Neuromyelitis optica in a young child with positive serum autoantibody.

abstract：:We report the clinical features and the muscle pathology in 2 patients with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) secondary to merosin deficiency and in 2 patients with sarcoglycan (adhalin) deficiency. Electron microscopic examination revealed sarcolemmal defects in non-necrotic muscle fibers in all cases. These pathol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fadic R,Waclawik AJ,Lewandoski PJ,Lotz BP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities were observed in 8 children (5 boys, 3 girls; ages 4-14 years) with neurologic problems following infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Neurologic features included headache (6), behavioral changes (5), facial palsy (2), papilledema (2)...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Belman AL,Coyle PK,Roque C,Cantos E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers have been reported. All of these patients had central nervous system involvement. In this report, we describe the first patient with pure motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fukuda M,Morimoto T,Suzuki Y,Kida K,Ohnishi A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year-old white male presented with a history of progressive loss of vision that was subsequently followed by progressive corticospinal dysfunction. Evaluation revealed the presence of leukodystrophy which was confirmed by a deficiency of the enzyme, galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase. We present the clinical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brownsworth RD,Bodensteiner JB,Schaefer GB,Barnes P

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a common disorder in pediatric neurology, and electroencephalography (EEG) continues to play an important role in its diagnosis. However, the small size of a child's head and immaturity of the brain make EEG interpretation more difficult in children than in adults. This article presents a new method of EEG...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nikkhah K,Shoeibi A,Hasanpour M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous brain metastases are uncommon in childhood. Three patients and a literature review that includes centers reporting up to 36 years of experience are presented in this study. The total of 2,040 patients includes our three examples of one neuroblastoma, one hepatoblastoma, and one adrenal carcinoma. Cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Curless RG,Toledano SR,Ragheb J,Cleveland WW,Falcone S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with the occurrence of behavioral and cognitive abnormalities in children treated with topiramate. A retrospective chart review of patients up to 18 years of age who had been treated with topiramate at a tertiary epilepsy center was performed. Behaviora...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gerber PE,Hamiwka L,Connolly MB,Farrell K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Headache hygiene refers to self-management behaviors and practices aimed at reducing headache-related disability and improving self-efficacy. Although self-management interventions have an established place in the management of a wide range of chronic conditions, there is still not a standardized approach to this in p...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Barmherzig R,Lagman-Bartolome AM,Marlowe S,Kohut SA,Gunn G,Olivieri H,Mulligan J,Grundy-Bozinis K,Gladstone J,Lay C,MacGregor D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The costs of epilepsy encompass all aspects of life, including medical, educational, and psychosocial. Adults with intractable epilepsy who undergo epilepsy surgery and have seizure-free outcomes still have significant barriers in the attainment of improved quality of life. For this reason, there is increasing interes...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opsoclonus is a rare childhood ocular motility disorder characterized by irregular, chaotic, involuntary bursts of high amplitude, back-and-forth oscillations of the eyes,without pause intervals. Although this disorder is associated with neuroblastoma and other neural crest tumors, as well as with other neurologic abn...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Morad Y,Benyamini OG,Avni I

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients who undergo metabolic decompensation from urea cycle disorders, cerebrospinal fluid glutamine level may be a better marker of cerebral dysfunction than blood ammonia or glutamine levels. However, obtaining cerebrospinal fluid by lumbar puncture carries risk in these acutely ill patients with cerebral edema...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kojic J,Robertson PL,Quint DJ,Martin DM,Pang Y,Sundgren PC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic spinal epidural hematoma (TSEH) is rare in children. Only three cases of TSEH were documented in the pediatric literature. This clinical note presents an infant with TSEH but no risk factors. Without magnetic resonance imaging examination, children with TSEH and minor symptoms may be missed and under reporte...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Alva NS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of lipid-lowering statins has been associated with raised serum muscle enzymes and, occasionally, with rhabdomyolysis, especially in patients with pre-existing metabolic myopathies. The A3243G mutation is one of the most common mutations associated with mitochondrial disorders. A teenager harboring the A3243G ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tay SK,Dimauro S,Pang AY,Lai PS,Yap HK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a patient with Devics neuromyelitis optica associated with primary Sjögrens syndrome. Her first attack was right-sided optic neuritis at age 10 years. Attacks involving both optic nerves and medulla spinalis were recorded during the ensuing years. The diagnosis of Sjögrens syndrome could not be ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gökçay F,Celebisoy N,Gökçay A,Kabasakal Y,Oder G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to increasing evidence, hypothermia can significantly improve outcomes in term neonates manifesting asphyxic insult and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Oxidative stress plays a key role in hypoxic-ischemic and inflammatory brain injuries. We investigated the impact of hypothermia on oxidative stress in babi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Perrone S,Szabó M,Bellieni CV,Longini M,Bangó M,Kelen D,Treszl A,Negro S,Tataranno ML,Buonocore G

