Cardiac and central nervous system vasculitis in a child with dermatomyositis.

abstract：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a monophasic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system involving the white matter, and to a lesser extent, the gray matter. Bilateral thalamic lesions have been reported in 12% of pediatric patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. In most cases,...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dardiotis E,Kountra P,Kapsalaki E,Protogerou G,Markopoulou K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February 2006 to March 2008, 42 pregnant women homozygous for the 677CT-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) allele were recruited in our obstetrics service for pregnancy at risk. All had antithrombotic prophylaxis with low-dose aspirin and/or low-molecular-weight heparin, supplemented with folic acid. In ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pogliani L,Muggiasca L,Arrigoni L,Rossi E,Zuccotti G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of severity of closed head injury and age on attentional functioning was prospectively investigated in 36 children (age range, 7 to 16 years) 6 months after injury. Children were placed into mild, moderate, and severe injury groups using established neurologic criteria. Each child received the Wechsler I...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kaufmann PM,Fletcher JM,Levin HS,Miner ME,Ewing-Cobbs L

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is believed to rarely cause neurologic symptoms during childhood. We present a 16-year-old boy with bilateral congenital clubfeet surgically corrected by tendo Achillis releases at 2 years of age who presented with progressive, bilateral footdrop. Magnetic resonance imaging of his lum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ng YT,Mancias P,Butler IJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine which clinical characteristics correlated with abnormal computed tomographic (CT) scans in epileptic children. Thirty variables were examined. Of these, four variables (presence of inherited or congenital disease, focal motor findings, developmental delay, and early onset of ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koprowski C,Clancy R

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed 10 youth football players (13.4 ± 0.7 y) immediately before and after their season to explore the effects of football participation on selected clinical measures of neurologic function. Postseason postural stability in a closed-eye condition was improved compared to preseason (P = .017). Neurocognitive tes...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Munce TA,Dorman JC,Odney TO,Thompson PA,Valentine VD,Bergeron MF

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many neurodegenerative diseases can be misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy. The correct diagnosis is reached when the condition recurs in families or when there are specific clinical signs. The clinical and imaging features of 3 children, from 2 unrelated families, presenting with global developmental delay and dystonia ar...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Devadathan K,Sreedharan M,Sarasam S,Colah RB,Kunju PA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing consistency between cerebral palsy registries in reporting of new cases enables more effective collaboration in terms of researching predisposing factors. To identify antenatal and intrapartum risk factors for cerebral palsy in the Estonian population, we undertook a matched case-control study of 153 chil...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Stelmach T,Pisarev H,Talvik T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size and reactivity to light of the pupil in infants with intraventricular hemorrhage has been variously described in the literature. These descriptions have included miosis, reactivity to light, nonreactivity to light, and anisocoria. We studied the size and light reactivity of 20 infants with intraventricular he...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Isenberg SJ,Vazquez M

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous haemangiomas, or cavernous malformations, have been reported during pregnancy, most of which have been either supratentorial or spinal lesions. We encountered a 15-year old pregnant patient with a rapidly progressive and haemorrhagic brainstem cavernous haemangioma. The case presented here describes the hist...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ranger AM,Chaudhary N,Avery M,Lownie S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of acylcarnitine and amino acid profiling using tandem mass spectrometry, and its application for use with dried blood specimens collected on filter-paper cards, has introduced an innovative new technology for detecting inborn errors of fatty acid, organic acid, and amino acid metabolism. From November 1, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Naylor EW,Chace DH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy is a reflex, age- and localization-related syndrome. We describe the clinical and electroencephalographic features, therapy, and outcome of 16 children/adolescents with this syndrome. The cohort included 2 sets of siblings and 7 patients with other first- or second-deg...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Politi-Elishkevich K,Kivity S,Shuper A,Levine H,Goldberg-Stern H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the etiologic factors, clinical characteristics, seasonal distributions, family history, response to corticosteroid therapy, recurrence and residual paralysis rates, and factors affecting these in pediatric facial palsy. Patients aged <18 years diagnosed with acute peripheral...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hanci F,Türay S,Bayraktar Z,Kabakuş N

