Evaluation of Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Children With Epilepsy.

abstract：:An infant with a neonatal form of nemaline myopathy showed ultrastructural features of muscle immaturity. Immaturity was characterized by an abnormal presence of myotubes, as well as cells in clusters within a common basement membrane and a great number of satellite cells adhering to very small muscle fibers. In addit...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fidziańska A,Goebel HH,Kleine M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of clinical disease in juvenile Huntington's disease differs from that seen in adults. Younger patients often present with seizures, dystonia and rigidity. The mechanism and type of seizures, timing of onset and electrographic features have not been well characterized in either adults or children. We desc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ullrich NJ,Riviello JJ Jr,Darras BT,Donner EJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescence is an important period, marked by significant changes in biological and psychosocial domains. Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder associated with social stigma and prejudice. The etiology of depression in epilepsy appears to be a complex interplay between psychosocial and neurobiologic factors. This ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nnajekwu CO,Nnajekwu UC,Ikefuna NA,Ojinnaka CN

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the role of cerebral nitric oxide and its powerful oxidant peroxynitrite following mild birth asphyxia. The cerebrospinal fluid levels of nitric oxide and 3-nitrotyrosine as a marker for peroxynitrite are measured in neonates with mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Based...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gücüyener K,Ergenekon E,Demiryürek T,Erbaş D,Oztürk G,Koç E,Atalay Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 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

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with epilepsy undergoing valproate therapy and who are otherwise healthy have lower levels of serum and muscle carnitine. A total of 50 patients with epilepsy, 3 to 14 years of age, who were treated solely with valproate and free of abnormal neurologic findin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Anil M,Helvaci M,Ozbal E,Kalenderer O,Anil AB,Dilek M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision whether or not to recommend chronic antiepileptic drug treatment for a child with seizures requires a risk-benefit analysis tailored to each individual case. Because all of the available antiepileptic medications have some potential adverse effects, the analysis may weigh in favor of a decision not to tre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wyllie E

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children is not uncommon in developing countries, yet there is little systematic documentation of its clinical profile and follow-up. We studied the clinical and neuroradiologic features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in 52 consecutive children. Clinical details, magnet...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Singhi PD,Ray M,Singhi S,Kumar Khandelwal N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with partial seizures aged 1 week to 19 years (n = 175) were included in several prospective vigabatrin studies at the hospital Saint Vincent de Paul. A decrease in seizure frequency of over 50% was achieved in 70% of patients, with 30% becoming seizure free, and only 6% experiencing an increase. Tuberous scl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nabbout RC,Chiron C,Mumford J,Dumas C,Dulac O

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infantile bilateral striatal necrosis is a rarely described acute neurological syndrome associated with radiological findings. Its etiology and pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. Clinically, the syndrome usually follows respiratory illnesses and presents with an array of neurological findings, including axial at...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zevit N,Steinmetz A,Kornreich L,Straussberg R

