Once-daily ethosuximide in the treatment of absence epilepsy.

abstract：:The details of 328 patients with bacterial meningitis, admitted from 1984 through 1993, were obtained from 46 departments of pediatrics of large hospitals through questionnaires. The incidence rate per 100,000 child-years was 2.32, being higher in children aged 0-4 years (rate, 7.22) than 5-15 years (rate, 0.49). The ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ishikawa T,Asano Y,Morishima T,Nagashima M,Sobue G,Watanabe K,Yamaguchi H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata is a rare genetic disorder of peroxisomal metabolism that is characterized clinically by shortening of the proximal limbs, cataracts, a characteristic facial appearance, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation. This report describes a newborn with a severe phenotype whose ne...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Goh S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system manifestations of acute myeloid leukemia are rare at presentation. Acute cranial nerve findings on neurologic examination can be indications for brain imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging can highlight cranial nerves emerging from the brainstem, particularly if they are gadolinium-enhanced or thi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mott J,Carlson MD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old boy was diagnosed with autism, along with development delay, seizures, and hypoplastic corpus callosum. His karyotype was 47, XY, +mar.ish (15) (D15Z1+, SNRPN+, GABRB3+, PML-(de novo?). The supernumerary marker chromosome 15 with euchromatin was monosatellited and monocentric. Although autism, seizures, ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jovanović-Privrodski JD,Kavecan II,Obrenović MR,Buonadonna LA,Bukvić NM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to further clarify ictal electroencephalographic findings of patients with benign partial epilepsy in infancy in order to better understand its neurophysiologic features. The study group consisted of 13 infants with definite benign partial epilepsy in infancy, in whom ictal electroencephalogra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Okumura A,Watanabe K,Negoro T,Hayakawa F,Kato T,Natsume J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the cost and efficacy of admitting patients for intravenous dihydroergotamine treatment and to identify factors associated with a higher likelihood of response to treatment. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of all pediatric hospitalizations from 2001 to 2010 for intravenous dihydroer...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nelson GR,Bale JF,Kerr LM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes an 8-month-old boy with the full clinical spectrum anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis. He was admitted to the hospital with involuntary orofacial head movements, behavioral changes, and fluctuation in consciousness. His examination showed tongue thrusting, decreased responsiveness, ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cantarín-Extremera V,Duat-Rodríguez A,González-Gutiérrez-Solana L,López-Marín L,Armangue T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrhythmia may be one of the major causes of sudden unexpected death in children with epilepsy. We assessed drug-induced QT prolongation to establish whether the use of antiepileptic drugs contributes to sudden unexpected death. A total of 178 children with epilepsy (93 males and 85 females, with ages ranging ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kwon S,Lee S,Hyun M,Choe BH,Kim Y,Park W,Cho Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of a biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has the potential to save lives. Generalized convulsive seizures and postictal generalized suppression on electroencephalography (EEG) most often precede sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and are potential biomarkers....

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Okanari K,Otsubo H,Kouzmitcheva E,Rangrej J,Baba S,Ochi A,Okanishi T,Homma Y,Nita DA,Donner EJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 7-month-old child was treated with homeopathic preparations of thuja, a potentially convulsant compound, for the purpose of providing a calming effect around times of immunizations. The child developed eight generalized tonic-clonic seizures with no other obvious cause, in the context of normal el...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Stafstrom CE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative seizures are among the more common complications of cardiac surgery in children. These seizures have traditionally been considered benign, transient phenomena with little, if any, prognostic significance. We report 4 infants with early postoperative seizures following cardiac surgery who later developed ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： du Plessis AJ,Kramer U,Jonas RA,Wessel DL,Riviello JJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypotonia with favorable outcome is characterized by an early neonatal onset and a benign clinical course. The old term, proposed by Walton, was benign congenital hypotonia, denoting the presence of muscle weakness and hypotonia, with the exception of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. It has been clear that this te...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Carboni P,Pisani F,Crescenzi A,Villani C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregabalin is a new antiepileptic drug that acts at presynaptic calcium channels, modulating neurotransmitter release. We report on treating consecutive children with severe drug-resistant epilepsy in a prospective, open-label, add-on trial. Nineteen children (63% male) aged 4-15 years (mean, 9.7; S.D., 2.9) were incl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jan MM,Zuberi SA,Alsaihati BA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sulfatides, the most abundant glycosphingolipids, are a major component of myelin. They are degraded by the combined action of sphingolipid activator protein and arylsulfatase A. Deficiency of either of these entities causes metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). On the basis of age of onset, this entity is div...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dubey R,Chakrabarty B,Gulati S,Sharma MC,Deopujari S,Baheti N,Santosh V,Pai G,Kabra M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients in China with juvenile-onset myasthenia gravis present early, with a high prevalence of purely ocular symptoms, spontaneous remission rates, and low antibody seropositivity. Antibody detection using a cell-based assay has been reported to increase the diagnostic sensitivity in adult-onset myasthenia...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yan C,Li W,Song J,Feng X,Xi J,Lu J,Zhou S,Zhao C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical status epilepticus during sleep syndrome and its variants are age-dependent epileptic encephalopathies associated with a sleep-related electroencephalographic pattern of continuous spike-waves, combined with motor or cognitive impairment. These epileptic encephalopathies are usually not responsive to conven...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bahi-Buisson N,Savini R,Eisermann M,Bulteau C,Dulac O,Hertz-Pannier L,Chiron C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the frequency of six commonly reported adult migraine premonitory symptoms in children and adolescents with episodic and chronic migraine and elicited psychological or behavioral comorbidities that may be associated with these symptoms. BACKGROUND:Premonitory symptoms are commonly reported in th...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jacobs H,Pakalnis A