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial medicine provides a metabolic perspective on the pathology of conditions linked with inadequate oxidative phosphorylation. Dysfunction in the mitochondrial machinery can result in improper energy production, leading to cellular injury or even apoptosis. Clinical presentations are often subtle, so clinici...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Thornton B,Cohen B,Copeland W,Maria BL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child suffered from herpes simplex virus encephalitis at the age of 6 months; a late relapse occurred 8.5 years after the initial episode, the longest latency period reported. Radiologic and autopsy findings suggest local reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus as the cause of relapse. All cases of late relapse ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel R,Miron D,Yodko H,Lumelsky D,Habib A,Horovitz Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is characterized by social deficits, communication and language impairments, narrow restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, inattention, and hyperactivity. While selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy in treating core symptoms of autism, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors have de...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hollander E,Kaplan A,Cartwright C,Reichman D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the available literature on papilledema in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), report the first detailed pediatric case, and explore the underlying pathophysiology. METHODS:First, we conducted a comprehensive literature review of all cases of papilledema in CIDP. Next...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Abrams AW,Sah JP,Pavlakis SG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metagenomic next-generation sequencing offers an unbiased approach to identifying viral pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology. METHODS:In an 11-month case series, we investigated the use of cerebrospinal fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing to diag...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Erdem G,Kaptsan I,Sharma H,Kumar A,Aylward SC,Kapoor A,Shimamura M

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot case-control study was done to collect data on whether susceptibility to newborn encephalopathy and neonatal seizures is influenced by the degree of maternal-fetal sharing of HLA antigens. Cases included 13 infants with moderate or severe newborn encephalopathy and seven infants with neonatal seizures but no o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cowan LD,Hudson L,Bobele G,Chancellor I,Baker J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the consistency of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination scores of very-low-birth-weight infants at 6 and 12 months of age and its correlation to cranial ultrasonography findings, we designed a prospective study between January 2005 and January 2008, in the tertiary Neonatal Unit of Aristotle Uni...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Karagianni P,Rallis D,Kyriakidou M,Tsakalidis C,Pratsiou P,Nikolaidis N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we aim to understand the neurologic basis of improved function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy treated with constraint-induced movement therapy. Eleven children including 4 untreated comparison subjects diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Manning KY,Menon RS,Gorter JW,Mesterman R,Campbell C,Switzer L,Fehlings D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrocephaly-capillary malformation syndrome is characterized by cutaneous vascular malformations with associated anomalies as macrocephaly, macrosomia, hemihypertrophy, hypotonia, developmental delay, lax joints, loose skin, polysyndactyly, and neuroimaging abnormalities. We present a newborn with a prenatal diagnosi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ercan TE,Oztunc F,Celkan T,Bor M,Kizilkilic O,Vural M,Perk Y,Islak C,Tuysuz B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, both migraine and tension-type headaches in children are believed to be chronic primary headaches. Meningeal signs in both cases are ignored or not examined, and the neurologic status is considered normal. This is the first study that focuses on meningeal signs in children with chronic headaches. The study...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Almazov I,Brand N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy of childhood. It typically presents with leukocoria or strabismus. In later stages of the disease, the child may exhibit proptosis, buphthalmos, or hypopyon. The pathognomonic molecular aberration is a loss of function mutation in the RB1 gene on chromos...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ortiz MV,Dunkel IJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the authors investigated whether dysregulation of the fragile X mental retardation protein and mammalian target of rapamycin signaling cascade can have a role in the pathogenesis of encephalopathy of prematurity following perinatal hypoxia-ischemia. The authors examined the brain tissue of newborns with ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lechpammer M,Wintermark P,Merry KM,Jackson MC,Jantzie LL,Jensen FE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the yield of neuroimaging in children presenting to the emergency department with acute ataxia in the post-varicella vaccine era, we conducted a cross-sectional study between 1995 and 2013 at a single pediatric tertiary care center. We included children aged 1-18 years evaluated for acute ataxia of <7 day...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rudloe T,Prabhu SP,Gorman MP,Nigrovic LE,Harper MB,Landschaft A,Kimia AA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate the clinical and developmental features of Angelman syndrome, we collected data through three sources of information: (1) physical examinations; (2) laboratory data and family questionnaire data of affected individuals; and (3) literature review. The questionnaire data describes a generally normal...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zori RT,Hendrickson J,Woolven S,Whidden EM,Gray B,Williams CA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet disease is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology that can affect the neurologic system. Neuro-Behçet disease is not well defined in children and adolescents, and the diagnosis is difficult to make in this population as they often present with insufficient symptoms to meet diagnostic criteria. Psychiatric sy...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Patel P,Steinschneider M,Boneparth A,Lantos G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to delineate the educational and behavioral differences between learning disabled children with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A restrospective (TROHOC) multimeasure comparative design was employed. Parents' and teachers' questionnaires (ANSER system) pertaining to atten...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tirosh E,Berger J,Cohen-Ophir M,Davidovitch M,Cohen A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City (and the United States) lost its innocence. Almost all Oklahomans can relate exactly what they were doing either at 9:02 AM that day or when they first learned of the bombing. Of course, the whole world watched the events unfold through around-the-clock television coverage. One of the ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spengler C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00