Brain tumors presenting as a seizure disorder in infants.

abstract：:We analyzed clinical and instrumental data of 403 consecutive newborns with gestational age from 24 to 32 weeks, admitted to the University-Hospital of Parma between January 2000 and December 2007, to evaluate the possible relationship between neonatal mortality and occurrence of neonatal seizures in very preterm newb...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pisani F,Copioli C,Turco EC,Sisti L,Cossu G,Seri S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Weight gain occurs with most neuroleptic drugs used to treat tics. Tetrabenazine, a vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitor, inhibits dopamine release. It is used to treat a variety of hyperkinetic movement disorders, including tics. Weight gain over time was compared in a group of pediatric tic patients taki...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ondo WG,Jong D,Davis A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood is an eye movement abnormality characterized by periodic episodes of conjugate upward eye deviation. Although the spectrum of paroxysmal tonic upgaze has broadened considerably, a specific pathophysiology has not been elucidated. We report an infant with paroxysmal tonic upgaze who...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Joseph K,Avallone J,Difazio M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is, at once, the most common and deadly extracranial solid tumor of childhood. Efforts aimed at targeting the neural characteristics of these tumors have taught us much about neural crest cell biology, apoptosis induction in the nervous system, and neurotrophin receptor signaling and intracellular proces...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Schor NF

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children between 2 and 15 years of age with cerebral palsy and upper extremity dystonia were enrolled in an open-label, dose-escalation pilot clinical trial of botulinum toxin type B (Myobloc), injected into the biceps and brachioradialis muscles of I or both arms. The primary outcome measure was the change in m...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sanger TD,Kukke SN,Sherman-Levine S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, people with learning disabilities are a heterogeneous population that require a multidisciplinary evaluation and careful, well-planned intervention. Despite this heterogeneity, patterns of problems often co-occur. Therefore, diagnosticians and educators should look beyond single areas of achievement such a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Johnson DJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia is a congenital hypoproliferative anemia known to be associated with diverse physical anomalies affecting the thumb, craniofacial bones, urogenital system, and heart; prematurity; and fetal demise. We report the case of a 16-month-old boy with Diamond-Blackfan anemia noted to have decreased use...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Butrum MW,Williams LS,Golomb MR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implantation has altered the life-course of thousands of children who have significant hearing loss. Since the United States Food and Drug Administration approved multichannel cochlear implants for children in 1989, growing numbers of parents are choosing this option for their offspring and seeking opportunit...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Teagle HF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with refractory seizures, including those with Sturge-Weber syndrome, undergo functional studies in preparation for surgery. Perfusion studies in Sturge-Weber syndrome by single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography generally demonstrate hypoperfusion in the diseased tissue. We ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Oguz KK,Senturk S,Ozturk A,Anlar B,Topcu M,Cila A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schilder's myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis is a rare sporadic demyelinating disease that usually affects children between 5 and 14 years old. The disease often mimics intracranial neoplasm or abscess. We report a 9-year-old girl with Schilder's disease who presented with left hemiparesis. Cranial computed tomography ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kurul S,Cakmakçi H,Dirik E,Kovanlikaya A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are scarce reports of childhood stroke from China. Our objective was to describe the clinical spectrum, risk factors, and imaging characteristics of childhood stroke in China. Using a hospital discharge database, children with stroke who were first admitted from 2002 to 2011 were retrospectively enrolled. We ide...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Deng Y,Wang Y,Yang W,Yu Y,Xu J,Wang Y,Gao B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the unique case of late-onset pancraniosynostosis presenting with rapid visual deterioration, without other symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. A 10-year-old girl had episodes of blurry vision for 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a borderline Chiari I malformation. Ophthalmolog...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bonfield CM,Tamber MS,Losee JE

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute focal neurologic deficits are a rare but known presentation of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, particularly in females. We describe here a 6-year-old girl with newly diagnosed ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency who presents with an episode of acute cortical blindness lasting for 72 hours in the absence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Prasun P,Altinok D,Misra VK

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of endocrine and metabolic defects, including hypothalamopituitary hypofunction and diabetes mellitus, has been reported in association with mitochondrial disorders. We describe two sisters affected by mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) syndrome in whom DNA anal...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Balestri P,Grosso S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromyelitis optica is a rare, severe idiopathic disease that predominantly involves optic nerves and spinal cord. Main clinical features of neuromyelitis optica are visual loss, paraparesis or tetraparesis, sensory loss, and sphincter dysfunction. A 13-year-old girl with vision loss and behavioral change was admitte...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yavuz H,Kiresi D

