Pial Synangiosis Ameliorates Movement Disorders in the Absence of Prior Stroke in Moyamoya Disease.

abstract：:We analyzed clinical and instrumental data of 403 consecutive newborns with gestational age from 24 to 32 weeks, admitted to the University-Hospital of Parma between January 2000 and December 2007, to evaluate the possible relationship between neonatal mortality and occurrence of neonatal seizures in very preterm newb...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pisani F,Copioli C,Turco EC,Sisti L,Cossu G,Seri S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure to diagnose an ependymoma at an appropriately early age led to an incomplete excision and a tumor burden too great for radiotherapy to control. The development of normative curves for brain weight correlated with head circumference allowed for the estimates of the extremes of possible growth rates of the t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alvord EC Jr

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied eight patients with rigid spine syndrome aged 8 to 20 years at the time of first examination. Muscle weakness, rigid spine, and flexion contracture of elbows and ankles were noted in the first 6 years of age. Radiological study of the cervical spine revealed considerable reduction not only of flexion, but a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Merlini L,Granata C,Ballestrazzi A,Marini ML

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:This article reports the results of a study on the relationship between cord blood levels of erythropoietin and periventricular leukomalacia. Cord blood was obtained from 19 infants with gestational age between 27 and 32 weeks. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia was seen in 4 of them. Erythropoietin levels were not d...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kidokoro H,Kato T,Kubota T,Hayakawa F,Kuno K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although much attention has been focused on the neurological sequelae of the hereditary ataxias, patients with these conditions also may develop cardiac complications that represent a significant cause of disability and even death. In this article, the authors describe the hereditary ataxias with known cardiac involve...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Moore S,Raman SV

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metagenomic next-generation sequencing offers an unbiased approach to identifying viral pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology. METHODS:In an 11-month case series, we investigated the use of cerebrospinal fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing to diag...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Erdem G,Kaptsan I,Sharma H,Kumar A,Aylward SC,Kapoor A,Shimamura M

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy (Leigh syndrome) refers to a nebulous disease entity characterized by lactic acidosis, a wide variety a clinical manifestations, and a consistent conglomeration of pathologic findings. Several abnormalities in metabolism have been delineated in association with Leigh syndrome, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gingold MK,Bodensteiner JB,Schochet SS,Jaynes M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumarase deficiency is a very rare inborn error of metabolism caused by decreased activity of fumarate hydratase enzyme. We describe a fumarase-deficient infant who presented with encephalopathy, metabolic crisis, psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism. To our knowledge, this is the first...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saini AG,Singhi P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy is caused by mutations in the survival motoneuron (SMN) gene. There are two nearly identical copies of this gene present on chromosome 5q13; however, only the telomeric copy of this gene is affected in spinal muscular atrophy. In this study, we describe a new method to detec...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mazzei R,Conforti FL,Muglia M,Sprovieri T,Patitucci A,Magariello A,Gabriele AL,Quattrone A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and subclinical seizures occur frequently among children with autistic spectrum disorders. Electrographic status epilepticus in sleep, or continuous spike-wave in slow-wave sleep, is a typical feature of acquired epileptic aphasia and Landau-Kleffner syndrome. Seizures and epilepsy are more common among child...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Trevathan E

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an initial patient with cerebral palsy had an apparent dramatic reduction in spasticity when placed on modafinil, a pilot study was undertaken in 10 pediatric patients to confirm or refute the benefit of modafinil in cerebral palsy. Nine of 10 patients completed the 1-month treatment period. The study patients w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hurst DL,Lajara-Nanson W

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are allelic X-linked disorders causing progressive muscle weakness in males. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by absence of dystrophin in muscle and brain; boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have a static cognitive impairment with mean Full Scale IQ approximately 1 standa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Young HK,Barton BA,Waisbren S,Portales Dale L,Ryan MM,Webster RI,North KN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis 1 is an autosomal dominant, multisystem disorder with myriad clinical manifestations. Between 1991 and 1998, 495 adults and children were diagnosed with neurofibromatosis 1 at a specialized neurogenetics clinic in Sydney, Australia. This review establishes the prevalence of the clinical manifestation...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Young H,Hyman S,North K

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 4-year period, 1982-1986, 18 patients presented to the Children's Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, with the following features: (1) Recurrent "absences" clinically indistinguishable from childhood absence epilepsy, (2) Normal clinical examination, (3) Electroencephalogram (EEG) demonstrating normal waking back...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： North KN,Ouvrier RA,Nugent M

