Juvenile Huntington disease exacerbated by methylphenidate: case report.

abstract：:Concussion is a known risk in youth soccer, but little is known about subconcussive head impacts. The authors provided a prospective cohort study measuring frequency and magnitude of subconcussive head impacts using accelerometry in a middle school-age soccer tournament, and association between head impacts and change...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chrisman SP,Mac Donald CL,Friedman S,Andre J,Rowhani-Rahbar A,Drescher S,Stein E,Holm M,Evans N,Poliakov AV,Ching RP,Schwien CC,Vavilala MS,Rivara FP

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children is not uncommon in developing countries, yet there is little systematic documentation of its clinical profile and follow-up. We studied the clinical and neuroradiologic features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in 52 consecutive children. Clinical details, magnet...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Singhi PD,Ray M,Singhi S,Kumar Khandelwal N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children between 2 and 15 years of age with cerebral palsy and upper extremity dystonia were enrolled in an open-label, dose-escalation pilot clinical trial of botulinum toxin type B (Myobloc), injected into the biceps and brachioradialis muscles of I or both arms. The primary outcome measure was the change in m...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sanger TD,Kukke SN,Sherman-Levine S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Vigabatrin has been studied in adult drug-resistant epilepsy since 1982 in single-blind and double-blind studies followed by long-term, open evaluations. These studies have provided evidence that vigabatrin is a potent and well-tolerated antiepileptic drug and support its potential value in pediatric epilepsy. The lac...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dam M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children with transient myasthenia gravis preceded by viral illnesses. The first is a 5-year-old boy who developed oculobulbar weakness 2 weeks following a varicella-zoster infection. The second is a 4-year-old boy who developed facial diplegia and dysarthria several weeks following a viral pharyngitis. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Felice KJ,DiMario FJ,Conway SR