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke in the young is uncommon, but we currently evaluate at least one young stroke patient at our institutions each week. We undertook this chart review of strokes in patients between the ages of 6 months and 39 years to review all conditions associated with, and thus possibly contributory to, the stroke. W...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kerr LM,Anderson DM,Thompson JA,Lyver SM,Call GK

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that patients with spinal muscular atrophy do not lose muscle strength over time as measured quantitatively. However, we noted that many patients with spinal muscular atrophy suffer from what they call fatigue. We wondered if we could measure fatigue during a single maximal voluntary contraction...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Iannaccone ST,White M,Browne R,Russman B,Buncher R,Samaha FJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpus callosum agenesis, retardation, adducted thumbs, spastic paraparesis, and hydrocephalus (CRASH syndrome) is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in the neuronal cell adhesion molecule L1 (LICAM) gene. L1 plays a key role in axon outgrowth and pathfinding during the development of the nervous syste...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sztriha L,Frossard P,Hofstra RM,Verlind E,Nork M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between tuberous sclerosis complex and intracranial abnormalities such as hemimegalencephaly, schizencephaly, intracranial arterial aneurysms, and corpus callosum agenesis/dysplasia has been reported in the recent literature. However, the association between tuberous sclerosis complex and bilateral tem...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tatli M,Guzel A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 10 years' follow-up of the previously described family with a novel mutation of the KCNA1 gene. The family consisted of 3 affected boys (first seen at ages 3, 11, and 12) and their affected mother and asymptomatic father and sister. They clinically presented with diffuse myokymia, muscle cramps, and lower li...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Moghimi N,Rosen JB,Jabbari B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a new disease entity has been defined: the disease of vanishing white matter. This leukoencephalopathy has an autosomal-recessive mode of inheritance. No cause or biochemical marker is known. We studied cerebrospinal fluid amino acids in five patients with the disease and found a consistent, moderate elevati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： van der Knaap MS,Wevers RA,Kure S,Gabreëls FJ,Verhoeven NM,van Raaij-Selten B,Jaeken J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated cranial nerve paresis in childhood hepatitis A virus infection is rare. The authors report an instance of concomitant right-hand side palatal and abducens palsy, developing in the course of an otherwise uncomplicated hepatitis A virus infection in a 5-year-old girl. The neurological complications were transie...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Thapa R,Biswas B,Ghosh A,Mukherjee S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve living patients (aged 19 months to 32 years) with aspartylglucosaminuria were examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the magnetic resonance (MR) images of 16 health volunteers (aged 4 to 32 years) were used as controls. One patient was examined twice. Postmortem MRI and histopathologic analysis were ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Autti T,Raininko R,Haltia M,Lauronen L,Vanhanen SL,Salonen O,Aronen HJ,Wirtavuori K,Santavuori P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine the utility of 99mTc-hexamethylpropylenamine oxime (HMPAO) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in evaluating patients with childhood absence epilepsy. Twenty-three patients (13 female, 10 male), aged 7 to 15 years (mean age 10.3 +/- 2.2), were studied. All pat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kapucu LO,Serdaroğlu A,Okuyaz C,Köse G,Gücüyener K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation and blur of the optic disc margin with hyperemia and flame hemorrhages are classic features of papilledema that may not be present with mild elevations of the cerebral spinal fluid pressure. In children, the disc can be dramatically elevated with indistinct margins in pseudopapilledema. Children with equivoc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Miller M,Sable C,Chang T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among diverse populations concerning the etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), frontal dysfunction remains strong. The influences of frontal systems on attention, particularly the elements of higher mental control postulated as prefrontal functions, are illustrated through presentation of a numb...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Benson DF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detecting silent cerebral infarcts on magnetic resonance images (MRIs) in children with sickle cell anemia is challenging, yet reproducibility of readings has not been examined in this population. We evaluated consensus rating, inter-, and intra-grader agreement associated with detecting silent cerebral infarct on scr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Liem RI,Liu J,Gordon MO,Vendt BA,McKinstry RC 3rd,Kraut MA,Strouse JJ,Ball WS,DeBaun MR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal ultrasonographic evidence of intracranial mass lesions generally results in a diagnosis of primary glial or primitive neuroectodermal neoplasm. We describe two infants, one who was stillborn at 25 weeks' estimated gestational age and one term infant who was born live and died shortly after birth with large in...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Harris CP,Townsend JJ,Klatt EC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuron-specific enolase, a marker for neuronal injury, is elevated following seizures in adults, but relatively few data exist on postictal neuron-specific enolase levels in children. This study measured cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neuron-specific enolase levels after seizures in 49 consecutive pediatric patients and in...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wong M,Ess K,Landt M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00