Hypnagogic behavior disorder: complex motor behaviors during wake-sleep transitions in 2 young children.

abstract：:Seizures occur in 25% to 40% of children with supratentorial tumors and are the presenting complaint in 10% to 15%. However, when divided by age, only 2% of children with seizures as the presenting complaint of brain tumors were less than 1 year of age. Three children, ranging in age from 20 days to 7 months and seen ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rutledge SL,Snead OC 3rd,Morawetz R,Chandra-Sekar B

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:Pyridoxine-dependent seizures are a rare condition recognized when numerous seizures respond to pyridoxine treatment and recur on pyridoxine withdrawal. For decades the diagnosis was confirmed only with pyridoxine treatment withdrawal trial. Recently described biochemical and molecular pathology improved the diagnosti...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kaczorowska M,Kmiec T,Jakobs C,Kacinski M,Kroczka S,Salomons GS,Struys EA,Jozwiak S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is described as the most common neurobehavioral condition of childhood. We raise the concern that ADHD is not a disease per se but rather a group of symptoms representing a final common behavioral pathway for a gamut of emotional, psychological, and/or learning problems....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Furman L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam, one of the newer-generation antiepilepsy drugs, is not currently approved for use in children. Given its favorable efficacy, pharmacokinetic, and, particularly, safety profile in adults, we felt that it may be a useful antiepilepsy drug for children with refractory epilepsy. We treated 39 patients (mean...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wheless JW,Ng YT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spongy degeneration of the central nervous system in infancy (Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease) is a disorder usually thought to occur in Ashkenazi Jewish infants. We report a case occurring in an Arab infant of consanguineous parents. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mahdi AH,Elidirssy AT,Wright EA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine the utility of 99mTc-hexamethylpropylenamine oxime (HMPAO) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in evaluating patients with childhood absence epilepsy. Twenty-three patients (13 female, 10 male), aged 7 to 15 years (mean age 10.3 +/- 2.2), were studied. All pat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kapucu LO,Serdaroğlu A,Okuyaz C,Köse G,Gücüyener K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of clinical disease in juvenile Huntington's disease differs from that seen in adults. Younger patients often present with seizures, dystonia and rigidity. The mechanism and type of seizures, timing of onset and electrographic features have not been well characterized in either adults or children. We desc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ullrich NJ,Riviello JJ Jr,Darras BT,Donner EJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:This investigation correlated incidence and degree of autonomic dysfunction with the degree of motor impairment in children hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Motor weakness varies, as does the effect on autonomic function including heart rate, vasomotor stability, sweating, continence, and blood pressure. Aft...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dimario FJ Jr,Edwards C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors provide an update on most issues related to biology, diagnosis, and treatment of children with ependymoma based on a literature review. Ependymoma is the third most common brain tumor in children and overall survival ranges from 24% to 75% at 5 years. The extent of surgical resection remains the principal ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zacharoulis S,Moreno L

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusiform dilation of the internal carotid artery complicates aggressive craniopharyngioma resection and occurs mainly in children. We report a case to describe the availability of endovascular treatment for this rare entity. A 13-year-old boy presented with headache for 2 years after resection of craniopharyngioma. A ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Li Q,Wang C,Xu J,You C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile seizures are the most common form of childhood seizures. The exact mechanism promoting convulsions during a common febrile illness remains unknown, but it is accepted that genetic influences are likely to account for at least some of the cases. Previous studies reported high interleukin-1beta levels in the cer...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Haspolat S,Baysal Y,Duman O,Coşkun M,Tosun O,Yeğin O

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Donnai-Barrow syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder first described in 1993. This report presents ocular manifestations of this rare autosomal recessive disorder through 2 additional cases. Ocular features include hypertelorism, down-slanting palpebral fissures, iris coloboma, high myopia, and retinal detach...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Patel N,Hejkal T,Katz A,Margalit E

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical course of a 4-year-old girl with chronic cerebellitis (onset 2 days after diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccination at 1 year and 7 months old) associated with anti-glutamate receptor delta 2 antibody, who improved dramatically with steroid therapy (methylprednisolone pulse therapy plus oral pred...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kubota M,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：: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：:It was recently postulated that because increased genetic load and increased parental age are both purportedly associated with the risk to develop an autism spectrum disorder, there must be a linkage between increasing genetic load and increasing parental age in autism spectrum disorder pathogenesis. The present study...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Geier DA,Hooker BS,Kern JK,Sykes LK,Geier MR

更新日期：2014-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implantation has altered the life-course of thousands of children who have significant hearing loss. Since the United States Food and Drug Administration approved multichannel cochlear implants for children in 1989, growing numbers of parents are choosing this option for their offspring and seeking opportunit...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Teagle HF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to delineate the educational and behavioral differences between learning disabled children with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A restrospective (TROHOC) multimeasure comparative design was employed. Parents' and teachers' questionnaires (ANSER system) pertaining to atten...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tirosh E,Berger J,Cohen-Ophir M,Davidovitch M,Cohen A

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Vigabatrin is an antiepileptic drug that results in higher gamma-aminobutyrate levels in the brain and retina. Vigabatrin-induced visual field defects are usually asymptomatic and only detectable by perimetry. Further, perimetry requires good cooperation, and children aged under 10 years cannot do it. Electroretinogra...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bakhshandeh Bali MK,Otaghsara SM,Soltansanjari M,Sadighi N,Nasehi MM,Ashrafi MR,Karimzadeh P,Taghdiri MM,Ghofrani M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome measures should include the patient's values and preferences (from the patient's perspective) in addition to performance ratings and physiologic states. Outcome measures can assess relationships between services and interventions and their end results, can clarify which therapies are worth providing and which ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ronen GM,Rosenbaum MP,Streiner DL

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Sydenham's chorea, the neurological manifestation of rheumatic fever, is the most common acquired chorea of childhood. In this retrospective study, the authors aim to present the clinical and laboratory findings of 65 Sydenham's chorea patients, followed up in a clinic over less than 7 years. The mean age at the onset...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Demiroren K,Yavuz H,Cam L,Oran B,Karaaslan S,Demiroren S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available scales for quantitative measurement of the severity of childhood dystonia require human observer ratings and provide poor granularity in the scores for individual limbs. We evaluated the use of new-generation high-quality touchscreens (an iPad) according with the Fitts law, which is a mathemati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bertucco M,Sanger TD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attention-deficit disorder, with and without hyperactivity, is associated with defective attention, response inhibition and, in attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity, with motor restlessness. In adults, inattention, defective response inhibition, and impersistence are more commonly seen in right hemisphere...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： García-Sánchez C,Estévez-González A,Suárez-Romero E,Junqué C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood leukoencephalopathies are a broad class of diseases, which are extremely rare. The treatment and classification of these disorders are both challenging. Nearly half of children presenting with a leukoencephalopathy remain without a specific diagnosis. Leukoencephalopathy with thalamus and brain stem involvem...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Taskin BD,Karalok ZS,Gurkas E,Aydin K,Aydogmus U,Ceylaner S,Karaer K,Yilmaz C,Pearl PL

更新日期：2016-06-01 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