Gait assessment in children with duchenne muscular dystrophy during long-distance walking.

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：: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：:This article assessed how Indian providers and mothers value quality of life in pediatric disabilities, hypothesizing lower values with increasing disability, lower values among providers than mothers, and lower values among mothers with versus mothers without a disabled child. We asked 175 participants: "If born tomo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel E,Jondhale S,Brajkovic I,Nesbit KC,Allen IE,Bhutani V,Kumar P,Partridge JC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated familial and environmental risk factors in a cohort of South African children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A prospective, hospital-based case control study was conducted comprising 50 children diagnosed with ADHD and 50 matched non-ADHD controls. The adjusted effect o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： van Dyk L,Springer P,Kidd M,Steyn N,Solomons R,van Toorn R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome is a unique malformation syndrome characterized by a defect in cholesterol biosynthesis, which is very rare among populations in Middle and East Asia. The authors identified compound heterozygous mutations ([p.Arg352Trp] + [p.Lys376ArgfsX37]) in a Korean girl with clinical and laboratory fea...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jong Hee Chae,Ki Joong Kim,Yong Seung Hwang,Ki CS,Kim JW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that patients with spinal muscular atrophy do not lose muscle strength over time as measured quantitatively. However, we noted that many patients with spinal muscular atrophy suffer from what they call fatigue. We wondered if we could measure fatigue during a single maximal voluntary contraction...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Iannaccone ST,White M,Browne R,Russman B,Buncher R,Samaha FJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric headache patients often experience significant sleep disturbance, which may be a risk factor for poor physical, academic, and emotional functioning, including increased anxiety/fear. The current retrospective cohort study of a clinical sample of youth with persistent headache aimed to examine the impact of s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Clementi MA,Chang YH,Gambhir R,Lebel A,Logan DE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is characterized by social deficits, communication and language impairments, narrow restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, inattention, and hyperactivity. While selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy in treating core symptoms of autism, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors have de...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hollander E,Kaplan A,Cartwright C,Reichman D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to evaluate the efficacy of riboflavin for migraine prophylaxis in children. This was a randomized, double-blind study of riboflavin (200 mg daily) versus placebo in 48 children. The primary efficacy measure was the number of patients achieving a 50% or greater reduction in the number of migrai...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： MacLennan SC,Wade FM,Forrest KM,Ratanayake PD,Fagan E,Antony J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy is a reflex, age- and localization-related syndrome. We describe the clinical and electroencephalographic features, therapy, and outcome of 16 children/adolescents with this syndrome. The cohort included 2 sets of siblings and 7 patients with other first- or second-deg...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Politi-Elishkevich K,Kivity S,Shuper A,Levine H,Goldberg-Stern H

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：: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：:We evaluated the neuropsychological and neurologic outcome of 15 long-term survivors of posterior fossa tumors who were treated between 1970 and 1984 with cranial irradiation (n = 15) and surgery (n = 14). The interval between diagnosis and evaluation ranged from 4 to 20 years (median = 10 years). Earlier age at diagn...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chapman CA,Waber DP,Bernstein JH,Pomeroy SL,LaVally B,Sallan SE,Tarbell N

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibratory feedback can be a useful tool for rehabilitation. We examined its use in children with dystonia to understand how it affects muscle activity in a population that does not respond well to standard rehabilitation. We predicted scaled vibration (ie, vibration that was directly or inversely proportional to muscl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Liyanagamage SA,Bertucco M,Bhanpuri NH,Sanger TD

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:We describe a case of pediatric Sjögren's syndrome with progressive neurologic involvement. At age 4 years, she had been diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. After being stable with facial diplegia and swelling for 5 years, she acutely presented with diplopia, vertigo, and ataxia. Cranial magnetic resonance i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gottfried JA,Finkel TH,Hunter JV,Carpentieri DF,Finkel RS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertensive encephalopathy is an uncommon but recognized complication of malignant hypertension in children. We reviewed the clinical course, laboratory studies, and outcomes of 12 patients with hypertensive encephalopathy seen at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics between 1979 and 1994. The most common pre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wright RR,Mathews KD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the frequency and consequences of incidental neuroimaging findings in 400 otherwise healthy, nonacute pediatric headache patients through a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. We excluded patients with currently recommended clinical criteria to consider diagnostic neuroimaging. We categorized neuroimag...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Graf WD,Kayyali HR,Abdelmoity AT,Womelduff GL,Williams AR,Morriss MC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate etiology and prognostic significance of pontine tegmentum lesions accompanying a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis. METHOD:We retrospectively examined patients from 6 centers in Turkey who manifested encephalitis or myelitis associated with dorsal pontine lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bastemur M,Gocmen R,Parlak S,Yuksel D,Arslan EA,Okten AY,Iscan A,Ekici B,Anlar B

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:The most devastating complications of tuberous sclerosis complex affect the central nervous system and include epilepsy, mental retardation, autism, and glial tumors. Mutations in one of two genes, TSC1 and TSC2, result in a similar disease phenotype by disrupting the normal interaction of their protein products, hama...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Scheidenhelm DK,Gutmann DH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored verbal, visual, motor, and tactile humor appreciation and comprehension among preschool children with epilepsy as compared with healthy children. Participants included 32 children with focal epilepsy, as well as 70 healthy controls. The results suggest that children with epilepsy assess humor dicho...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Suits K,Tulviste T,Ong R,Tulviste J,Kolk A

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geographic distribution of multiple sclerosis (MS) may relate to the age of initial exposure and degree of sensitization to common viruses or bacteria which have proteins with epitopes (antigenic determinants) which are homologous with potentially encephalitogenic peptides in central myelin proteins, such as basic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alvord EC Jr,Jahnke U,Fischer EH,Kies MW,Driscoll BF,Compston DA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquired alexia with agraphia syndrome is a conspicuous disorder of reading and writing in the absence of significant other language impairments that has mainly been recorded in adults. Pure cases are rare, with most patients displaying mild aphasic deficits. In children, acquired reading and writing disorders are...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Paquier PF,De Smet HJ,Mariën P,Poznanski N,Van Bogaert P

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the cognitive profile and scholastic performance of children with parenchymal neurocysticercosis. A total of 500 children with a diagnosis of neurocysticercosis and epilepsy registered in our pediatric neurocysticercosis clinic between January 1996 and December 2002 were enrolled. Patients were evaluated for ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Singhi P,Malhi P,Suthar R,Deo B,Khandelwal NK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcomes of children with cryptogenic seizures most probably arising from the frontal lobe are difficult to predict. We retrospectively collected data on 865 pediatric patients with epilepsy. In 78 patients with cryptogenic frontal lobe epilepsy, the age at first seizure was inversely correlated with the outcome, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lee IC,Chen YJ,Lee HS,Li SY

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Nonconvulsive status epilepticus may present with several manifestations, and many of them may not be obvious. The most important for the diagnosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus is the electroencephalogram pattern. This is a case report of a 9-year-old boy with severe and continuous headache. He received chemoth...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ghofrani M,Mahvelati F,Tonekaboni H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures occur more frequently early in life. Some of these early seizures may eventually become epilepsy. Others are reactive seizures due to excessive environmental stimuli that, in any other age group, might not have elicited a similar response. To understand the developmental aspects of seizures and epilepsy in hu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kubová H,Moshé SL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00