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated centrally mediated parasympathetic regulation of modulated cardiac vagal tone among children with severe cyanotic and pallid breath-holding spells by examining respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia was evaluated in 41 children; 17 subjects with cyanotic breath-holding...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： DiMario FJ Jr,Bauer L,Baxter D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral venous sinus compression can mimic idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The authors report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with diplopia and papilledema 3 weeks after a head injury. Lumbar puncture confirmed raised intracranial pressure, and neuroimaging subsequently identified a skull fracture ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dabscheck G,Mackay M,Coleman L,Lo P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding patterns of medical comorbidity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may lead to better treatment of affected individuals as well as aid in etiologic study of disease. This article provides the first systematic evaluation on the medical comorbidity of ADHD in a nationally representative sam...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jameson ND,Sheppard BK,Lateef TM,Vande Voort JL,He JP,Merikangas KR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since its creation, patients on ketogenic diet are told to avoid liquid medications due to theoretical concerns of "hidden" carbohydrates. However, switching from liquid to tablet formulations can be problematic, especially for infants and young children. We theorized that increasing the daily ketogenic ra...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Haney CA,Charpentier A,Turner Z,Bessone SK,Doerrer SC,Kossoff EH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the occurrence, severity, and risk factors of gingival enlargement in children treated with valproate and other nonvalproate antiepileptic drugs. A cross-sectional study was carried out in which data obtained from 68 epileptic children under treatment were compared with those from...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tan H,Gürbüz T,Dağsuyu IM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MECP2 duplication syndrome is an X-linked genomic disorder that is characterized by infantile hypotonia, intellectual disability, and recurrent respiratory infections. Regression affects a subset of individuals, and the etiology of regression has yet to be examined. In this study, alterations in the hypothalamus-pitui...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Peters SU,Byiers BJ,Symons FJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sphenoid sinus is often referred to as the "neglected sinus." Isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare disease with potentially devastating complications. It occurs at an incidence of about 2.7% of all sinus infections. Although headache is the most common presenting symptom, there is no typical headache pattern. Thr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ng YT,Butler IJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baló concentric sclerosis is a unique and rare phenomenon in demyelinating disease. Typically thought of as a subtype of multiple sclerosis, Baló concentric sclerosis is characterized pathologically by striking rings of demyelination alternating with areas of preserved myelination. Its exact prevalence in adult and es...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Linnoila J,Chitnis T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report preliminary studies in 18 girls with Rett syndrome (15 typical, three atypical cases) who were studied using a number of neuropsychologic measures. Results indicate a relative preservation of gross motor and daily living skills at the developmental level of the age of onset of the condition. Other adaptive f...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fontanesi J,Haas RH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal cerebral venous drainage is associated with hypoxia and glucose deprivation, which can account for progressive neurologic deterioration in Sturge-Weber syndrome. Although developmental delay is common in Sturge-Weber syndrome, bihemispheric calcification is uncommon. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic reso...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Maria BL,Neufeld JA,Rosainz LC,Ben-David K,Drane WE,Quisling RG,Hamed LM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the results of a study on the relationship between cord blood levels of erythropoietin and periventricular leukomalacia. Cord blood was obtained from 19 infants with gestational age between 27 and 32 weeks. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia was seen in 4 of them. Erythropoietin levels were not d...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kidokoro H,Kato T,Kubota T,Hayakawa F,Kuno K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of early treatment of congenital hypothyroidism on central nervous system development, auditory brainstem evoked potentials were determined in 32 patients with hyperthyrotropinemia diagnosed during neonatal screening. The patients included 27 with congenital hypothyroidism and 5 with transient h...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chou YH,Wang PJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generalized edema can occur during the course of juvenile dermatomyositis. In this article, a 4-year-old boy with generalized nonpitting edema and proximal weakness is reported. Characteristic cutaneous lesions, laboratory tests, results of electromyography, and magnetic resonance imaging findings resulted in a diagno...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saygi S,Alehan F,Baskin E,Bayrakci US,Ulu EM,Ozbek N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging morphometry, we report that the whole brain volumes of patients with neurofibromatosis-1 are significantly larger than normal, confirm the prevalence of macrocephaly as about 50%, and report that macrocephaly in patients with neurofibromatosis-1 does not appear to be relat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cutting LE,Koth CW,Burnette CP,Abrams MT,Kaufmann WE,Denckla MB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition, associated with mutations in the notch3 gene. Symptoms include migraine with aura, mood disorders, progressive cognitive decline, subcortical ischemic strokes, dementia, an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hartley J,Westmacott R,Decker J,Shroff M,Yoon G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute vascular events are rare in the pediatric population, but there is an association with the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. When there is no other underlying medical disorder, this is referred to as primary antiphospholipid syndrome. We present a case of a 15-year-old boy who developed an acute superior ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saxonhouse MA,Bhatti MT,Driebe WT Jr,Freeman BE,Maria BL,Carney PR

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy who had been a 23-week premature infant had subacute onset of abnormal gait, which progressed to generalized weakness with severe weakness of neck extensors. He had U waves on electrocardiography. His serum potassium was 1.8 mmol/L. The patient had a gastrostomy tube due to chronic feeding issues and ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Brosch JR,Sant RV,Golomb MR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial medicine provides a metabolic perspective on the pathology of conditions linked with inadequate oxidative phosphorylation. Dysfunction in the mitochondrial machinery can result in improper energy production, leading to cellular injury or even apoptosis. Clinical presentations are often subtle, so clinici...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Thornton B,Cohen B,Copeland W,Maria BL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the alteration of the gait pattern in 25 children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, using body-worn inertial sensors during a long walking distance. Normalized spatiotemporal gait parameters and their variability were extracted from the angular velocity of the shanks; the smoot...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ganea R,Jeannet PY,Paraschiv-Ionescu A,Goemans NM,Piot C,Van den Hauwe M,Aminian K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of topiramate in a large number of children with West syndrome. The authors performed a retrospective, questionnaire-based data collection in specialized epilepsy units in Germany. Patients with West syndrome and hypsarrhythmia could be included if ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korinthenberg R,Schreiner A

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：: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：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) typically presents with progressive mental deterioration, behavioral changes, and myoclonic jerks. Atypical presentations are not unknown and may result in diagnostic delays. A 9-year-old girl presented with poor balance and ataxia following an episode of upper respiratory tr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goraya J,Marks H,Khurana D,Legido A,Melvin J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00