Clinical Predictors of Attention and Executive Functioning Outcomes in Children After Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke.

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：:In a prospective study, we analyzed the intraoperative electroencephalographic (EEG) changes during open heart surgery with deep hypothermia in 66 infants aged 6 months or younger, 70% of whom were neonates. Suppression of amplitude and continuity at the nadir of temperature reduction and following rewarming, and the ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Miller G,Rodichok LD,Baylen BG,Myers JL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adolescent girl with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with selective brainstem dysfunction as the initial sign of central nervous system involvement. Although computed tomography was initially normal, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated multiple, large brainstem lesions. Serial magnetic resonance imaging,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： McAbee GN,Barasch ES

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncope is a common problem in children and adolescents. It is typically caused by benign neurally mediated hypotension, but other, more concerning, etiologies of syncope must be considered. In most instances, the underlying cause of syncope in the pediatric patient can be determined by obtaining a thorough history an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Anderson JB,Willis M,Lancaster H,Leonard K,Thomas C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiepileptic drug felbamate has demonstrated efficacy against a variety of seizure types in the pediatric population, particularly seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Postmarketing experience, however, revealed serious idiosyncratic adverse effects not observed during clinical trials, including apla...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML,Roell Werner R,Schwabe MS,O'Connor SE,Marcuccilli CJ,Hecox KE,Chico MS,Eggener KA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two half-siblings with schizencephaly are presented. They have the same mother who had a normal cerebral imaging study. Only one other kindred was found in which 2 siblings had this cerebral lesion. In the present patients, autosomal inheritance from the mother is possible, but other explanations should include famili...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hosley MA,Abroms IF,Ragland RL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports on the seizure and psychosocial outcome of 29 patients with electroclinically well-defined childhood-onset symptomatogenic or cryptogenic partial epilepsy with complex partial seizures who were followed prospectively over 14 years. Many were refractory at the time of enrollment. At 14-year follow-up...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Szabó CA,Rothner AD,Kotagal P,Erenberg G,Dinner DS,Wyllie E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is rare in childhood. Diagnosis is sometimes difficult, and imaging methods range from MRI to MRA to conventional angiography. In doubtful cases a brain biopsy is necessary for diagnostic purposes. We describe a 6-year old child affected with primary angiitis of the CNS who was ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rosati A,Pianigiani N,Pagnini I,Guerrini R,Cimaz R,Simonini G

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The ketogenic diet is a valuable therapy for patients with intractable epilepsy, but it can result in a variety of complications that sometimes limits its usefulness. Hypoproteinemia is one of the common adverse effects of this diet, although the underling mechanism is largely unknown except for the diet's...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Moriyama K,Watanabe M,Yamada Y,Shiihara T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical rhythmic electroencephalogram (EEG) discharge is an uncommon rhythmic EEG pattern that has been reported to occur in adults. It is thought to be a nonspecific finding with little clinical significance. This article reports this EEG pattern in two children and suggests it be called subclinical rhythmic EEG ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nagarajan L,Gregory PB,Hewitt IK,Gubbay SS,Parry TS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent vomiting that is associated with increased adrenocorticotropic hormone and antidiuretic hormone levels during cyclic vomiting syndrome attacks. However, both prognosis and treatment remain unclear. We therefore evaluated the clinical features, prognosis,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hikita T,Kodama H,Ogita K,Kaneko S,Nakamoto N,Mimaki M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloxazolam has been used mainly as an anxiolytic agent. The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of cloxazolam as an add-on antiepileptic drug in patients with intractable epilepsy. A total of 32 patients with intractable epilepsy were treated with cloxazolam: 13 with generalized epilepsy, 15 with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kimura N,Fujii T,Miyajima T,Kumada T,Mikuni T,Ito M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autopsy studies in Rasmussen encephalitis reveal areas of sparing within the affected hemisphere. Clinical progression and inflammation are milder with an older onset. We sought to demonstrate radiological corroboration for these patterns. METHODS:In our retrospective study, 38 cases were dichotomized into ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Benjamin RN,Thomas M,Muthusamy K,Yoganathan S,Mathew V,Chacko AG,Prabhu K,Chacko G

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although peripheral vascular thrombic events are recognized as a serious extra-intestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease, the occurrence of cerebral vascular events in association with acute exacerbations of this group of diseases is rare. In this article, relevant literature is reviewed and three children...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Keene DL,Matzinger MA,Jacob PJ,Humphreys P

