare. Four young boys with Down syndrome are described who were also autistic. All children clearly fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for autism required by the ICD-10 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Howlin P,Wing L,Gould J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Optimizing movement quality is a common rehabilitation goal for children with cerebral palsy (CP). The new Quality Function Measure (QFM)--a revision of the Gross Motor Performance Measure (GMPM)--evaluates five attributes: Alignment, Co-ordination, Dissociated movement, Stability, and Weight-shift, for the Gross M...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wright FV,Rosenbaum P,Fehlings D,Mesterman R,Breuer U,Kim M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe systematically the best available intervention evidence for children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:This study was a systematic review of systematic reviews. The following databases were searched: CINAHL, Cochrane Library, DARE, EMBASE, Google Scholar MEDLINE, OTSeeker, PEDr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Novak I,McIntyre S,Morgan C,Campbell L,Dark L,Morton N,Stumbles E,Wilson SA,Goldsmith S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a rare neuronal migration disorder in which immature neurons fail to undergo a directed migration from the ventricular and subventricular zones to the cerebral cortex. Classic PNH occurs predominantly in females and is associated with periods of epilepsy and near-normal int...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Balci S,Unal A,Engiz O,Aktas D,Liehr T,Gross M,Mrasek K,Saygi S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The neurobiological contributions of childhood language disorder are not well understood. Yet there is increasing evidence that language disorder is associated with differences in brain structure and/or function in core language regions. A key hypothesis has been that children with language disorder do not show the...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mayes AK,Reilly S,Morgan AT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that there is a positive epidemiological correlation between the rates of premature delivery and intra-uterine growth retardation. This was tested across three series of live births, cross-classified according to gravidity and mother's age in two states, North Carolina (caucasians and blacks), an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Spiers PS,Wacholder S

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00