Rigid spine syndrome and rigid spine sign in myopathies.

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex is a disease that affects many organs, including the central nervous system. Nervous system involvement in the form of hamartomas often results in seizures. In this study we wanted to determine the outcome of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex and determine whether interictal electroence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Husain AM,Foley CM,Legido A,Chandler DA,Miles DK,Grover WD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apneic neonatal seizures can present as apparent life-threatening events. We report a newborn with unexplained episodes of apnea associated with cyanosis and desaturation, starting on the first day postpartum. Biochemical tests were normal. Central nervous system infections as well as abnormalities of upper airways an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Khajeh L,Cherian PJ,Swarte RM,Smit LS,Lequin MH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In industrialized nations with widespread immunization programs, Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common cause of acute paralytic illness in children and adults. The incidence of the disease has been estimated to range from 0.5 to 1.5 in 100,000 in individuals less than 18 years of age. Approximately 15% of childre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sladky JT

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory rhizotomy in the treatment of spasticity has been evolving over the past century since its first use in 1888. This paper reviews its historical evolution, current physiologic basis, range in current surgical technique, and the outcome, along with complications seen over the past decade since its repopularizati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Abbott R

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia results from platelet-antigen incompatibility between mother and fetus, leading to antibody-mediated destruction of fetal platelets. With a prevalence of 1 in 1000 births, approximately 4000 infants born in the United States each year develop neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. T...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharif U,Kuban K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sandhoff's disease is a rare, genetic lysosomal storage disease leading to delayed myelination or demyelination. Although neuroimaging findings in this disease have been reported previously, magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings have not been reported. In this report, we present magnetic resonance imaging and magne...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alkan A,Kutlu R,Yakinci C,Sigirci A,Aslan M,Sarac K

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Neural tube defects are common birth defects, the frequency of which appears to be reduced by maternal supplementation and/or fortification of folic acid. Latin Americans have a high incidence of neural tube defects. We surveyed the dietary intake of Honduran women of childbearing age using a 24-hour dietary recall qu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Holden KR,Collins JS,Greene JF,Hinkle S,Nave AF,Portillo JM,Page GP,Stevenson RE,Honduran Neural Tube Defect Project Team.

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome is an increasingly recognized disorder with typical radiologic findings of bilateral gray- and white-matter abnormalities in the posterior regions of the cerebral hemispheres. The majority of patients with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome are adults, a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Aydin K,Elmas S,Guzes EA

更新日期：2006-06-01 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 geographic distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) may relate to the age of initial exposure and degree of sensitization to common viruses or bacteria which have proteins with epitopes (antigenic determinants) which are homologous with potentially encephalitogenic peptides in central myelin proteins, such as basic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alvord EC Jr,Jahnke U,Fischer EH,Kies MW,Driscoll BF,Compston DA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study was planned to study the blood ammonia levels in epileptic children on 2 dose ranges of valproic acid monotherapy. A total of 60 epileptic children aged 3 months to 12 years, that were on valproic acid monotherapy for at least 3 months, were enrolled and divided into 2 groups, a low-dose gro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Gulati S,Kabra M,Kalra V,Vasisht S,Gupta YK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hypertension is associated with decreased performance on neurocognitive testing and a blunted cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia. Parents of 14 children with hypertension and prehypertension completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions. Children underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood press...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ostrovskaya MA,Rojas M,Kupferman JC,Lande MB,Paterno K,Brosgol Y,Pavlakis SG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children are described who suddenly developed an encephalitic illness with intractable bilateral facial seizures. The seizures subsided over several days, but the children were left with the signs of pseudobulbar palsy and are unable to speak or swallow effectively. Bilateral destructive lesions in the opercular r...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Grattan-Smith PJ,Hopkins IJ,Shield LK,Boldt DW

更新日期：1989-04-01 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

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：:To date, no study has evaluated changes in oral labial angle as preterm infants mature. The main purpose of this study was to document goniometer measurements of the labial angle of the mouth in preterm infants, to assess changes with development, to compare to findings in healthy term infants, and also evaluate oral ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ince DA,Tugcu AU,Ecevit A,Ciyiltepe M,Kurt A,Abbasoğlu A,Tekindal MA,Tarcan A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between neurologic findings and outcome of patients with West syndrome, focusing on the popliteal angle. The complete neurologic examination, including an assessment of the popliteal angle and muscle tone, was performed on 45 patients with West syndrome. A tight po...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kato T,Sei Y,Suzuki T,Morishita Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of potassium bromide in 113 patients (aged, 1-20 years) with severe epilepsy and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Potassium bromide was started at 45 mg/kg and raised to 70 mg/kg (median). Steady-state blood level was reached after a median of 28 days (range, 5-9...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korinthenberg R,Burkart P,Woelfle C,Moenting JS,Ernst JP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the data from 215 consecutively imaged children who were referred because of neurologic disease. We specifically looked for evidence of cerebral arterial infarction in the form of focal brain damage in an arterial vascular distribution. Twenty-eight showed an arterial infarction pattern. All the major cere...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Baumann RJ,Carr WA,Shuman RM

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：: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：:Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death during childhood. Since the first pediatric brain tumor clinical trials, the field has seen improved outcomes in some, but not all tumor types. In the past few decades, a number of promising new therapeutic agents have emerged, yet only a few of thes...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bornhorst M,Hwang EI

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the occurrence, severity, and risk factors of gingival enlargement in children treated with valproate and other nonvalproate antiepileptic drugs. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which data obtained from 68 epileptic children under treatment were compared with those from...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tan H,Gürbüz T,Dağsuyu IM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral venous sinus compression can mimic idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The authors report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with diplopia and papilledema 3 weeks after a head injury. Lumbar puncture confirmed raised intracranial pressure, and neuroimaging subsequently identified a skull fracture ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dabscheck G,Mackay M,Coleman L,Lo P

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Generalized edema can occur during the course of juvenile dermatomyositis. In this article, a 4-year-old boy with generalized nonpitting edema and proximal weakness is reported. Characteristic cutaneous lesions, laboratory tests, results of electromyography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings resulted in a diagno...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saygi S,Alehan F,Baskin E,Bayrakci US,Ulu EM,Ozbek N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postictal psychoses are brief psychotic episodes that usually occur after poorly controlled partial complex seizure clusters. The psychosis commonly appears following a lucid interval, ranging from a few hours to days after seizure termination. An underlying structural brain abnormality is common and usually involves ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nissenkorn A,Moldavsky M,Lorberboym M,Raucher A,Bujanover Y,Lerman-Sagie T

更新日期：1999-12-01 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