Cortical hyper-excitability in healthy children: evidence from habituation and recovery cycle phenomena of somatosensory evoked potentials.

abstract：:Blood and saliva were collected from 48 children, aged three to 17 years, before a morning dose of carbamazepine and then at three, six and eight hours afterward. There was no significant difference in the ratio of 10-11 epoxy-carbamazepine to total carbamazepine for children on carbamazepine alone (0.18) and those on...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tomlin PI,McKinlay I,Smith I

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of prednisolone/prednisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the treatment of infantile spasms using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD:In a systematic literature search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library), we identi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Li S,Zhong X,Hong S,Li T,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital brain malformation, usually associated with mental retardation, * refractory epilepsy, and progressive neurological deficits. We report the case of a 19-year-old female with de novo diagnosis of right hemimegalencephaly, normal intellectual function, and history of non-refractor...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Beaulieu-Boire I,Lortie A,Bissonnette J,Prevost S,Bergeron D,Bocti C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological integrity in sick children is difficult to assess clinically. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of EEG activity recorded with a bedside EEG analysing monitor in an intensive care unit. EEG activity was monitored in 108 children (age range 2 weeks to 16 years, median 1.7 years) co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Murdoch-Eaton D,Darowski M,Livingston J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred-and-sixty-six children whose blood lead levels had previously been determined were assessed on a battery of psychometric tests. Blood lead levels ranged from 7 to 33 micrograms/100 ml, and the group performed within the average range on all tests of attainment and intelligence. There were significant assoc...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yule Q,Lansdown R,Millar IB,Urbanowicz MA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intramuscular alcohol in treating cerebral-palsied children has led to reduced spasticity for varying periods of time, although the periods diminish with each subsequent injection. During the period of reduced spasticity there is an opportunity for therapists and orthopaedic surgeons to determine whether co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Carpenter EB,Seitz DG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Our aim was to review available studies which test transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to reduce symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHOD:We performed a systematic scoping review in PubMed and PsychINFO databases for studies employing tDCS in children and adolescents with...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Osório AAC,Brunoni AR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autism can occur in conjunction with a range of other conditions, the association with Down syndrome is generally considered to be relatively rare. Four young boys with Down syndrome are described who were also autistic. All children clearly fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for autism required by the ICD-10 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Howlin P,Wing L,Gould J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating a sudden-onset concomitant squint from a paralytic squint in an ill child can be difficult, but the distinction is important in view of the neurological implications of the latter. Furthermore, the two types may co-exist, and four such cases are described. The causes of sudden-onset squint are discusse...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watson AP,Fielder AR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing brain is especially sensitive to a wide range of experiences, showing a remarkable capacity for plastic changes that influence behavioural outcomes throughout the lifetime. We review the principles that regulate this plasticity in development and consider the factors that modulate the developing brain. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kolb B,Harker A,Gibb R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim To determine the levels of anxiety and depression in young people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and their associated factors and outcomes. Method Children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years at interview who had sustained SCI at least 1 year before the study were assessed using the Children's Depression Inventory...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson CJ,Kelly EH,Klaas SJ,Russell H,Daharsh E,Vogel LC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although its cause, jaundice in the newborn, is extremely common, the disabling neurological disorder kernicterus is very rare. Kernicterus may be prevented by selecting those infants who are at risk of extreme jaundice or who may be particularly vulnerable to bilirubin neurotoxicity. Because the tools for achieving t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hansen TW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous opioid dysfunction hypotheses for the development of autism are reviewed, along with clinical empirical studies of opiate antagonists in autism and self-injurious behaviour. There is not yet sufficient evidence to suggest the use of opiate antagonists in the treatment of autism. Further research, particular...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillberg C