更新日期：1990-10-01 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：:Rett Syndrome is known to occur in females, around the second year, with loss of hand use, onset of stereotypes and acquired microcephaly. Such regression is often very rapid, but this has never been documented. In one of our patients, photographs taken at different times clearly demonstrate the rapid progression of f...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fiumara A,Barone R,D'Asero G,Marzullo E,Pavone L

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrimination of odorous molecules in amniotic fluid occur after 30 weeks' gestation; fetuses exhibit differential responses to maternal diet. Olfactory reflexes enable reliable neonatal testing. Olfactory bulbs can be demonstrated reliably by MRI after 30 weeks' gestation, and their hypoplasia or aplasia also docume...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sarnat HB,Flores-Sarnat L,Wei XC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To document the impact of Tourette syndrome on the health care needs of children and access to health care among youth with Tourette syndrome, parent-reported data from the 2007-2008 National Survey of Children's Health were analyzed. Children with Tourette syndrome had more co-occurring mental disorders than children...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bitsko RH,Danielson M,King M,Visser SN,Scahill L,Perou R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the alteration of the gait pattern in 25 children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, using body-worn inertial sensors during a long walking distance. Normalized spatiotemporal gait parameters and their variability were extracted from the angular velocity of the shanks; the smoot...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ganea R,Jeannet PY,Paraschiv-Ionescu A,Goemans NM,Piot C,Van den Hauwe M,Aminian K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored child neurologists' attitudes toward taking on the role of health care surrogate for terminally ill children. Physician members of the Child Neurology Society were sent a 16-question survey via email. Of the assumed 1050 recipients, 116 (11%) answered the questionnaire. Most individuals who have been in pr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weisleder P,Perkins E,McLaughlin A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited leukodystrophies are a group of diseases affecting central nervous system myelin that lead to death or significant health problems. Although for most leukodystrophies there are no curative treatments, for a handful of diseases hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT; bone marrow transplant) can stop di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bonkowsky JL,Wilkes J,Shyr DC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpus callosotomy is a palliative procedure performed to reduce the severity of drug-resistant epilepsy. The authors assessed its efficacy on different seizure types in 20 subjects (age range 5-19 years); 8 with active vagus nerve stimulator. Fifteen had complete callosotomy, 3 had anterior 2/3, and 2 had anterior 2/...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Luat AF,Asano E,Kumar A,Chugani HT,Sood S

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Maple syrup urine disease is a disorder of branched-chain keto acid metabolism. Three children were diagnosed with the intermediate form of maple syrup urine disease during routine evaluation of mental retardation. Clinical features were characterized by mental retardation, seizures, autistic features, and movement di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bindu PS,Shehanaz KE,Christopher R,Pal PK,Ravishankar S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with an initial diagnosis of Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis II) had a more severe phenotype than expected, which warranted further evaluation. The patient had severe infantile global neurodevelopmental delays, macrocephaly with a prominent forehead, coarse facial features with clear corneas, c...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Burruss DM,Wood TC,Espinoza L,Dwivedi A,Holden KR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freely available software, derived from the past 2 decades of neuroimaging research, is significantly more flexible for research purposes than presently available clinical tools. Here, we describe and demonstrate the utility of rapidly deployable analysis software to facilitate trainee-driven translational neuroimagin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cohen A,Kenney-Jung D,Botha H,Tillema JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebellum undergoes a protracted development, making it particularly vulnerable to a broad spectrum of developmental events. Acquired destructive and hemorrhagic insults may also occur. The main steps of cerebellar development are reviewed. The normal imaging patterns of the cerebellum in prenatal ultrasound and ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Garel C,Fallet-Bianco C,Guibaud L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Magenis syndrome is a multiple congenital anomalies/mental retardation syndrome associated with a heterozygous deletion of chromosome 17p11.2. Seizures have not been formally studied in this population. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of seizures and electroencephalographic (EEG) epileptiform abno...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goldman AM,Potocki L,Walz K,Lynch JK,Glaze DG,Lupski JR,Noebels JL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 5-day-old newborn with rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata was investigated with multivoxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including chemical shift imaging maps, which disclosed a decrease in the choline peak and the choline signal intensity, respectively, in the right cerebral hemisphere. This is the s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sigirci A,Alkan A,Kutlu R,Gülcan H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00