MR-imaging findings in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome.

abstract：:Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD, OMIM 272200) is an autosomal recessive leukodystrophy associated with the deficiency of several, in total seven, sulfatases. The disorder is clinically and biochemically variable. The clinical picture combines features of mucopolysaccharidosis and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD, ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mancini GM,van Diggelen OP,Huijmans JG,Stroink H,de Coo RF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) and positron tomography (PT) were used in 20 full term babies with seizures or hypotonia to describe regional cerebral glucose metabolism. Among babies with seizures, birth asphyxia was the most common cause. PT was performed at age 6-17 days. One hour before PT, 18FDG (50-100 microCi/kg...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Thorp PS,Levin SD,Garnett ES,Nahmias C,Firnau G,Toi A,Upton AR,Nobbs PT,Sinclair JC

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant-associated growth deficits in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have long been a concern. We chose 146 school age children diagnosed with ADHD being treated with methylphenidate (MPH) and 29 drug-free ADHD children, and followed them up for 2-4 years. We recorded the changes in he...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Zhang H,Du M,Zhuang S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disorder, which is caused by partial deletion of the short arm of one chromosome 4. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings are lacking. We report on brain findings in 10 children with WHS. We evaluated the MR imaging films of 10 subjects affected by WHS, which h...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Righini A,Ciosci R,Selicorni A,Bianchini E,Parazzini C,Zollino M,Lodi M,Triulzi F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxyl terminal of the predicted amino acid sequence of the Batten disease CLN3 gene protein is CQLS. This motif is expected to be a site for farnesylation at the cysteine residue. In order to determine whether this is indeed farnesylated we have carried out the in-vitro prenylation of tetrapeptides CVLS, CAIL a...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Pullarkat RK,Morris GN

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital glioblastoma multiforme is a rare tumor of the central nervous system with unique features. The existing evidence on its pathogenesis, genetic and molecular profile, special characteristics, treatment, and prognosis is reviewed. An increased number of antenatal diagnoses and prolonged survival for those ind...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Anestis DM,Tsitsopoulos PP,Ble CA,Tsitouras V,Tsonidis CA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of ∼1 in 4,000 live births. Neurofibromin, the gene product, is ubiquitously expressed at high levels in the nervous system and functions as a tumor suppressor. Haploinsufficiency of neurofibromin through mutation leads to an incr...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Barrea C,Vaessen S,Bulk S,Harvengt J,Misson JP

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical features of cerebrovascular occlusive disease with the moyamoya network (group 1: twenty-nine children) and those without this network (group 2: nine children) are reported herein. Group 1 was characterized by female preponderance, recurrent and transient ischemic attacks, progression of mental deterioration,...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kurokawa T,Chen YJ,Tomita S,Kishikawa T,Kitamura K

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years there has been increasing awareness of the association of congenital choanal atresia (CCA) with other congenital defects, including brain abnormalities. We obtained CT scans of the brain in twenty-three consecutive patients with CCA (10 boys and 13 girls) to determine the prevalence and the sco...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rejjal A,Alaiyan S,Coates R,Abuzeid M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data coming from a prospective multidisciplinary study with repeated examinations of children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) are reported. These patients underwent pediatric, neurological and psychiatric assessment, EEG-recordings and psychological testing. After a period of 3-4 years various subgroups of these chi...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Spohr HL,Steinhausen HC

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemimegalencephaly, which previously has been associated with a poor clinical course characterized by intractable seizures and severe encephalopathy, was found without these conditions in two children with neurofibromatosis. These children showed relatively similar and favourable prognostic features: no presence of se...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cusmai R,Curatolo P,Mangano S,Cheminal R,Echenne B

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on two Japanese siblings (one female and one male) with PEHO syndrome (progressive encephalopathy with edema, hypsarrhythmia, and optic atrophy). They showed profound generalized hypotonia early in infancy and developed infantile spasms with hypsarrhythmia within the first year of life. Abnormal eye movement...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fujimoto S,Yokochi K,Nakano M,Wada Y

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures are the most common neurological emergency in the neonates, and this age group has the highest incidence of seizures compared with any other period of life. The author provides a narrative review of recent advances in the genetics of neonatal epilepsies, new neonatal seizure classification system, diagnostics...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Samanta D

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of frequently prescribed gastrointestinal drugs can cause movement disorders in children, as well as in adults. In our centre for paediatric neurology, we saw a 3-year-old girl with abnormal movements mostly of the legs with an inner restlessness (akathisia) while using cisapride. Another patient, a 17-year-o...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Elzinga-Huttenga J,Hekster Y,Bijl A,Rotteveel J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of functional and neuroradiological abnormalities of the corpus callosum in a group of 21 prematurely born children (GA < 34 weeks) who were found to be "clumsy" on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children at 6 years of age. All children underwent functional and ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mercuri E,Jongmans M,Henderson S,Pennock J,Chung YL,de Vries L,Dubowitz L

