Intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas as a cause of childhood temporal lobe epilepsy.

abstract：:Three patients with Leigh's syndrome developed respiratory failure following general anesthesia. Although all three had respiratory symptoms prior to the anesthetic, the diagnosis was not suspected at the time of the procedure in two of the children. We reviewed the case notes of 16 other patients with Leigh's syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Grattan-Smith PJ,Shield LK,Hopkins IJ,Collins KJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is a novel disease entity, proposed by Mizuguchi et al in 1995, that shows a characteristic selective and symmetric involvement of the thalamus, brain stem, and cerebellum. It usually leaves sequelae. The etiology of acute necrotizing encephalopathy is unknown. We describe here six pat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yoshikawa H,Watanabe T,Abe T,Oda Y

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a neonate with sectional narrowing of the spinal cord on the level of T12 to L2 and a deformed vertebral body on a different level, L4. In previously described cases of sectional spinal dysgenesis, the vertebral and spinal cord malformations are usually found on the same level. Our case may represe...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weber A,Maier RF,Felderhoff-Mueser U,Lehmann R,Stöver B,Obladen M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus lumbosacral polyradiculopathy is a well-documented complication of human immunodeficiency virus in adults who have a CD4 count of less than 40/microL. Patients present with an acute ascending flaccid paralysis of the lower limbs with areflexia, paresthesia, and urinary and bowel symptoms. However, it a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sohal A,Riordan A,Mallewa M,Solomon T,Kneen R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridoxine dependency and congenital hypophosphatasia are unusual metabolic disorders. We report a female infant born from healthy consanguineous parents with shortening of limbs, detected during pregnancy by ultrasonography. Immediately after delivery, the baby was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit because...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nunes ML,Mugnol F,Bica I,Fiori RM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot case-control study was done to collect data on whether susceptibility to newborn encephalopathy and neonatal seizures is influenced by the degree of maternal-fetal sharing of HLA antigens. Cases included 13 infants with moderate or severe newborn encephalopathy and seven infants with neonatal seizures but no o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cowan LD,Hudson L,Bobele G,Chancellor I,Baker J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six girls between 2 years 9 months and 15 years of age with Rett syndrome were thoroughly investigated. Blood ammonia levels varied between 42 and 123 mumol/L, and serum lactate concentration was slightly elevated in two girls. Electroencephalograms showed a dysrhythmic pattern during wakefulness; during drowsiness an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Eeg-Olofsson O,al-Zuhair AG,Teebi AS,Daoud AS,Zaki M,Besisso MS,Al-Essa MM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death during childhood. Since the first pediatric brain tumor clinical trials, the field has seen improved outcomes in some, but not all tumor types. In the past few decades, a number of promising new therapeutic agents have emerged, yet only a few of thes...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bornhorst M,Hwang EI

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether findings on videofluoroscopic swallow studies reveal different patterns of dysphagia between children with central and peripheral neurologic disorders, a retrospective study of 118 videofluoroscopic swallow studies was completed. There were 3 groups: cerebral palsy with only spastic features (n = ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： van den Engel-Hoek L,Erasmus CE,van Hulst KC,Arvedson JC,de Groot IJ,de Swart BJ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on an 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with unilateral auditory neuropathy. After failing his annual medical and school hearing screenings, he was referred for audiologic testing, which identified a profound sensorineural hearing loss in his left ear that has remained stable for the past 3 1/2 ye...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Podwall A,Podwall D,Gordon TG,Lamendola P,Gold AP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of metabolic control on quantitative electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities in young diabetic patients. We compared quantitative EEGs of 44 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with age-matched controls. Furthermore, differences in EEG variables of diabetic pa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hauser E,Strohmayer C,Seidl R,Birnbacher R,Lischka A,Schober E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been increasing awareness that there are behavioral phenotypes in tuberous sclerosis complex with neuropsychiatric symptom complex such as autistic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the neurobiologic basis of autistic disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex is still unknow...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wong V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baby Doe rules, a set of federal regulations on the treatment of extremely ill infants, went into effect in 1985. Some scholars have argued that these rules are inappropriate given that they fail to pay attention to the patient's suffering. Instead, researchers suggest that, when dealing with a severely impaired i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weisleder P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with autistic spectrum disorder are known to have histopathological abnormalities in the cerebellum. Diffusion tensor imaging has been utilized to study abnormalities in connectivity and microintegrity in brains of such children. A region of interest approach was adopted to study cerebellar outflow and inflow...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sivaswamy L,Kumar A,Rajan D,Behen M,Muzik O,Chugani D,Chugani H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently described, the congenital Zika syndrome caused by the Zika virus has many features of other congenital infections. This case series study reports 22 infants with congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil who developed infantile spasms during their first year of life. The median age of infantile spasms onset was 4.3 ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alves LV,Mello MJG,Bezerra PG,Alves JGB

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is characterized by acute- or subacute-onset encephalopathy with extrapyramidal, psychiatric, and epileptic manifestations. Diagnosis is confirmed by positive antibodies to NMDA receptor in cerebrospinal fluid and serum. Eleven pediatric cases presented over a 2-y...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chakrabarty B,Tripathi M,Gulati S,Yoganathan S,Pandit AK,Sinha A,Rathi BS

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Two children with neurofibromatosis and a chief complaint of severe, episodic, unilateral facial itching were found to have brainstem glioma. Initial computerized tomography of the brain was thought to be normal, but the brainstem tumor was subsequently demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging. The paroxysmal facial...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Summers CG,MacDonald JT

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the locations and characterize the types of brain abnormalities noted on brain magnetic resonance imaging in patients with probable and definite neurofibromatosis type 1. Patients with definite neurofibromatosis type 1 (n = 17) were studied when clinically indicated, and pati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： DiMario FJ Jr,Ramsby G,Greenstein R,Langshur S,Dunham B

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a questionnaire-based study, we assessed the parent-reported prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHDs), autism spectrum disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders in a group of 351 males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Of the 351 males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 11.7% were repor...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hendriksen JG,Vles JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings with familial encephalopathy, calcification of the basal ganglia, and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis, constituting the triad of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, are reported. This syndrome resembles congenital intrauterine infections, which must be meticulously excluded. Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is extrem...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koul R,Chacko A,Joshi S,Sankhla D

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is believed to rarely cause neurologic symptoms during childhood. We present a 16-year-old boy with bilateral congenital clubfeet surgically corrected by tendo Achillis releases at 2 years of age who presented with progressive, bilateral footdrop. Magnetic resonance imaging of his lum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ng YT,Mancias P,Butler IJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:The authors describe the case of an 8-year-old boy, otherwise healthy, who presented with symptoms consistent with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and was started on a trial of methylphenidate. Within 4 weeks, he experienced a rapid decline in fine motor skills, with dysarthria, intention tremor, motor...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Waugh JL,Miller VS,Chudnow RS,Dowling MM

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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：:Ischemic strokes in children and young adults are fortunately rare. Contrasted with adult ischemic strokes, pediatric stroke etiologies vary greatly and are often unknown. Childhood lacunar strokes and trauma-induced strokes represent particularly uncommon subsets and have been reported infrequently in the literature....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zwank MD,Dummer BW,Danielson LT,Haake BC

更新日期：2014-09-01 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

abstract：:The etiology of mild mental retardation remains undefined in about 60% of cases. Even though the causes of mild mental retardation are likely to be heterogeneous, the evidence for genetic involvement is increasing, along with the development of specific diagnostic techniques. To improve our understanding of the geneti...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saccucci P,Arpino C,Rizzo R,Gagliano A,Volzone A,Lalli C,Galasso C,Curatolo P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00