Neurodevelopmental outcomes in very low-birth-weight infants in Korea: 1998-2007 vs 1989-1997.

abstract：:The acquisition of reading is a complex neurobiologic process. Identifying the most effective instruction and remedial intervention methods for children at risk of developing reading problems and for those who are already struggling is equally complex. This article aims to provide the clinician with a review of more c...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alexander AW,Slinger-Constant AM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of corticosteroids for treatment of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in clinical practice from 1991 through 2005 was reviewed in a large population-based cohort (MD STARnet) of boys in 4 regional sites and 6 clinics of the United States. Corticosteroid use increased from 20% (11 of 56 individuals) in 199...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Matthews DJ,James KA,Miller LA,Pandya S,Campbell KA,Ciafaloni E,Mathews KD,Miller TM,Cunniff C,Meaney FJ,Druschel CM,Romitti PA,Fox DJ,MD STARnet.

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a pediatric patient with repaired hypoplastic left heart syndrome developing protein-losing enteropathy, hypocalcemia, vitamin D deficiency, and hemichorea. After correction of nutritional vitamin D deficiency with calcium and vitamin D supplementation, the chorea resolved. Hypoalbuminemia also im...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fernandez R,Ashraf A,Dure LS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the literature, several malformations of cortical development have been described as additional lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex. Among these lesions, a very large focal cortical dysplasia has peculiar magnetic resonance imaging features: a signal abnormality that extends radially inward toward the lateral ven...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Vigliano P,Canavese C,Bobba B,Genitori L,Papalia F,Padovan S,Forni M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of anterior spinal artery syndrome can be made with high accuracy by thorough clinical examination in combination with typical magnetic resonance imaging findings. Sudden onset of tetra- or paraparesis and dissociated sensory loss with bladder dysfunction are the leading clinical signs. We discuss clinic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ramelli GP,Wyttenbach R,von der Weid N,Ozdoba C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely low birth weight premature infants are at risk for poor neurodevelopmental outcome. Postnatal dexamethasone has often been used in premature infants to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and this drug is thought by some to affect neurodevelopmental outcome. We retrospectively examined the effect of...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Needelman H,Evans M,Roberts H,Sweney M,Bodensteiner JB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal intrauterine inflammation has been implicated in the development of periventricular leukomalacia and white matter injury in the neonate. We hypothesized that intrauterine endotoxin administration would lead to microstructural changes in the neonatal rabbit white matter in vivo that could be detected at birth ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saadani-Makki F,Kannan S,Makki M,Muzik O,Janisse J,Romero R,Chugani D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first case of Chikungunya virus in Honduras was identified in 2014. The virus has spread widely across Honduras via the Aedes aegypti mosquito, leading to an outbreak of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in 2015 that significantly impacted children. A retrospective chart review of 235 children diagnosed with CHIKV and adm...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Samra JA,Hagood NL,Summer A,Medina MT,Holden KR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain tissue from three patients with a clinical diagnosis of Reye syndrome was compared with tissue from three control patients. All Reye syndrome patients demonstrated cytotoxic cerebral edema, with swelling of astrocyte foot processes, which was not seen in controls. Myelin sheath splitting was seen both in control...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Blisard KS,Davis LE

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Mutations in MECP2 gene are the primary cause of Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects girls, and affect 90% to 95% patients with classical Rett syndrome. MECP2 mutations, once thought to be lethal in males, now present a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations in males. This article re...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Khajuria R,Gupta N,Sapra S,Gulati S,Ghosh M,Kalra V,Kabra M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epilepsies in childhood are classified as primary (or idiopathic) and secondary (or symptomatic). The primary epilepsies account for two thirds of all childhood epilepsies and are presumed to be genetically determined. In the remaining one third of cases, a neuropathologic lesion can be identified. This paper summ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Armstrong DD,Mizrahi EM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic disorders constitute an important cause of neurologic disease, including infantile epilepsy. The inability to characterize seizures and epilepsy syndromes precisely in infants impedes the recognition of features suggestive of specific underlying metabolic and neurodegenerative etiologies. Classification syst...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nordli DR Jr,De Vivo DC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite remarkable growth in the clinical neurology literature, there is little research on peer review and biomedical publication in neurology. Biomedical publication research encompasses every step of the research process, from the methodology to the publication of research findings. Some general medical journals ha...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wong VS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We accumulated 440 cases of intracranial meningiomas in patients under 16 years of age, and another 27 personal. This review confirms the existence of specific clinical features of spontaneous and radiation-induced meningioma in children. In addition, we discuss various points that suggest a more aggressive behavior o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Caroli E,Russillo M,Ferrante L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of pontocerebellar hypoplasia and anterior horn cell degeneration is classified as pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1. Although most cases exhibit severe muscle weakness and hypotonia neonatally with short life spans, some cases exhibit a later onset with a longer life span and show cerebellar atrophy w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sanefuji M,Kira R,Matsumoto K,Gondo K,Torisu H,Kawakami H,Iwaki T,Hara T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid (RNA) synthetases (ARSs) are a group of enzymes required for the first step of protein translation. Each aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetase links a specific amino acid to its corresponding transfer RNA component within the cytoplasm, mitochondria, or both. Mutations in ARSs have been...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： McMillan HJ,Humphreys P,Smith A,Schwartzentruber J,Chakraborty P,Bulman DE,Beaulieu CL,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Majewski J,Boycott KM,Geraghty MT