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Mutations in the alpha-subunit of the first neuronal sodium channel gene SCN1A have been described in isolated patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy or Dravet syndrome and in families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. To find phenotype/genotype correlations, we reviewed all published c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ceulemans BP,Claes LR,Lagae LG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate ophthalmologic manifestations in children with definitive oxidative phosphorylation disorders, a retrospective review was conducted of clinical and laboratory records of all such pediatric patients (n = 103) diagnosed and treated at one center between 1983 and 2006. All were residents of Victoria, Austr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rose LV,Rose NT,Elder JE,Thorburn DR,Boneh A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid eye movement sleep distribution changes during development, but little is known about rapid eye movement latency variation in childhood by age, sex, or pathologic sleep states. We hypothesized that: (1) rapid eye movement latency would differ in normal children by age, with a younger cohort (1-10 years) demonstr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mason TB 2nd,Teoh L,Calabro K,Traylor J,Karamessinis L,Schultz B,Samuel J,Gallagher PR,Marcus CL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis from Pseudomonas pseudomallei is common in endemic areas (particularly southeast Asia) and is being recognized with increasing frequency in developed countries. Central nervous system involvement is a rare complication with a high mortality. A patient with multiple cerebral abscesses caused by this organis...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pelekanos JT,Appleton DB

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain plasticity refers to its ability to recover after damage. Visual field plasticity is not well recognized. We report a 12-year-old female who first presented with recurrent seizures and was subsequently found to have a large, right occipital cortical dysplasia on magnetic resonance imaging. Her visual field by Go...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kong CK,Wong LY,Yuen MK

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are an early sign of brain injury in newborns. These seizures are in most cases repetitive or associated with asymptomatic electrographic seizures. Despite the relative resistance of the immature brain to seizure-induced brain damage, there is more and more evidence that neonatal seizures impair normal brain ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Thibeault-Eybalin MP,Lortie A,Carmant L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rapidly progressive, degenerative neuromuscular disease of infancy. In severe SMA, weakness, hypotonia, and bulbar involvement lead to progressive respiratory insufficiency and swallowing dysfunction, which are frequently complicated by aspirations. There are few studies repor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Birnkrant DJ,Pope JF,Martin JE,Repucci AH,Eiben RM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloxazolam has been used mainly as an anxiolytic agent. The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of cloxazolam as an add-on antiepileptic drug in patients with intractable epilepsy. A total of 32 patients with intractable epilepsy were treated with cloxazolam: 13 with generalized epilepsy, 15 with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kimura N,Fujii T,Miyajima T,Kumada T,Mikuni T,Ito M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the incidence of torticollis associated with neonatal brachial plexus palsy, whether the severity of brachial plexus palsy affects outcomes and the rate of recovery. We performed a retrospective review of 128 consecutive neonatal brachial plexus palsy patients evaluated at the University of Michigan fro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hervey-Jumper SL,Justice D,Vanaman MM,Nelson VS,Yang LJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy adolescent. Clinical features included fever, altered mental status, and speech difficulty, with subsequent hyperesthesia, ataxia, and motor weakness, all of which eventually resolved completely. Magnetic resonance imaging was ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： DeBiasi RL,Parsons JA,Grabert BE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autosomal recessive or X-linked inborn errors of intracellular cobalamin metabolism can lead to methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria. In neonates, both increased cerebrospinal fluid glycine and cerebrospinal fluid/plasma glycine ratio are biochemical features of nonketotic hyperglycinemia. METHODS:We d...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scalais E,Osterheld E,Weitzel C,De Meirleir L,Mataigne F,Martens G,Shaikh TH,Coughlin CR 2nd,Yu HC,Swanson M,Friederich MW,Scharer G,Helbling D,Wendt-Andrae J,Van Hove JLK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human cytomegalovirus, a major cause of permanent neurodevelopmental disability in children, frequently produces intracranial abnormalities, including calcifications and polymicrogyria, in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infections. This report describes the features of cerebral cortical clefting, in...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： White AL,Hedlund GL,Bale JF Jr

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00