Head Impact Exposure During a Weekend Youth Soccer Tournament.

abstract：:Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is an efficacious treatment with limited regional availability. As neurology and pediatric clinics are often the first point of therapeutic contact for individuals with tics, the present study assessed preliminary treatment response, acceptability, and feasibility ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ricketts EJ,Gilbert DL,Zinner SH,Mink JW,Lipps TD,Wiegand GA,Vierhile AE,Ely LJ,Piacentini J,Walkup JT,Woods DW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging is an important tool in the evaluation of patients with seizures. Frequently, abnormalities are found that lead to further, invasive testing. The first child with transient abnormal findings on magnetic resonance imaging during a time of frequent partial seizures is presented. This lesion di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Riela AR,Sires BP,Penry JK

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with palatal tics and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome have been previously reported. Little is known about the characteristics of palatal tics given that there are so few reports. On one hand, palatal tics may be rare. Alternatively, they may be less well recognized than repetitive eye blinking or sniffin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rizzo R,Cath D,Pavone P,Tijssen M,Robertson MM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic strokes in children and young adults are fortunately rare. Contrasted with adult ischemic strokes, pediatric stroke etiologies vary greatly and are often unknown. Childhood lacunar strokes and trauma-induced strokes represent particularly uncommon subsets and have been reported infrequently in the literature....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zwank MD,Dummer BW,Danielson LT,Haake BC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial tumors are the most common solid tumors in children. The infratentorial compartment will be the primary site for 60% to 70% of these tumors, including astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, and ependymomas. Several technological advancements have increased our knowledge of the cell biology of pediatric brain tum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nejat F,El Khashab M,Rutka JT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of upper limb function, kinematic analysis, and dystonia in patients with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and periventricular leukomalacia. Seven children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and 8 controls underwent upper limb kinematics. Movement duration, average and maximum linear velocity, index of cur...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pons R,Vanezis A,Skouteli H,Papavasiliou A,Tziomaki M,Syrengelas D,Darras N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus lumbosacral polyradiculopathy is a well-documented complication of human immunodeficiency virus in adults who have a CD4 count of less than 40/microL. Patients present with an acute ascending flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs with areflexia, paresthesia, and urinary and bowel symptoms. However, it a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sohal A,Riordan A,Mallewa M,Solomon T,Kneen R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral and quantitative electroencephalography (EEG) techniques were used to evaluate treatment response to stimulant therapy in children with attention disorders. A sample of 130 children with attention disorders were evaluated with Conners and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders--III rating sca...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chabot RJ,Orgill AA,Crawford G,Harris MJ,Serfontein G

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the age at first concern and age at referral for rehabilitation services in children with developmental disabilities in India. Two hundred fifty-nine children were included and data were collected from the parents. In children with developmental disabilities (excluding autism spectrum diso...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jain R,Juneja M,Sairam S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose metabolism of children with drug-resistant epilepsy, controlled by antiepileptic drugs epilepsy, and first-time nonfebrile seizures was studied through the performance of an oral glucose tolerance test and through insulin, C-peptide, and glycosylated hemoglobin measurements. In the refractory epilepsy group, t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Varlamis S,Vavatsi N,Pavlou E,Kotsis V,Spilioti M,Kavga M,Varlamis G,Sotiriadou F,Agakidou E,Voutoufianakis S,Evangeliou AE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrographic seizures are common in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, but detailed data are not available regarding seizure incidence during therapeutic hypothermia. The objective of this prospective study was to determine the incidence and timing of electrographic seizures in term neonates undergoing w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wusthoff CJ,Dlugos DJ,Gutierrez-Colina A,Wang A,Cook N,Donnelly M,Clancy R,Abend NS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed the medical documentation of 194 children infected with Epstein-Barr virus. The diagnosis was based on clinical symptoms and the presence of the viral capsid antigen IgM antibody. Patients with severe neurologic complications also underwent neurologic examination, magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mazur-Melewska K,Breńska I,Jończyk-Potoczna K,Kemnitz P,Pieczonka-Ruszkowska I,Mania A,Służewski W,Figlerowicz M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between overweight and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children was previously suggested. We examined the prevalence of overweight, anthropometric changes, and the effect of methylphenidate treatment in 275 children with ADHD without neurological comorbidities and in controls. Data we...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dubnov-Raz G,Perry A,Berger I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical utility of echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging in neonatal cerebral infarction. Eight full-term neonates aged 1 to 8 days referred for neonatal seizures were studied. Patients were followed for a mean of 17 months with detailed neurologic examinations at regular intervals. Head computed tom...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Krishnamoorthy KS,Soman TB,Takeoka M,Schaefer PW