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:The use of low-molecular-weight heparin offers multiple advantages over unfractionated heparins in pediatric patients with acute ischemic stroke. The safety and efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparin have been demonstrated in adults, but less is known about their use in children. This study reviews retrospectively t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Burak CR,Bowen MD,Barron TF

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute myelitis represent common and very rare etiologies of acute limb weakness in children, respectively. Typically, demyelination is most common, limited to either the central or peripheral nervous system. Concurrent acute myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome are seldom reported. We retro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL,Lyu RK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression and characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomographic (CT) findings in 3 patients with infantile Krabbe disease (i.e., globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase deficiency) are reported. We obtained initial CT and MRI studies when patients demonstra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sasaki M,Sakuragawa N,Takashima S,Hanaoka S,Arima M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corpus callosotomy and vagus nerve stimulation are common palliative options for people with drug-resistant epilepsy when resective epilepsy surgery is not feasible. Because most of the published corpus callosotomy experience comes from a period before vagus nerve stimulation was approved and widely used, there...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arya R,Greiner HM,Horn PS,Turner M,Holland KD,Mangano FT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used xenon 133 inhalation and single-photon computed tomography to measure regional cerebral blood flow during a quiet resting condition, a simple auditory task, and an auditory phonemic discrimination task in 3 age-matched groups of children suffering from developmental language disabilities: expressive dy...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tzourio N,Heim A,Zilbovicius M,Gerard C,Mazoyer BM

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：:Two half-siblings with schizencephaly are presented. They have the same mother who had a normal cerebral imaging study. Only one other kindred was found in which 2 siblings had this cerebral lesion. In the present patients, autosomal inheritance from the mother is possible, but other explanations should include famili...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hosley MA,Abroms IF,Ragland RL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated by immunohistochemistry the distribution of protective protein in human tissues. Immunoreactivity was observed in the cytoplasm, revealing a granular pattern and cell type specificity. The most intense staining was observed in the large neurons of brain, distal and collecting tubular cells of ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sohma O,Mizuguchi M,Takashima S,Satake A,Itoh K,Sakuraba H,Suzuki Y,Oyanagi K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rituximab (anti-CD20) has been used as B-cell-targeted intervention to treat opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. Due to isolated reports of chronic hypogammaglobulinemia and B lymphopenia following rituximab in several disorders, and rapid B-cell depletion after a few doses, we reduced the dosage 20% in our clini...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pranzatelli MR,Tate ED,McGee NR,MacArthur CA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Tourette syndrome is a neurologic disorder characterized by both motor and vocal tics. Recently, two variants, including a single-base deletion resulting in a truncated protein and a 3'-untranslated-region variant altering a binding site for micro-RNA in the Slit and Trk-like 1 gene, were found to be a genetic cause o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chou IC,Wan L,Liu SC,Tsai CH,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare disease of young children. The typical presentation involves acute-onset flaccid paralysis in one or more extremities with a nonspecific viral prodrome. Long-term outcomes demonstrate that functional recovery plateaus around six to nine months. The purpose of this study...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paziuk TM,Tadley M,Aversano M,Kozin SH,Zlotolow DA

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Brain radiotherapy plays a central role in the treatment of certain types of childhood primary central nervous system tumors. However, damage to surrounding normal brain tissue causes different acute and chronic medical and neurological complications. Despite the expected increase in number of childhood prim...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Passos J,Nzwalo H,Marques J,Azevedo A,Netto E,Nunes S,Salgado D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00