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of hypoparathyroidism and ischemic stroke is rare in childhood. We report an interesting case of an 11-year-old girl diagnosed to have hypoparathyroidism and presented with an acute-onset right hemiparesis. Investigations revealed large artery ischemic stroke and uncontrolled hypoparathyroidism. Pediat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dhawan SR,Jondhale SN,Sahu JK,Vyas S,Singhi PD

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lissencephaly is a brain malformation manifested by a smooth cerebral surface and caused by incomplete neuronal migration. Clinical sequellae include minor craniofacial changes (bitemporal hollowing, small jaw), severe mental retardation, and other neurological abnormalities. Patients with classical or type I lissence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pavone L,Gullotta F,Incorpora G,Grasso S,Dobyns WB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with two children with Joubert syndrome demonstrates how the diagnosis, if suspected by recognition of the behavioral phenotype, can rapidly be made by employing cranial sonography. This technique also may afford prenatal diagnosis of the syndrome in future siblings of confirmed cases. We have produced ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Edwards BO Jr,Fischer AQ,Flannery DB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin has been reported to be an effective treatment for infantile spasms. Juvenile spasms are electrically and clinically similar to infantile spasms but occur in a later age group. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of five children (aged 4.5-11.5 years) at our institution. Their primary sei...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bingel U,Pinter JD,Sotero de Menezes M,Rho JM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor speed and accuracy are both affected in childhood dystonia. Thus, deriving a speed-accuracy function is an important metric for assessing motor impairments in dystonia. Previous work in dystonia studied the speed-accuracy trade-off during point-to-point tasks. To achieve a more relevant measurement of functional...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lunardini F,Bertucco M,Casellato C,Bhanpuri N,Pedrocchi A,Sanger TD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute flaccid myelitis has emerged as the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis in children. Acute flaccid myelitis leads to significant physical disability; hence, objective outcome measures to study disease severity and progression are desirable. In addition, nerve transfer to improve motor function in ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Patel R,Gombolay GY,Peljovich AE,Conklin J,Blackwell LS,Howarth R,Wolf DS,Upadhyayula SR,Verma S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a juvenile patient who developed vertebrobasilar occlusion following nonpenetrating head and neck trauma, with complete recovery. The patient presented with transient signs of brain-stem dysfunction that were secondary to embolization and/or extension of a thrombus. He was treated with anticoagulants. We hav...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pitter JH,French JH,PeBenito R,Hotson GC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethical issues concerning the use of fetal tissue as a source for organ transplantation has focused interest on anencephaly. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the incidence of anencephaly has been declining. As anencephaly is easily recognized and invariably fatal, mortality figures provide an excellent ref...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Snyder RD,Fakadej AF,Riggs JE

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:A 12-year-old boy presented with complaints of seizures since the age of 7 years. Seizure semiology was consistent with origin from the right temporal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a large right temporal and multiple small intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas. The imaging findings and clinic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Sankhyan N,Gulati S,Kumar A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study was planned to study the blood ammonia levels in epileptic children on 2 dose ranges of valproic acid monotherapy. A total of 60 epileptic children aged 3 months to 12 years, that were on valproic acid monotherapy for at least 3 months, were enrolled and divided into 2 groups, a low-dose gro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Gulati S,Kabra M,Kalra V,Vasisht S,Gupta YK

更新日期：2011-01-01 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