Autism and hypoplastic corpus callosum in a case of monocentric marker chromosome 15.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate clinical risk factors for acute magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities in patients with benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis or benign infantile epilepsy. STUDY DESIGN:We investigated clinical and diffusion-weighted imaging findings in 32 patients with benign convulsions with m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ogawa C,Kidokoro H,Ishihara N,Tsuji T,Kurahashi H,Hattori A,Suzuki M,Ogaya S,Ito Y,Fukasawa T,Kubota T,Okumura A,Saitoh S,Natsume J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings, a 27-year-old man and his 24-year-old sister were diagnosed with classic transferase deficiency galactosemia at birth and were treated with strict lactose restriction. Despite well-documented dietary management, both siblings are mentally retarded and manifest a progressive neurologic condition character...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Koch TK,Schmidt KA,Wagstaff JE,Ng WG,Packman S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid cysts of the third ventricle are benign intracranial tumors that usually become symptomatic in adults, rather than in children. Rare hemorrhages in these cysts can cause acute obstructive hydrocephalus and sudden death. We report a novel pediatric case of hemorrhagic colloid cyst in a 9-year-old girl who prese...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Farooq MU,Bhatt A,Chang HT

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with neonatal onset of arm weakness resulting from neoplastic involvement of the brachial plexus who were initially considered to have obstetric brachial plexus palsies are reported. The first patient was a 7-day-old female who presented with a left supraclavicular mass that was first detected at 2 days o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Alfonso I,Papazian O,Prieto G,Alfonso DT,Melnick SJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:Mitochondrial diseases comprise a group of complex and heterogeneous genetic disorders. Variable clinical features present a major challenge in pediatric diagnoses. From January 1984-June 2009, 69 patients were diagnosed with either syndromic mitochondrial diseases or nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases. Clinical mani...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chi CS,Lee HF,Tsai CR,Lee HJ,Chen LH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with hemophilia and spinal epidural hematoma, who were treated successfully with serial Factor VIII infusions, are reported. This form of conservative therapy may circumvent the need for decompressive laminectomy and its attendant complications in instances in which the neurologic deficit is mild or stabl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Narawong D,Gibbons VP,McLaughlin JR,Bouhasin JD,Kotagal S

更新日期：1988-05-01 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：:Leigh syndrome, caused by dysfunction in mitochondrial energy metabolism, is an inherited, heterogeneous, and progressive neurodegenerative disorder of infancy and childhood. From 1983 to August 2006, 14 cases diagnosed with Leigh syndrome were studied in terms of characteristic neuroimaging findings and abnormal mito...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee HF,Tsai CR,Chi CS,Lee HJ,Chen CC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central nervous system complications of bone marrow transplant are a common occurrence and the differential diagnosis is quite broad, including opportunistic infections, medications toxicities, graft versus host disease, and other autoimmune processes. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:We summarize previously reported ca...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Baumer FM,Kamihara J,Gorman MP

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:In a prospective study, we analyzed the intraoperative electroencephalographic (EEG) changes during open heart surgery with deep hypothermia in 66 infants aged 6 months or younger, 70% of whom were neonates. Suppression of amplitude and continuity at the nadir of temperature reduction and following rewarming, and the ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Miller G,Rodichok LD,Baylen BG,Myers JL

