Ischemic stroke in a girl with lupus anticoagulant.

abstract：:A young child with Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome is presented. She was well until 8 years of age when she lost interest in activities and her school performance declined. At age 11 years, she began having episodes of blepharospasm, accompanied by bilateral ptosis and occasional episodes of oculogyric crisis. By age 12 y...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zupanc ML,Chun RW,Gilbert-Barness EF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To provide consensus-based, suggested imaging protocols to facilitate the accurate and timely diagnosis of a neonate with symptoms concerning for stroke. METHODS:The Writing Group, an international collaboration of pediatric neurologists and neuroradiologists with expertise in perinatal and childhood stroke, p...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee S,Mirsky DM,Beslow LA,Amlie-Lefond C,Danehy AR,Lehman L,Stence NV,Vossough A,Wintermark M,Rivkin MJ,International Paediatric Stroke Study Neuroimaging Consortium and the Paediatric Stroke Neuroimaging Consortium.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is a chronic, progressive steno-occlusive arteriopathy that typically affects the anterior circulation arteries of the circle of Willis. A network of deep thalamoperforating and lenticulostriate collaterals develop to by-pass the occlusion giving rise to the characteristic angiographic "puff of smoke" appeara...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dlamini N,Muthusami P,Amlie-Lefond C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male adolescent developed a sinovenous thrombosis 4 weeks following a Henoch-Schonlein purpura episode. A hypercoagulation evaluation revealed a positive lupus anticoagulant. This suggests an association between Henoch-Schonlein purpura and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and is the first report of sinovenous thr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Abend NS,Licht DJ,Spencer CH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of the efficacy of seizure cessation by phenobarbital versus phenytoin administration utilized both clinical and electroencephalographic expressions of seizure behaviors. The phenomenon of uncoupling was defined as the persistence of electrographic seizures despite the suppression of >or=50% clinic...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Scher MS,Alvin J,Gaus L,Minnigh B,Painter MJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether children presenting with a first seizure experienced anxiety and depressive signs. Children (aged 7-17 years) with a first unprovoked afebrile seizure participated. These patients (mean age, 12 +/- 2.7 years S.D.; 14 female/8 male) completed the Revised Child Manifest Anxiety Scale (n = 22) and...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Loney JC,Wirrell EC,Sherman EM,Hamiwka LD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exome sequencing has recently been proved to be a successful diagnostic method for complex neurodevelopmental disorders. However, the diagnostic yield of exome sequencing for autism spectrum disorders has not been extensively evaluated in large cohorts to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We performed diagnostic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Rossi M,El-Khechen D,Black MH,Farwell Hagman KD,Tang S,Powis Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is widely believed that herbal products are beneficial to the health, some herbal products can result in serious adverse effects, such as epileptic seizures, especially in children who are particularly susceptible. Sage oil contains well-known convulsant substances such as thujone, camphor, and cineole in ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Halicioglu O,Astarcioglu G,Yaprak I,Aydinlioglu H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging and evoked potential studies were performed on an infant with hydranencephaly. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the absence of cortical tissue with a structurally intact mid- and hind-brain. Evoked potentials confirmed the loss of cortical activity with preservation of brainstem funct...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hanigan WC,Aldrich WM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudotumor cerebri is a clinical syndrome characterized by increased intracranial pressure in the absence of an intracranial tumor. It is most frequently diagnosed in obese young women, but it is also reported in children of all age groups, including infants. A variety of medical conditions have been suggested as pos...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Keren T,Lahat E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the case of a 6-year-old boy with epilepsy involving febrile seizures and unprovoked generalized tonic clonic seizures. Genetic testing revealed a novel de novo mutation in the SCN1A gene (C>T 4786, R1596C). The epilepsy phenotype is within the spectrum of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dlugos DJ,Ferraro TN,Buono RJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year-old white male presented with a history of progressive loss of vision that was subsequently followed by progressive corticospinal dysfunction. Evaluation revealed the presence of leukodystrophy which was confirmed by a deficiency of the enzyme, galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase. We present the clinical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brownsworth RD,Bodensteiner JB,Schaefer GB,Barnes P

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have an increased risk of long bone fractures. Such fractures are sometimes associated with brain dysfunction due to fat embolism syndrome, although this syndrome has seldom been documented in muscular dystrophy patients. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:We describe a child w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bugnitz CJ,Cripe LH,Lo WD,Flanigan KM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with angiodysgenetic necrotizing encephalopathy or diffuse meningocerebral angiomatosis complicated by intraventricular hemorrhage, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, and signs of heart failure is reported. The hydrocephalus and cardiomegaly were diagnosed by fetal ultrasonography. Based on these pathologic find...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arvanitis DL,Apostolidou IA,Routsis PV,Biskini EI,Kalpoyannis NS

