Among perinatal factors, only the Apgar score is associated with specific language impairment.

abstract：AIM:To collect preliminary functional data on ataxia telangiectasia and create a disease specific scale: the Ataxia Telangiectasia Functional Scale (ATFS). METHOD:Retrospective information on patients with ataxia telangiectasia referred to the Assistive Technology Unit was included. Functional mobility scales (the Gro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shenhod E,Benzeev B,Sarouk I,Heimer G,Nissenkorn A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study 17 male and 13 female infants with gestational ages between 27 and 34 weeks (mean 30.7) and birthweights between 750 and 2020g (mean 1545) were evaluated with the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale at 35, 38, 40 and 44 weeks postconceptional age. All were in room air at the time of observatio...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Paludetto R,Rinaldi P,Mansi G,Andolfi M,Del Giudice G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population-based sample of 149 children with hemiplegia, IQ was highly correlated with a simple-to-calculate index of neurological severity. Performance IQ was an average of 13 points lower then verbal IQ-a difference that seemed to reflect specific visuospatial difficulties rather than an effect of the motor dis...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Goodman R,Yude C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impact of white matter abnormalities (WMAs) on neuropsychological functioning in children with early-treated phenylketonuria (ETPKU) was examined. Children with ETPKU (20 males, 12 females, mean age 11 years 2 months, SD 3 years 6 months) and controls (20 males, 14 females, mean age 10 years 4 months, SD 3 years 1 mon...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson PJ,Wood SJ,Francis DE,Coleman L,Warwick L,Casanelia S,Anderson VA,Boneh A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early epilepsy is known to worsen the developmental prognosis of young children with a congenital focal brain lesion, but its direct role is often very difficult to delineate from the other variables. This requires prolonged periods of follow-up with simultaneous serial electrophysiological and developmental assessmen...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mayor-Dubois C,Maeder-Ingvar M,Deonna T,Roulet-Perez E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity has significant health benefits and is positively associated with health-related quality of life and psychosocial functioning. Persons with disability are at particular risk of inactivity. For adults with cerebral palsy (CP), impaired health and function typically impede participation in physical act...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Thorpe D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of children with communication disorders were examined using a series of psycholinguistic markers to explore whether the tasks could identify children with impairments other than specific language impairment (SLI), and to examine whether the different groups within this clinical population could be distin...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Botting N,Conti-Ramsden G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To simultaneously evaluate long-term outcomes of children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) across multiple cognitive domains and compare the characteristics of participants sharing a similar cognitive profile. METHOD:Participants were adolescents and young adults (AYAs) diagnosed with DRE in childhood, who compl...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Puka K,Smith ML

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This systematic review and meta-analysis presents an overview of the efficacy of suit therapy on functioning in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted. A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed articles was performed on electronic databases, fro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martins E,Cordovil R,Oliveira R,Letras S,Lourenço S,Pereira I,Ferro A,Lopes I,Silva CR,Marques M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to move two fingers at the same time was measured in young and older adults. This study measured the accuracy with which 45 normally developing children (23 boys, 22 girls; mean ages 8.4 and 8.3 years respectively) and 49 young adults (25 males, 24 females; mean ages 19.8 and 20.5 years respectively) could...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Milling-Smith O,Eunson P,Walsh EG

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial urinary sphincters were implanted in 30 incontinent children between four and 17 years of age. At follow-up for periods from three months to four years, 28 children are continent for at least three hours during the day and are dry at night. Two have had the device removed because of erosion and are still in...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kroovand RL

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old girl was evaluated for walking difficulties and fatigue at the end of the day in the last 2 years. Handwriting was also difficult with 'cramps' after a short time of writing. Neurological examination was normal most of the time but in the evening and after exercise, an abnormal walking posture and rare ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Deonna T,Roulet E,Ghika J,Zesiger P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status dystonicus is a rare, but life-threatening movement disorder emergency. Urgent assessment is required and management is tailored to patient characteristics and complications. The use of dystonia action plans and early recognition of worsening dystonia may potentially facilitate intervention or prevent progressi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Allen NM,Lin JP,Lynch T,King MD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to investigate fine motor skills of children with both attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and those of a control group, and to examine the effects of methylphenidate on these skills. A group of 12 children with ADHD-DCD (11 males, o...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Flapper BC,Houwen S,Schoemaker MM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain frequency and its association with participation, function, and health-related quality of life were evaluated in a sample of 198 children (58% male; mean age 10 years 7 months, SD 3 years 11 months; range 5 to 18 years) with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (CP). Gross Motor Functional Classification System (GMF...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Houlihan CM,O'Donnell M,Conaway M,Stevenson RD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases with sensory peripheral neuropathies are reported. Case 1 presented with scoliosis, and cases 2 and 3 presented with abnormal gait. None had trophic limb changes, evidence of weakness, or a tendency to self-mutilation and each had normal motor studies on neurophysiological testing. Sural nerve biopsies sho...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bye AM,Baker WD,Pollard J,Wise G