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel SCN1A gene are responsible for the majority of Dravet syndrome cases. There is evidence that the Nav1.1 channel coded by the SCN1A gene is involved in sleep regulation. We evaluated sleep abnormalities in children with Dravet syndrome using nocturnal polysomnogra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dhamija R,Erickson MK,St Louis EK,Wirrell E,Kotagal S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of respiratory tract infection. Extrapulmonary manifestations of M. pneumoniae infection are also common. The present case is that of a previously healthy 4-year-old boy who displayed a novel simultaneous onset of both acute rhabdomyolysis and transverse myelitis associated with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Weng WC,Peng SS,Wang SB,Chou YT,Lee WT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripartum period entails the next prenatal interval when novel neuroprotective strategies will be designed and tested. Research development will lead to novel evaluations for maternal-fetal pairs who require inpatient treatment and possible delivery for worsening or acute neurologic problems. Future studies shoul...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present a child with Rasmussen encephalitis and highlight the pitfalls of diagnosis when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is negative for atrophy. We review the literature regarding this issue, introduce the FreeSurfer software as a potential means of noninvasive diagnosis, and discuss methods for prompt a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Holec M,Nagahama Y,Kovach C,Joshi C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four families are described with an autosomal dominant illness characterized by the childhood onset of recurrent attacks of prolonged ataxia, server vertigo, and vomiting. The attacks often begin in infancy. On the average, attacks occur monthly, and last between one hour to more than a week. Variations in severity oc...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tibbles JA,Camfield PR,Cron CC,Farrell K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute encephalitis and encephalopathy are life-threatening diseases in children. However, no laboratory examinations are performed for their early diagnosis and treatment. Alpha 2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a blood glycoprotein that increases during the early stages of inflammation. In the present study, we inve...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Hashimoto K,Hoshi K,Ito H,Kariya Y,Miyazaki K,Sato M,Kawasaki Y,Yoshida M,Honda T,Hashimoto Y,Hosoya M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a girl with Alagille syndrome and a moyamoya angiographic pattern on magnetic resonance angiography. She was referred for genetic consultation because of posterior embryotoxon and peripheral pulmonary stenosis. Her facial appearance was typical, but she had no cholestasis or vertebral involvement. A hetero...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rocha R,Soro I,Leitão A,Silva ML,Leão M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in a 13-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus, a history of multiple shunt revisions, and a stable prepontine arachnoid cyst, who experienced profound catatonic deterioration. After initial shunt placement at age 20 months, the patient had followed norm...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wachtel LE,Baranano K,Reti IM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the factors affecting the neurodevelopmental outcome in children with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, 78 children with intraventricular hemorrhage grade 3 or 4 were analyzed concerning the outcome in relation to the grade of intraventricular hemorrhage and intervention (surgical, medical, or no interventio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Futagi Y,Suzuki Y,Toribe Y,Nakano H,Morimoto K

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Rett syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder predominantly affecting females, has many characteristic features including psychomotor retardation, impaired language development, hand stereotypies, gait dysfunction, and acquired microcephaly. Although each of these features undoubtedly contributes to the morbidity of this neu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dolce A,Ben-Zeev B,Naidu S,Kossoff EH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the added utility of gadolinium administration in the magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of developmental delay in children less than 2 years of age. A computerized retrospective study identified all brain magnetic resonance imaging examinations using gadolinium performed at ou...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Foerster BR,Ksar J,Petrou M,Eldevik PO,Maly PV,Carlson MD,Sundgren PC

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Periodic limb movements of sleep are clinically underdiagnosed in children. Polysomnography is the most accurate diagnostic test. There is a paucity of information regarding polysomnography findings in children. We evaluated the prevalence and correlates of pediatric periodic limb movements detected by polysomnography...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bokkala S,Napalinga K,Pinninti N,Carvalho KS,Valencia I,Legido A,Kothare SV

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the study was to assess the long-term seizure and neuropsychologic outcomes of patients with tuberous sclerosis and refractory epilepsy who received vagus nerve stimulator implantation. Eleven patients with a follow-up period of at least 12 months were studied retrospectively. The mean age at the time of i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zamponi N,Petrelli C,Passamonti C,Moavero R,Curatolo P

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Tumefactive demyelinating lesions may be misdiagnosed as brain neoplasms or abscesses. In this paper, we present four cases of pediatric tumefactive demyelination. Twelve cases of pediatric tumefactive demyelination previously reported in the English literature are also summarized. We describe the neuroimaging charact...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： McAdam LC,Blaser SI,Banwell BL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00