Child neurology practice and neurological disorders in East Africa.

abstract：:We reviewed cranial sonographic studies done on 108 normal newborn infants to determine the prevalence and variability in size of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP). Infants were classified according to gestational age by 2-week intervals. At 24 weeks, only four normal scans were identified. Between 26 and 34 weeks, ten ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mott SH,Bodensteiner JB,Allan WC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal seizures are one of the most common neurological disorders in infants. However, the optimal treatment strategy for neonatal seizures remains controversial and there is little data regarding current treatment of neonatal seizures. In this study we describe the current treatment of neonatal seizures and variati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Blume HK,Garrison MM,Christakis DA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are conflicting results concerning bone metabolism in children receiving antiepileptic medication, with data concentrating on neurologically impaired patients. We performed a multicenter cross-sectional study in otherwise healthy children who received monotherapy with valproic acid, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Borusiak P,Langer T,Heruth M,Karenfort M,Bettendorf U,Jenke AC

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being a treatable and preventable zoonosis, brucellosis is still endemic in certain areas of the world. Nervous system involvement is a rare but an important complication of brucellosis in childhood. Neurobrucellosis should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of any kind of neurological s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yilmaz S,Serdaroglu G,Gokben S,Tekgul H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, both migraine and tension-type headaches in children are believed to be chronic primary headaches. Meningeal signs in both cases are ignored or not examined, and the neurologic status is considered normal. This is the first study that focuses on meningeal signs in children with chronic headaches. The study...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Almazov I,Brand N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pseudotumoral presentation of acute hemicerebellitis is rare in pediatric age. The authors report a new single case study of a 7-year-old child with pseudotumoral unilateral cerebellitis mimicking an intracranial tumor, which clinically presented itself with signs of intracranial hypertension and mild contralateral ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alberini E,Vellante V,Zennaro F,Calligaris L,Barbi E,Carrozzi M,Devescovi R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Möbius' syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by paralysis of the 7th and other cranial nerves and musculoskeletal abnormalities. We report a patient with Möbius' syndrome associated with arthrogryposis and mega cisterna magna in addition to the classic components of this syndrome. The case is interestin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yaris N,Aynaci FM,Kalyoncu M,Odemiş E,Okten A

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:We report a divergent ependymal tumor of the posterior fossa (ependymoblastoma/anaplastic ependymoma) observed in an 8-year-old boy. The tumor showed the histological pattern typical of an ependymoblastoma (tubular-papillary fetaloid architecture with stratification of the tumor cells) next to areas in which findings ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ortiz J,Otero A,Bengoechea O,Gonçalves J,Sousa P,Figols J,Bullón A

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Neurologic toxicity may occur as a direct effect of cancer and its therapy or indirectly because of a dysfunctional immune system. The authors report the development of axonal neuropathy, myelopathy, and leucoencephalopathy associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD) antibodies in 4 children with progressive ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ledet DS,Handgretinger R,Bertorini TE,Hale GA,Ribeiro RC,Khan RB

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister presented with psychomotor retardation during the 1st year of life. This was followed by spasticity, seizures, and in the older patient, progressive loss of faculties and death. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans demonstrated progressive cerebral atro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： de León GA,Crawford SE,Stack C,Darling CF,Johnson GS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed pediatrician awareness of the parameter ''Evaluating the first non-febrile seizure in children'' and how the concepts of this parameter were incorporated into practice. Although most reported caring for children with seizures, 60% were not aware of the practice parameter. When given the clinical scenario o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bale JF Jr,Caplin DA,Bruse JD,Folland D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic ultrasound has been extensively used for neurologic evaluation of cranial, vascular and spinal diseases. This study presents the techniques, methodology, and procedures for a new diagnostic application of ultrasound for evaluation of the neuromuscular system. In order to determine the optimum sonographic ch...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fischer AQ,Stephens S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Moyamoya disease is a rare cerebrovascular disease characterized by progressive stenosis of the bilateral distal internal carotid arteries and their proximal branches. Both chorea and dystonia have been reported as the initial presentation of moyamoya disease. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to define the clini...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Greene S,Bansal L,Coffman KA,Nardone R,Zuccoli G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyotonia congenita in 22 members of Arab (Omani) family is reported. Four generations were affected. All had early onset around 1 year of age, with myotonia and cold intolerance. Age of onset in the index case was at 3 months of age. Six members with the disease were examined and investigated. To our knowledge, th...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koul R,Alfutaisi A,Hira M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baclofen is widely used to control spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. Several publications described clinical adverse effects of baclofen oral treatment, but the effect of baclofen on seizure potentiation is still controversial. We describe a 10-year-old female patient with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and menta...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： De Rinaldis M,Losito L,Gennaro L,Trabacca A