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corpus callosum atrophy has been associated with cognitive and motor deficits in elderly people. However, the role of the corpus callosum in infant development is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of corpus callosum size on motor development in infants. METHODS:We investigated cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chang CL,Hung KL,Yang YC,Ho CS,Chiu NC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy adolescent. Clinical features included fever, altered mental status, and speech difficulty, with subsequent hyperesthesia, ataxia, and motor weakness, all of which eventually resolved completely. Magnetic resonance imaging was ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： DeBiasi RL,Parsons JA,Grabert BE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with the occurrence of behavioral and cognitive abnormalities in children treated with topiramate. A retrospective chart review of patients up to 18 years of age who had been treated with topiramate at a tertiary epilepsy center was performed. Behaviora...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gerber PE,Hamiwka L,Connolly MB,Farrell K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the voltage-gated sodium channel SCN1A gene are responsible for the majority of Dravet syndrome cases. There is evidence that the Nav1.1 channel coded by the SCN1A gene is involved in sleep regulation. We evaluated sleep abnormalities in children with Dravet syndrome using nocturnal polysomnogra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dhamija R,Erickson MK,St Louis EK,Wirrell E,Kotagal S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 7-month-old child was treated with homeopathic preparations of thuja, a potentially convulsant compound, for the purpose of providing a calming effect around times of immunizations. The child developed eight generalized tonic-clonic seizures with no other obvious cause, in the context of normal el...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Stafstrom CE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define the risk ratios of the late-infancy magnetic resonance imaging pattern for long-term outcome in term infants with perinatal asphyxia. We evaluated 65 term infants with perinatal asphyxia and performed magnetic resonance imaging examinations between 4-12 months of age. Magnetic reson...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tekgul H,Serdaroglu G,Yalman O,Tutuncuoglu S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings, a 27-year-old man and his 24-year-old sister were diagnosed with classic transferase deficiency galactosemia at birth and were treated with strict lactose restriction. Despite well-documented dietary management, both siblings are mentally retarded and manifest a progressive neurologic condition character...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Koch TK,Schmidt KA,Wagstaff JE,Ng WG,Packman S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are members of a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. Mutations in neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor beta 2 subunit have been associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsies. A major challenge is t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Peng CT,Chou IC,Li CI,Hsu YA,Tsai CH,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ring chromosome 20 is a genetic disorder characterized by intractable epilepsy, behavioral problems, and cognitive deficit. The potassium channel-coding gene KCNQ2 is localized at the locus q13.3 on the chromosome 20, the most common site where the ring occurs. Ezogabine is the first potassium channel opener...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Walleigh DJ,Legido A,Valencia I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome, a neurogenetic disorder predominantly affecting females, has many characteristic features including psychomotor retardation, impaired language development, hand stereotypies, gait dysfunction, and acquired microcephaly. Although each of these features undoubtedly contributes to the morbidity of this neu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dolce A,Ben-Zeev B,Naidu S,Kossoff EH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe the growth and nutritional status of children with cerebral palsy (2 to 18 years old) in West China and to explore the correlation between the nutritional status and age, gender, and gross and fine motor function. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional survey of children registered as having cer...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wang F,Cai Q,Shi W,Jiang H,Li N,Ma D,Wang Q,Luo R,Mu D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression and characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomographic (CT) findings in 3 patients with infantile Krabbe disease (i.e., globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase deficiency) are reported. We obtained initial CT and MRI studies when patients demonstra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sasaki M,Sakuragawa N,Takashima S,Hanaoka S,Arima M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the cost and efficacy of admitting patients for intravenous dihydroergotamine treatment and to identify factors associated with a higher likelihood of response to treatment. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of all pediatric hospitalizations from 2001 to 2010 for intravenous dihydroer...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nelson GR,Bale JF,Kerr LM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanishing white matter disease is a chronically progressive leukodystrophy with periods of acute deterioration after head trauma and febrile illness. This report describes a child with genetically and clinically confirmed vanishing white matter disease exhibiting frequent episodes of right-sided hemiplegia, aphasia, a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ramaswamy V,Chan AK,Kolski HK

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain structure of 14 infants born with congenital myotonic dystrophy at 2 hospitals was evaluated by cranial ultrasonography, and the findings were correlated with clinical and neuropathologic data. Ventricular dilation was diagnosed in 11 infants (78%). Seven infants died during the neonatal period; all had vent...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Garcia-Alix A,Cabañas F,Morales C,Pellicer A,Echevarria J,Paisan L,Quero J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in a 13-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus, a history of multiple shunt revisions, and a stable prepontine arachnoid cyst, who experienced profound catatonic deterioration. After initial shunt placement at age 20 months, the patient had followed norm...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wachtel LE,Baranano K,Reti IM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00