Internal carotid artery stenosis as the sequela of a pseudoaneurysm after methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

abstract：:As part of the implementation of a population-based registry of children with cerebral palsy, caregiver satisfaction with the process by which diagnosis was originally communicated by a professional was assessed. Satisfaction with various aspects of the diagnosis process was assessed using a five-point Likert scale an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dagenais L,Hall N,Majnemer A,Birnbaum R,Dumas F,Gosselin J,Koclas L,Shevell MI

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sixth nerve palsies in 75 children, all of whom had undergone modern neuroimaging, were reviewed. Neoplasms or their neurosurgical removal was the most common cause (n = 34 [45%]); elevated intracranial pressure (nontumor) (15%), traumatic (12%), congenital (11%), inflammatory (7%), miscellaneous (5%), a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee MS,Galetta SL,Volpe NJ,Liu GT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous electroencephalographic monitoring often detects nonconvulsive seizures in critically ill children, but it is resource-intense and has not been demonstrated to improve outcomes. As institutions develop clinical pathways for monitoring, they should consider how seemingly minor variations may exert substantia...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gutierrez-Colina AM,Topjian AA,Dlugos DJ,Abend NS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisomal disorders are classified in two major groups: (1) peroxisome biogenesis disorders and (2) single peroxisomal enzyme/transporter deficiencies. D-bifunctional protein deficiency (OMIM #261515) is included in this last group of rare diseases and leads to an impaired peroxisomal beta-oxidation. D-bif...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nascimento J,Mota C,Lacerda L,Pacheco S,Chorão R,Martins E,Garrido C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postictal psychosis is a state of psychosis following repeated or prolonged complex partial seizures with or without secondary generalization and is well described in adult epilepsy literature. It is sparsely reported in the pediatric literature. This report describes a 12-year-old male presenting with status epilepti...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Joshi CN,Booth FA,Sigurdson ES,Bolton JM,Shah NS

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Miller-Dieker syndrome (MDS) is a prototype of brain malformations characterized by abnormal neuronal migration. To clarify the pathomechanisms underlying these anomalies, we performed immunohistochemical studies using specific antibodies against the protein product of LIS-1, the candidate gene responsible for the MDS...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Isumi H,Takashima S,Kakita A,Yamada M,Ikeda K,Mizuguchi M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes reported after corpus callosotomy include hyperintensity in the corpus callosum, perifalcine hyperintensity caused by surgical retraction, and acute changes associated with surgical complications. The authors have observed MRI signal changes in the cerebral white matter of corp...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Khurana DS,Strawsburg RH,Robertson RL,Madsen JR,Helmers SL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:l-2 hydroxyglutaric aciduria is a rare, autosomal recessively inherited metabolic disorder of organic acid metabolism. A 5-year-old boy presented with eyelid myoclonia with absences that proved difficult to control with first-line anticonvulsants. An electroencephalogram produced profoundly abnormal results, with gene...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mete A,Isikay S,Sirikci A,Ozkur A,Bayram M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arterial ischemic stroke occurs more frequently in term newborns than in the elderly, and brain immaturity affects mechanisms of ischemic injury and recovery. The susceptibility to injury of the brain was assumed to be lower in the perinatal period as compared with childhood. This concept was recently challe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Titomanlio L,Fernández-López D,Manganozzi L,Moretti R,Vexler ZS,Gressens P

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Neurogenic pulmonary edema may be a complication of multiple neurological processes. Although there is debate regarding the underlying pathophysiology, the recognition of neurogenic pulmonary edema is vitally important because of the high-potential for mortality and need for treatment of the underlying disor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sweeney M,Rubin J,Hopkins SE

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：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：:Chronic oral VP-16 (etoposide) is a chemotherapy regimen with a wide application in oncology and documented efficacy against germ cell tumors, lymphomas, Kaposi's sarcoma, and primary brain tumors. This study was performed to assess the toxicity and activity of chronic oral etoposide in the management of children with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:The mechanistic target of rapamycin inhibitors everolimus and sirolimus have activity against multiple manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex and are approved to treat astrocytomas, angiomyolipomas, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and epilepsy. Cannabidiol is a novel antiepileptic medication. There is lack o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ebrahimi-Fakhari D,Agricola KD,Tudor C,Krueger D,Franz DN

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension reflex of fingers was tested in several term and preterm infants. This reflex was found to be present as early as 28 weeks gestation in clinically stable preterm infants. Absence of extension reflex in infants is indicative of neurologic problems. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Modanlou HD

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Spinal teratomas are extremely rare; they constitute <0.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These rare tumors have nonspecific manifestations but in most cases are accompanied by neurological deficits. Rupture of a mature teratoma can cause chemical meningitis. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:A 7-year-old boy presented wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mpayo LL,Liu XH,Xu M,Wang K,Wang J,Yang L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine is used as second-line medication for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children. Product information concerning clonidine reported seizures only after overdosage of clonidine, and the prescription of clonidine has not been contraindicated in patients with known epilepsy. The prese...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Feron FJ,Hendriksen JG,Nicolai J,Vles JS

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：AIM:We assessed the utilization of the National Institutes of Health Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) in pediatric patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare neurovascular disorder which frequently results in seizures, brain atrophy, calcification, and a range of neurological impairments. METHODS...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Harmon KA,Day AM,Hammill AM,Pinto AL,McCulloch CE,Comi AM,National Institutes of Health Rare Disease Clinical Research Consortium (RDCRN) Brain and Vascular Malformation Consortium (BVMC) SWS Investigator Group.

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to compare the neurodevelopmental outcome between very low birth weight infants with and without sonographic disproportionate enlargement of occipital horn. We retrospectively reviewed the brain sonography of all very low birth weight infants born at National Taiwan University Hospital b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tang MP,Chou HC,Tsao PN,Tsou KI,Hsieh WS

更新日期：2004-01-01 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

abstract：:The updated American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines include recommendation for thrombectomy in certain adult stroke cases. The safety and efficacy of thrombectomy in children are unknown. An 8-year-old girl experienced acute stroke symptoms on two occasions while therapeutically anticoagulate...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Buompadre MC,Andres K,Slater LA,Mohseni-Bod H,Guerguerian AM,Branson H,Laughlin S,Armstrong D,Moharir M,deVeber G,Humpl T,Honjo O,Keshavjee S,Ichord R,Pereira V,Dlamini N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute dyskinetic or dystonic reactions are a long-recognized complication of medications that alter dopamine signaling. Most reactions occur following exposure to agents that block dopamine receptors (e.g., neuroleptics). However, agents that increase dopaminergic transmission (such as methylphenidate) can a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Waugh JL

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare neurologic disorder of childhood and adolescence. We describe a 16-year-old boy who manifested the disease despite proper vaccinations. He was hospitalized because of bedwetting, involuntary limb movements, abnormal speech, and balance disturbances. Immunoglobulin G antibo...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Har-Even R,Aichenbaum S,Rabey JM,Livne A,Bistritzer T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefepime toxicity is characterized by altered mental status, confusion, and decreased responsiveness. We describe a 14-year-old girl who developed acute encephalopathy associated with supratherapeutic cefepime concentrations in the setting of acute renal failure. The authors were unable to identify any previous report...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Landgrave LC,Lock JL,Whitmore JM,Belcher CE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Adie's pupil and radiologic changes related to Parry-Romberg syndrome in a child who presented with facial hemiatrophy with no neurologic deficit. We suggest that cerebral lesions in Parry-Romberg syndrome without neurologic symptoms must be carefully investigated. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aynaci FM,Sen Y,Erdöl H,Ahmetoğlu A,Elmas R

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00