Megachoroid as a cause of isolated ventricle syndrome.

abstract：:Three siblings, devoid of hair at birth, had an unusual autosomal recessive disorder characterized by universal congenital alopecia, microcephaly, seizures, psychomotor retardation, and severe growth failure. Metabolic and chromosome studies were normal. Skin biopsies disclosed immature hair follicles, some of which w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wessel HB,Barmada MA,Hashida Y

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two brothers with congenital myotonic dystrophy also had cystinuria with large renal stones. This report is the first to document the concurrence of cystinuria and congenital myotonic dystrophy. It is uncertain whether these two conditions are coincidental or share a common pathogenesis. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kimura S,Amemiya F,Fukazawa H

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphetamine-derived medications are being prescribed with increasing frequency to younger pediatric patients to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Although choreiform movements were reported in adults with amphetamine abuse and in those under therapeutic treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disor...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ford JB,Albertson TE,Owen KP,Sutter ME,McKinney WB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome is a recently recognized disorder with characteristic radiologic findings that mainly involve the white/gray matter of the parieto-occipital lobes. This complex syndrome is associated with cyclosporine A therapy or a variety of other conditions in which blood pressure ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kwon S,Koo J,Lee S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuclear polymerase gamma (POLG) mutations are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease. POLG mutation diseases have a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations; the lethal infantile form is myocerebrohepatopathy spectrum. PATIENT:A 4-month-old boy was referred for poor feeding, emesis, failu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Horst DM,Ruess L,Rusin JA,Bartholomew DW

更新日期：2014-11-01 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:The outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia has improved because of intensive chemotherapy and supportive care. The frequency of adverse events has also increased, but the data related to acute central nervous system complications during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment are sparse. The purpos...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Baytan B,Evim MS,Güler S,Güneş AM,Okan M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ATP1A3 mutations have now been recognized in infants and children presenting with a diverse group of neurological phenotypes, including Rapid-onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP), Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC), and most recently, Cerebellar ataxia, Areflexia, Pes cavus, Optic atrophy, and Sensorineu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sweney MT,Newcomb TM,Swoboda KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute intermittent porphyria is an inherited disease that is rarely diagnosed in prepubertal children. It can affect the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous system. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinicoradiological entity characterized by headache, seizures, altered consciousness, ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zhao B,Wei Q,Wang Y,Chen Y,Shang H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rett syndrome is characterized by psychomotor regression during early childhood, autistic-like behaviors, and aberrant breathing patterns. Dysfunction of the serotonergic system has been postulated to play a role in the pathophysiology of these symptoms. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:We present an 11-year-old girl wi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ohno K,Saito Y,Ueda R,Togawa M,Ohmae T,Matsuda E,Fujiyama M,Maegaki Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric critical care survivors often suffer persisting multisystem health problems and are left with treatment needs that go unmet due to limits in current care models. We proposed that integration of neuropsychology into neurocritical care follow-up provides incremental benefit to the identification and ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dodd JN,Hall TA,Guilliams K,Guerriero RM,Wagner A,Malone S,Williams CN,Hartman ME,Piantino J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the effects of lithium on metabolic and signaling pathways in the brain may vary depending on the specific clinical condition or disease model. For example, lithium increases levels of cerebral N-acetyl aspartate in patients with bipolar disorder but does not appear to affect N-acetyl as...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Janson CG,Assadi M,Francis J,Bilaniuk L,Shera D,Leone P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A canine gliosarcoma model was used to study the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast enhancement in defining the histologic margins of brain tumors. The effectiveness of this technique was compared to conventional computed tomography (CT) using iodinated contrast enhancement. Cul...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Whelan HT,Clanton JA,Wilson RE,Tulipan NB