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the brain autopsy of a boy who at age 4(1/2) years experienced an episode of fulminant Haemophilus influenzae type b bacterial meningitis, resulting in massive brain destruction and the clinical signs of brain death. However, medical intervention maintained him for an additional two decades. Subs...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Repertinger S,Fitzgibbons WP,Omojola MF,Brumback RA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using diffusion tensor imaging tractography and color-coded anisotropy map quantification, we investigated asymmetry of the arcuate fasciculus to determine language laterality in children and compared it with the Wada test. Arcuate fasciculus volume and fractional anisotropy were measured after tractography. We also q...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tiwari VN,Jeong JW,Asano E,Rothermel R,Juhasz C,Chugani HT

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical, demographic, and electromyographic (EMG) characteristics of 12 earthquake victims in the pediatric age group and to compare the findings with those of the adult group. Following the 1999 Marmara earthquake, 75 subjects with suspected peripheral nerve injury were r...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Uzun N,Savrun FK,Kiziltan ME

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess sleep, daytime sleepiness, and behavior problems in children suffering from headaches and in controls, with a special focus on the role of gender. A clinical group of 28 children with persistent headache complaints and a control group of 108 healthy children were included. Sleep...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bursztein C,Steinberg T,Sadeh A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical picture, family history, laboratory data, treatment modalities, and outcome in 27 juvenile myasthenics seen over a 25-year period are presented. Onset was after 10 years of age in the majority of patients. Half presented with ocular signs, the other half with generalized-onset myasthenia. Half of those wi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Afifi AK,Bell WE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phantosmia is an infrequently reported and poorly understood qualitative olfactory disorder characterized by the perception of a frequently unpleasant odor in the absence of an odorant stimulus. Peripheral phantosmia is hypothesized to involve abnormally active olfactory receptor neurons while central phantosmia is th...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yang JC,Khakoo Y,Lightner DD,Wolden SL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Movement disorders, a common problem in children with neurologic impairment, are receiving increasing clinical attention. The differences in movement disorders between adults and children are striking; presentation is frequently insidious and may be characterized by mild hypotonia. The clinical manifestations of extra...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Edgar TS

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct perfusion of specific regions of the central nervous system by convection-enhanced delivery is becoming more widely used for the delivery of compounds in the research and treatment of various neural disorders. In contrast to other currently available central nervous system delivery techniques, convection-enhanc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Song DK,Lonser RR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal inherited mitochondrial diseases have been of increasing interest among clinicians and mitochondrial research groups because these diseases are caused through a secondary effect on the mitochondrial DNA. It was thought that the genetic stability of mitochondrial DNA relies on the accuracy of DNA polymerase g...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Burusnukul P,de los Reyes EC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this project was to promote bicycle helmet use via an inpatient educational program. We hypothesized that this program would increase bicycle helmet use. One hundred twenty inpatients with history of regular (>1 time per week) bicycle riding (mean age 10.0 ± 3.6 years; 67 males, 53 females; 57 whites, 59 b...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Barnes VA,Maria BL,Caldwell AL,Hopkins I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy who had been a 23-week premature infant had subacute onset of abnormal gait, which progressed to generalized weakness with severe weakness of neck extensors. He had U waves on electrocardiography. His serum potassium was 1.8 mmol/L. The patient had a gastrostomy tube due to chronic feeding issues and ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Brosch JR,Sant RV,Golomb MR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence suggests that genetic factors influence liability to many common neurodevelopmental disorders. Examples include Tourette syndrome, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, and dyslexia. Characterization of the genetic component of susceptibility to these conditions at a molecular leve...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ryan SG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old galactosemic patient, homozygous for the 5.5-kb gene deletion, suffered severe neurologic regression following streptococcal infection. Since the gene deletion includes the promoter of interleukin-11a receptor involved in neuronal apoptosis, we questioned whether this patient had no interleukin-11a recep...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Winter GN,Ben-Pazi H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis is a postsynaptic neuromuscular transmission defect occurring in 21% of infants born to women with active (and, less commonly, in remission) acquired myasthenia gravis. Although passive-transfer acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies are found in the majority of these newborns, t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Papazian O

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sent questionnaires concerning the current therapy for West syndrome to 208 institutions at which pediatric care members of the Japan Epilepsy Society were working. Of these, 129 (62%) institutions responded. Vitamin B6 was the preferred first-line drug, followed by the combination of vitamin B6 and valproate or mo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ito M,Seki T,Takuma Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant newly diagnosed with propionic acidemic coma was managed successfully with total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and continuous infusion of insulin. The urinary excretion of 3-hydroxypropionic acid was reduced to 3% of the admission value in 4 days, gradually decreasing to 1.5% in 16 days. The treatment did not p...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kalloghlian A,Gleispach H,Ozand PT

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00