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro syndrome is a rare condition in which congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, and facial dysmorphism are associated with severe neurological disorders, namely: microcephaly and psychomotor retardation. We report on polymicrogyria and motor neuropathy in a patient with Micro syndrome. These findings provide new ins...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Nassogne MC,Henrot B,Saint-Martin C,Kadhim H,Dobyns WB,Sébire G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the Doppler technique, we followed the postnatal changes of the cerebral blood flow velocity longitudinally. Pulsatility index (PI) was measured in 91 neonates. In 26 normal term infants who were supine, PIs were initially raised (PI = 0.91 +/- 0.10), gradually falling over the first 12 hours after birth and rem...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Shuto H,Yasuhara A,Sugimoto T,Iwase S,Kobayashi Y,Nakamura M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the complication of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in four patients with lower brainstem dysfunction. These patients suffered from perinatal asphyxia, cerebellar hemorrhage, or congenital dysphagia of unknown origin and showed facial nerve palsy, inspiratory stridor due to vocal cord paralysis, central sle...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Saito Y,Kawashima Y,Kondo A,Chikumaru Y,Matsui A,Nagata I,Ohno K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn female born at term was admitted at 28 hours for seizures and generalized hypotonia. Cerebral ultrasound showed a right temporal echogenic lesion confirmed on MRI and thought to be secondary to thrombosis of the vein of Labbé. The EEG showed epileptic discharges over the right temporal region. Extensive thro...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Beretta L,Hauschild M,Jeannet PY,Addor MC,Maeder P,Truttmann AC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited diseases. The natural history of these disorders along with their management have changed mainly due to a better understanding of their pathophysiology, the evolution of standards of care, and new treatment options. Dystrophinopathies include both Duchenne's ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Domingos J,Sarkozy A,Scoto M,Muntoni F

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leukoencephalopathy associated with dysmorphic features may be attributed to chromosomal abnormalities such as 17p13.3 microdeletion syndrome. CASE:A 19-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital for diagnostic evaluation of her leukoencephalopathy. She demonstrated moderate intellectual disabilit...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hirasawa-Inoue A,Takeshita E,Shimizu-Motohashi Y,Ishiyama A,Saito T,Komaki H,Nakagawa E,Sugai K,Inoue K,Goto YI,Sasaki M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was aimed to assess the accurate incidence of renal stones in severely disabled children treated with topiramate (TPM). METHOD:We reviewed the medical records of severely disabled children with epilepsy under 15 years old who underwent radiological examinations to investigate urinary stones. The stu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ishikawa N,Tani H,Kobayashi Y,Kato A,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to ascertain frequency of mutations in POLR3A or POLR3B, which are associated with 4H leukodystrophy, in a cohort of patients with unclassified hypomyelination. METHODS AND RESULTS:In a cohort of 22 patients with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis of unclassified hypomyelination a...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cayami FK,La Piana R,van Spaendonk RM,Nickel M,Bley A,Guerrero K,Tran LT,van der Knaap MS,Bernard G,Wolf NI

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) of the brain has been used to evaluate potential etiologies of hemiplegic cerebral palsy in a population-based group of 28 children born preterm, in whom an obvious postnatal cause of hemiplegia could be excluded. The CT findings were classified according to a system so constructed to reflect ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wiklund LM,Uvebrant P,Flodmark O

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several causes of gingival hyperplasia and one of the most well-known is drug-induced gingival enlargement. Nevertheless, causes of congenital gingival enlargement include only hereditary and metabolic disorders. Only one case of drug-induced congenital gingival hyperplasia has been reported. We present the ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rodríguez-Vázquez M,Carrascosa-Romero MC,Pardal-Fernández JM,Iniesta I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birth records of 97 children assessed at 18 months and found to be developmentally delayed were scored according to the optimality concept developed by Prechtl. These children were compared to a control series of 81 children. In order to evaluate the predictive validity of the parental developmental assessments perfor...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Sonnander K,Gustavson KH

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the spectrum of muscle involvement on MRI in patients with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD2) due to mutations in the lamin A/C gene and to compare it to the pattern found in other conditions with similar phenotype. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nine pat...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mercuri E,Counsell S,Allsop J,Jungbluth H,Kinali M,Bonne G,Schwartz K,Bydder G,Dubowitz V,Muntoni F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with Gaucher disease type II who developed severe rhabdomyolysis. We treated him successfully and measured various cytokine and chemokine levels sequentially to elucidate the pathophysiology of rhabdomyolysis. The serum levels of interleukin-6, -8, -10, granulocyte colony-stimulating fa...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wakusawa K,Haginoya K,Ishitobi M,Hino-Fukuyo N,Togashi N,Sato I,Ohura T,Yokoyama H,Kikuchi M,Iinuma K,Tsuchiya S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with acute encephalopathy with bilateral striatal necrosis are presented and the literature on the subject is reviewed. The disease is characterized by abrupt onset following a systemic infectious illness, with disturbance of consciousness, absence of speech, dystonic movements of the limbs, general stiff...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rosemberg S,Amaral LC,Kliemann SE,Arita FN

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological examination and magnetic resonance imaging were performed in the neonatal period in 58 full-term infants who presented with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the patterns of neurological abnormalities and their correlation to brain lesions on MRI. The prognostic value...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mercuri E,Guzzetta A,Haataja L,Cowan F,Rutherford M,Counsell S,Papadimitriou M,Cioni G,Dubowitz L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00