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that in early embryos, mechanisms exist for the control of the movement of monovalent ions; that sodium is extruded during gastrulation and neurulation, and that in two- to three-day-old chick embryos with head abnormalities, ratios of sodium to potassium may be abnormally high. It is suggested that ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hughes A

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The first aim of this study was to systematically review and critically assess manually controlled instrumented spasticity assessment methods that combine multidimensional signals. The second aim was to extract a set of quantified parameters that are psychometrically sound to assess spasticity in a clinical setting...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bar-On L,Aertbeliën E,Molenaers G,Dan B,Desloovere K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey conducted by a UK urban general practice, 98.1 per cent (1083) of the children registered aged three to 11 years took part in an interview. Possible migraine subjects took part in an extended interview, the results of which were recorded using three different sets of diagnostic criteria: Vahlquist, Ad Hoc ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mortimer MJ,Kay J,Jaron A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with Down syndrome (DS), a disorder of known genetic etiology (trisomy of chromosome 21), exhibit several types of structural brain abnormalities that are detectable pathologically and by MRI. In addition, in middle age, individuals with DS develop histological and, in some cases, clinical features of Alzh...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Pearlson GD,Breiter SN,Aylward EH,Warren AC,Grygorcewicz M,Frangou S,Barta PE,Pulsifer MB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on hand motor control in children with cerebral palsy (CP) have focused on the coordination of fingertip forces during the grasping and lifting of objects. However, little is known about the ability to replace and release an object from grasp, a function that is just as important for fine dexterity. The...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Eliasson AC,Gordon AM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisapride was used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux in seven children with neurodevelopmental disorders and in 15 children who were neurologically normal. 24-hour lower-oesophageal pH monitoring was carried out before and after treatment. The neurologically normal group had a statistically significant decrease after...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brueton MJ,Clarke GS,Sandhu BK

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate studies on the psychometric properties of measurement tools used to quantify functional mobility in children with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and other childhood neurological conditions. METHOD:Two independent reviewers identified measures previously used by clinicians to quantify functional mo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Adair B,Said CM,Rodda J,Morris ME

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe four children with dysmorphic syndrome with severe learning disability (SLD). Their chromosomes had been normal on conventional cytogenetic examination. However, screening using a multiprobe fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) technique for subtelomeric abnormalities revealed a deletion of the p arm ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Knight-Jones E,Knight S,Heussler H,Regan R,Flint J,Martin K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasticity of visual systems after early brain damage has been extensively studied in animal models but poorly documented in children after visual pathway lesions. This report describes the visual recovery of a male child who had a bilateral occipital lobe infarction at the age of 2 years 6 months, 10 days after colon...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bova SM,Giovenzana A,Signorini S,La Piana R,Uggetti C,Bianchi PE,Fazzi E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the reliability and predictive validity of the developmental and socio-emotional scales of the Standardized Infant NeuroDevelopmental Assessment (SINDA). METHOD:To assess reliability, two sets of three assessors forming eight assessor-pairs independently rated the developmental and socio-emotional scales...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hadders-Algra M,Tacke U,Pietz J,Rupp A,Philippi H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent to which children with either specific language impairment (SLI) or developmental coordination disorder (DCD) could be considered dyspraxic was examined using three tasks involving either familiar, or unfamiliar actions. SLI is diagnosed in children who fail to develop language in the normal fashion for no ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hill EL

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based group of 27 children with total blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), born in Sweden from 1980 to 1990, was examined. They constituted all but two of the total of 29 children with total blindness due to ROP known to the national register of visually impaired children when reviewed from ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jacobson L,Fernell E,Broberger U,Ek U,Gillberg C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) are a very sensitive measure of the functional integrity of the neuroaxis, including peripheral and central structures. When used in diagnostic mode they can provide additional information regarding the probable areas of dysfunction. SSEPs were recorded from 44 children (64 feet...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nadeem RD,Brown JK,Lawson G,Macnicol MF

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent behavioral data have demonstrated the importance of maintaining low phenylalanine concentrations beyond early childhood in patients with phenylketonuria, which can be a difficult task, particularly during adolescence. Administration of certain large neutral amino-acids (valine, isoleucine, leucine--VIL) appears...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jordan MK,Brunner RL,Hunt MM,Berry HK

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00