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Herpes simplex virus encephalitis can manifest as a range of clinical presentations including classic adult, neonatal, and biphasic chronic-granulomatous herpes encephalitis. METHOD:We report an infant with granulomatous herpes simplex virus type 2 encephalitis with a subacute course and multicystic encepha...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Schutz PW,Fauth CT,Al-Rawahi GN,Pugash D,White VA,Stockler S,Dunham CP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define the risk ratios of the late-infancy magnetic resonance imaging pattern for long-term outcome in term infants with perinatal asphyxia. We evaluated 65 term infants with perinatal asphyxia and performed magnetic resonance imaging examinations between 4-12 months of age. Magnetic reson...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tekgul H,Serdaroglu G,Yalman O,Tutuncuoglu S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A syndrome of rigidity, bradykinesia, spasticity, and often myoclonus and dementia developed acutely in 5 patients who had undergone successful engraftment of bone marrow transplants for the treatment of various hematologic diseases. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated widespread changes in white matter; brain bio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lockman LA,Sung JH,Krivit W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify reflex profiles in the first year of life in connection with categories of neurologic abnormality, eight primitive reflexes (i.e., the palmar grasp reflex, the plantar grasp reflex, the Galant response, the asymmetric tonic neck reflex, the suprapubic extensor reflex, the crossed extensor reflex, the Rossol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Tsikoulas IG,Kremenopoulos GM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes two patients, a father and son, with autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Although the father had the common phenotype, the son had a severe phenotype including early onset of weakness and fatal cardiomyopathy in childhood. Among the patients with severe phenotype of autosomal do...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Higuchi Y,Hongou M,Ozawa K,Kokawa H,Masaki M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumefactive demyelinating lesions may be misdiagnosed as brain neoplasms or abscesses. In this paper, we present four cases of pediatric tumefactive demyelination. Twelve cases of pediatric tumefactive demyelination previously reported in the English literature are also summarized. We describe the neuroimaging charact...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： McAdam LC,Blaser SI,Banwell BL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of family structure and the attitude of mothers on the development of breath-holding spells. The data of the Sociodemographic and Parental Attitude Research Instruments of 30 mothers of children with breath-holding spells and of 30 mothers of healthy children were co...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hüdaoglu O,Dirik E,Yiş U,Kurul S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate causes several biochemical changes that impact the nervous system. The neurotoxicity usually affects the cerebral white matter, causing a leukoencephalopathy that can be chronic and progressive with cognitive decline. A 15-year-old male developed olfactory seizures and behavioral abnormalities (hypersexua...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Antunes NL,Souweidane MM,Lis E,Rosenblum MK,Steinherz PG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypotonia with favorable outcome is characterized by an early neonatal onset and a benign clinical course. The old term, proposed by Walton, was benign congenital hypotonia, denoting the presence of muscle weakness and hypotonia, with the exception of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. It has been clear that this te...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Carboni P,Pisani F,Crescenzi A,Villani C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child neurology has evolved from a primarily diagnostic to a therapeutic subspecialty. Despite well-documented manpower shortages, child neurology programs at major children's hospitals have expanded, and the optimal administrative structure for child neurology programs has not been clearly defined. The Division of Ch...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Packer RJ,Villongco J,Batshaw M,Holbrook P,Gaillard WD,Pearl PL,Weinstein S,Zechman E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variant forms of the Guillain-Barré syndrome are characterized by their localized or regional involvement of the peripheral and autonomic nerves. As there is no single clinical or serologic marker for Guillain-Barré syndrome, diagnosis of this condition is based upon consistent clinical, laboratory, and neurophysiolog...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mogale KD,Antony JH,Ryan MM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid eye movement sleep distribution changes during development, but little is known about rapid eye movement latency variation in childhood by age, sex, or pathologic sleep states. We hypothesized that: (1) rapid eye movement latency would differ in normal children by age, with a younger cohort (1-10 years) demonstr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mason TB 2nd,Teoh L,Calabro K,Traylor J,Karamessinis L,Schultz B,Samuel J,Gallagher PR,Marcus CL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of the efficacy of seizure cessation by phenobarbital versus phenytoin administration utilized both clinical and electroencephalographic expressions of seizure behaviors. The phenomenon of uncoupling was defined as the persistence of electrographic seizures despite the suppression of >or=50% clinic...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS,Alvin J,Gaus L,Minnigh B,Painter MJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute encephalitis and encephalopathy are life-threatening diseases in children. However, no laboratory examinations are performed for their early diagnosis and treatment. Alpha 2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a blood glycoprotein that increases during the early stages of inflammation. In the present study, we inve...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Hashimoto K,Hoshi K,Ito H,Kariya Y,Miyazaki K,Sato M,Kawasaki Y,Yoshida M,Honda T,Hashimoto Y,Hosoya M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assumption of the vertical position and independent walking are potentially hazardous motor milestones in the developing infant. It has been presumed that the parachute reactions evolved to protect infants from injury during this developmental stage. To determine the relationship between the appearance of the upper an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jaffe M,Kugelman A,Tirosh E,Cohen A,Tal Y

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven patients (39 boys and 8 girls) with infantile autism whose clinical symptoms had matched the diagnostic criteria of DSM III were studied cytogenetically for the occurrence of fragile X [fra(X)] syndrome. The existence of fra(X) chromosome in these patients was screened first by culturing peripheral blood l...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Matsuishi T,Shiotsuki Y,Niikawa N,Katafuchi Y,Otaki E,Ando H,Yamashita Y,Horikawa M,Urabe F,Kuriya N

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous brain metastases are uncommon in childhood. Three patients and a literature review that includes centers reporting up to 36 years of experience are presented in this study. The total of 2,040 patients includes our three examples of one neuroblastoma, one hepatoblastoma, and one adrenal carcinoma. Cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Curless RG,Toledano SR,Ragheb J,Cleveland WW,Falcone S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00