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:In addition to the typical infantile spasm symptoms, several other symptoms, such as eye movements, have been reported to be associated with infantile spasms, although the relationship between the typical spasms and these other events is not fully understood. Here we present a case with West syndrome. We observed the ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kakisaka Y,Kobayashi T,Hino-Fukuyo N,Uematsu M,Numata Y,Mori M,Kure S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ketogenic diet has traditionally been considered an anticonvulsant therapy of last resort, despite excellent efficacy and limited side effects. We hypothesized that the ketogenic diet would have similar results in patients with new-onset epilepsy. A retrospective study was conducted of patients started on the keto...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rubenstein JE,Kossoff EH,Pyzik PL,Vining EP,McGrogan JR,Freeman JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute transverse myelitis is a clinical syndrome affecting the spinal cord, which is characterized by acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Approximately 20% of cases of acute transverse myelitis occur in children. This review summarizes the current published literature on acute transverse myelitis...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wolf VL,Lupo PJ,Lotze TE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience in a cohort of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia in a tertiary care referral center in Lebanon. Forty-one sequential patients were studied: 34 classical phenylketonuria (PKU), 3 hyperphenylalaninemia (non-PKU), and 4 biopterin metabolism defects. The majority of cases were clinically diagnos...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Karam PE,Daher RT,Moller LB,Mikati MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder predominately affecting females. The majority of patients have epilepsy in the early stages of the disease. This study evaluates the clinical course of epilepsy and the effect of antiepileptic drug treatment in Rett syndrome using retrospective data analysis. Epilepsy was...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Krajnc N,Župančič N,Oražem J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present the diagnostic and clinical course of the first multicenter case series of pediatric patients with autoimmune encephalitis associated with N-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies. METHODS:Data from 2 university hospitals were retrospectively reviewed and records of 3 patients with autoimmu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kornitzer J,Taha F,Segal E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in intraoperative neuroelectrodiagnostic testing and microneurosurgical techniques have made it possible to accurately explore the brachial plexus of neonates. Since 1987, we have followed 250 infants with birth-related brachial plexus injuries, and successful operations have been completed on more than 70 in...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Laurent JP,Lee RT

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the plasma baclofen concentrations of children undergoing continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion for treatment of cerebral spasticity, we assayed plasma samples from six children, 8 to 18 years of age, who were receiving intrathecal baclofen at constant rates of 77 to 400 micrograms/day. Plasma levels w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Albright AL,Shultz BL

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this survey and record review was to characterize emergency department management of unprovoked seizures and status epilepticus in children in Illinois. The survey was sent to 119 participating emergency departments in the Emergency Medical Services for Children program; responses were received from 103...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Taylor C,Piantino J,Hageman J,Lyons E,Janies K,Leonard D,Kelley K,Fuchs S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young children with sickle cell disease are at risk of brain damage, including stroke. We tested the hypothesis that such patients are also at risk of cognitive impairment. We characterized the cognitive ability of kindergarten children to minimize the effect of disease-related school absence. The Memphis City Schools...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Steen RG,Hu XJ,Elliott VE,Miles MA,Jones S,Wang WC

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:Multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis are demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system that can present initially as an acute focal demyelinating syndrome. We report an 11-year-old girl who initially presented with intractable vomiting and hypertension and later developed a subacute onse...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mostafapour SP,Enzmann D,North W,Hahn JS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to explore the relationship of youth age and sex to depressive symptoms and illness attitudes in youth with epilepsy and juvenile rheumatic disease. Youth with epilepsy or juvenile rheumatic disease between the ages of 7 and 19 years completed measures of depressive symptoms and illness attitudes. A signif...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ryan JL,Ramsey RR,Fedele DA,Wagner JL,Smith G,Chaney JM

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：: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：:In lieu of traditional training of examiners to identify cerebral palsy on a neurologic examination at age 1 year, we proposed an alternative approach using a multimedia training video and CD-ROM we developed after a two-step validation process. We hypothesized that use of CD-ROM interactive training will lead to reli...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kuban KC,O'Shea M,Allred E,Leviton A,Gilmore H,DuPlessis A,Krishnamoorthy K,Hahn C,Soul J,O'Connor SE,Miller K,Church PT,Keller C,Bream R,Adair R,Miller A,Romano E,Bassan H,Kerkering K,Engelke S,Marshall D,Milow

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spongy degeneration of the central nervous system in infancy (Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease) is a disorder usually thought to occur in Ashkenazi Jewish infants. We report a case occurring in an Arab infant of consanguineous parents. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mahdi AH,Elidirssy AT,Wright EA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a large multicenter cohort of children with cerebral venous thrombosis from 5 centers in the United States and analyzes their clinical findings and risk factors. Seventy patients were included in the study (25 neonates, 35%). The age ranged from 6 days to 12 years. Thirty-eight (55%) were younger t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wasay M,Dai AI,Ansari M,Shaikh Z,Roach ES

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00