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using prospectively collected data from 13971 births enrolled in a large population-based cohort study (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: ALSPAC), the prevalence of feeding difficulties at 4 weeks and 6 months of age in 33 children subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) were investigated. It wa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Motion S,Northstone K,Emond A,Stucke S,Golding J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of repeated botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections in two and three dose regimes, together with occupational therapy, on upper limb movement and function, was studied using an evaluator blinded, randomized, controlled two-group trial. Forty-two children (31 males, 11 females; range 2-8 y, mean 4 y [SD 1 y 7...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lowe K,Novak I,Cusick A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 10 sagittal lower limb range-of-motion measures were conducted in a blinded fashion in 25 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and in 25 age- and sex-matched controls. The participants comprised 22 males, mean age 10 years 8 months and 28 females, with mean age 9 years 8 months; age range 6 to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kilgour G,McNair P,Stott NS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome, a severe infantile epilepsy syndrome, is typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs (AED). Lamotrigine (LTG), an AED that is effective for both focal and generalized seizures, has been reported to aggravate seizures in Dravet syndrome. Therefore, LTG is usually avoided in Dravet syndrome. We describe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalic L,Mullen SA,Roulet Perez E,Scheffer I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the spectrum and relationships between gait patterns and motor function in a population-based cross study of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Children identified with unilateral CP born in Victoria, Australia, from 1990 to 1992 were eligible to participate. Characteristics were r...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dobson F,Morris ME,Baker R,Graham HK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to relate discharge King's Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury (KOSCHI) category to injury severity and detailed outcome measures obtained in the first year post-traumatic brain injury (TBI). We used a prospective cohort study. Eighty-one children with TBI were studied: 29 had severe, 15 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Calvert S,Miller HE,Curran A,Hameed B,McCarter R,Edwards RJ,Hunt L,Sharples PM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study sought to: (1) determine what is known about age at referral for diagnosis and rehabilitation services for children suspected of having cerebral palsy (CP); and (2) identify factors associated with earlier referral. METHOD:A scoping review was conducted to summarize existing literature. We systematicall...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Boychuck Z,Bussières A,Goldschleger J,Majnemer A,Prompt Group.

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal selective voluntary motor control (SVMC) can be defined as the ability to perform isolated joint movement without using mass flexor/extensor patterns or undesired movement at other joints, such as mirroring. SVMC is an important determinant of function, yet a valid, reliable assessment tool is lacking. The Sele...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fowler EG,Staudt LA,Greenberg MB,Oppenheim WL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children (three males, two females; four right-, one left-handed; age range 6 to 14 years) who developed aphasia after gross-total excision of left predominantly thalamic tumors are reported. Three patients had Broca aphasia, one had mixed transcortical aphasia, and one patient had conduction aphasia. In the mont...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nass R,Boyce L,Leventhal F,Levine B,Allen J,Maxfield C,Salsberg D,Sarno M,George A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sleep states of nine premature infants were observed and concomitant respiration recordings were obtained at 37 and 41 weeks conceptional age. 19 fullterm infants were also studied at 41 weeks conceptional age. Between 37 and 41 weeks significant decreases occurred in the premature infants' percentage of periodic ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Booth CL,Morin VN,Waite SP,Thoman EB

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with lobar holoprosencephaly presented with spastic diplegia and mild mental retardation, compounded by attention deficits and hyperactivity. His facial features were normal, and except for borderline microcephaly, there were no other predictors of holoprosencephaly. This patient represents the mild end of the...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shanks DE,Wilson WG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen embryos with various central nervous system (cns) defects were examined macroscopically and by serial sectioning, and were compared with seven control embryos. All had been aborted spontaneously. Examples of anencephaly, anencephaly with spina bifida, spina bifida alone, encephalocele, iniencephaly and cyclop...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bell JE

更新日期：1979-06-01 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：:Three cases of 'vertical' hydrocephalus are described, characterised by absence of the bones of the skull vault, progressive vertical soft-tissue growth of the head, and normal occipito-frontal head circumference. The management of the condition by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt is discussed, and a theory proposed as to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Naim-ur-Rahman

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess outcome for children with severe neurological impairment receiving invasive mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure. METHOD:Medical charts for all such children treated in our intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2003 and July 2008 were reviewed. Outcomes were compared with those for children...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van Gestel JP,Robroch AH,Bollen CW,Van Der Ent CK,Van Vught AJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To conduct a systematic literature review on patients with biphasic disease with herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis followed by anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis. METHOD:We conducted a case report and systematic literature review (up to 10 December 2016), focused on differences between h...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nosadini M,Mohammad SS,Corazza F,Ruga EM,Kothur K,Perilongo G,Frigo AC,Toldo I,Dale RC,Sartori S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the family environment for the development of children with neurodisabilities is undisputed. The objective of this study is to describe how family environment has been measured in research on families of children with neurodisabilities, in order to support researchers and clinicians to select appropr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ketelaar M,Bogossian A,Saini M,Visser-Meily A,Lach L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00