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：PURPOSE:We evaluated the clinical, electrophysiological, imaging, and ultrastructural features of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses and its subtypes. METHODS:The clinical, electrophysiological, imaging, histopathological, and ultrastructural features of 68 (age at onset: 4.3 ± 5.4 years) neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jadav RH,Sinha S,Yasha TC,Aravinda H,Gayathri N,Rao S,Bindu PS,Satishchandra P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess neurologic complications of pertussis infection. A file review of all children (age 7-18 years) in our hospital with serology-positive pertussis infection admitted from 1995 to 2005 yielded six patients with neurologic symptoms in whom electroencephalographic studies were performed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Eidlitz-Markus T,Zeharia A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four families are described with an autosomal dominant illness characterized by the childhood onset of recurrent attacks of prolonged ataxia, server vertigo, and vomiting. The attacks often begin in infancy. On the average, attacks occur monthly, and last between one hour to more than a week. Variations in severity oc...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tibbles JA,Camfield PR,Cron CC,Farrell K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of respiratory tract infection. Extrapulmonary manifestations of M. pneumoniae infection are also common. The present case is that of a previously healthy 4-year-old boy who displayed a novel simultaneous onset of both acute rhabdomyolysis and transverse myelitis associated with...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Weng WC,Peng SS,Wang SB,Chou YT,Lee WT

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers have been reported. All of these patients had central nervous system involvement. In this report, we describe the first patient with pure motor and sensory neuropathy with the absence of large myelinated fibers wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fukuda M,Morimoto T,Suzuki Y,Kida K,Ohnishi A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G(M2)-gangliosidosis is a neurodegenerative lysosomal disease with several clinical variants. We describe a 2-year-old black child with juvenile-onset disease, who presented with abnormal eye movements and cherry-red spots of the maculae. Mutation analysis of the HEXA gene revealed the patient to be a compound heteroz...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paciorkowski AR,Sathe S,Zeng BJ,Torres P,Rosengren SS,Kolodny E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Corpus callosotomy and vagus nerve stimulation are common palliative options for people with drug-resistant epilepsy when resective epilepsy surgery is not feasible. Because most of the published corpus callosotomy experience comes from a period before vagus nerve stimulation was approved and widely used, there...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arya R,Greiner HM,Horn PS,Turner M,Holland KD,Mangano FT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of mitochondrial respiratory chain diseases has increased dramatically in recent years, but relatively little information is available about their prevalence and incidence, either in pediatric or adult patients. This study reports incidence and prevalence estimates, and summarizes the clinical, biochemic...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Castro-Gago M,Blanco-Barca MO,Campos-González Y,Arenas-Barbero J,Pintos-Martínez E,Eirís-Puñal J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to investigate the potential association of infections, especially group A hemolytic streptococcal infection, with the abrupt onset/exacerbation of tics or obsessive-compulsive behaviors. A structured clinical interview was used to evaluate 80 consecutive children, 5-17 years of age, with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Singer HS,Giuliano JD,Zimmerman AM,Walkup JT

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Central nervous system manifestations are a common extrapulmonary complication of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, of which encephalitis is a well-recognized abnormality in children. In this report the first description of M. pneumoniae infection simultaneously complicated by meningoencephalitis and hemophagocytosis i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bruch LA,Jefferson RJ,Pike MG,Gould SJ,Squier W

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy had a gradual onset of post-exercise myalgia with progressive fatigue and dizziness. He had bradycardia (37 beats/minute) with low supine and normal standing norepinephrine levels (56 and 311 pg/mL, respectively). He had absent sympathetically mediated vasoconstrictor responses during Valsalva maneuv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Fischer PR,Sandroni P,Pittock SJ,Porter CB,Lehwald LM,Raj SR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the alpha-subunit of the first neuronal sodium channel gene SCN1A have been described in isolated patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy or Dravet syndrome and in families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. To find phenotype/genotype correlations, we reviewed all published c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ceulemans BP,Claes LR,Lagae LG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old, previously healthy male presented with fever and lethargy. Tuberculous meningitis was suspected after cerebrospinal fluid examination. Antituberculous drugs were administered, and an initial computed tomographic scan of brain revealed mild ventriculomegaly only. Steroids were instituted on day 16 and gra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tsai MH,Huang YC,Lin TY

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00