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Behavioral and quantitative electroencephalography (EEG) techniques were used to evaluate treatment response to stimulant therapy in children with attention disorders. A sample of 130 children with attention disorders were evaluated with Conners and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders--III rating sca...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chabot RJ,Orgill AA,Crawford G,Harris MJ,Serfontein G

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with isolated congenital anosmia, a rare syndrome of deficient restricted neuronal migration, are presented with early diagnosis confirmed by standardized smell testing and detailed neuroimaging studies. Recognition of this disorder and its spectrum of presentations provides important insights into the mo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Assouline S,Shevell MI,Zatorre RJ,Jones-Gotman M,Schloss MD,Oudjhane K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders that are thought to be caused by a gene-by-environment interaction and in which various immune alterations are reported. We investigate CD4(+) T-cell cytokine profiles and subpopulations in 19-year-old monozygotic twins with autism and different comorbidities....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Magid-Bernstein J,Mahajan K,Lincoln J,Ming X,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hypertension is associated with decreased performance on neurocognitive testing and a blunted cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia. Parents of 14 children with hypertension and prehypertension completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions. Children underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood press...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ostrovskaya MA,Rojas M,Kupferman JC,Lande MB,Paterno K,Brosgol Y,Pavlakis SG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth failure is nearly universal in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 and common in type 2, although acuity is often underappreciated at initial diagnosis. We reviewed 44 consecutive spinal muscular atrophy patients (28 type 1, 16 type 2) under 3 years at initial presentation. Growth failure was conventionally defined:...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sproule DM,Hasnain R,Koenigsberger D,Montgomery M,De Vivo DC,Kaufmann P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromelalgia is a rare condition characterized by episodic painful erythema and warmth often affecting, but not limited to, the distal extremities. This condition is notoriously difficult to treat. We report a young female patient with seronegative polyarthritis who presented with a 6-year history of recurrent bout...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Moody S,Pacheco S,Butler IJ,Koenig MK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal evidence exists about the risk of recurrent childhood acute ischemic stroke in patients subjected to a subsequent head or neck injury. Recurrent or multiple dissections have been demonstrated in select cases. Minor head trauma has also been associated with acute ischemic stroke. The objective of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bernard TJ,deVeber GA,Benke TA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight gain occurs with most neuroleptic drugs used to treat tics. Tetrabenazine, a vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitor, inhibits dopamine release. It is used to treat a variety of hyperkinetic movement disorders, including tics. Weight gain over time was compared in a group of pediatric tic patients taki...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ondo WG,Jong D,Davis A

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:The objective of this article is to review primary and secondary causes of carnitine deficiency, emphasizing recent advances in our knowledge of fatty acid oxidation. It is now understood that the cellular metabolism of fatty acids requires the cytosolic carnitine cycle and the mitochondrial beta-oxidation cycle. Carn...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pons R,De Vivo DC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the unique case of late-onset pancraniosynostosis presenting with rapid visual deterioration, without other symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. A 10-year-old girl had episodes of blurry vision for 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a borderline Chiari I malformation. Ophthalmolog...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bonfield CM,Tamber MS,Losee JE

更新日期：2014-08-01 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