Comparison of weight gain in treatments for Tourette syndrome: tetrabenazine versus neuroleptic drugs.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the etiologic factors, clinical characteristics, seasonal distributions, family history, response to corticosteroid therapy, recurrence and residual paralysis rates, and factors affecting these in pediatric facial palsy. Patients aged <18 years diagnosed with acute peripheral...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hanci F,Türay S,Bayraktar Z,Kabakuş N

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine which clinical characteristics correlated with abnormal computed tomographic (CT) scans in epileptic children. Thirty variables were examined. Of these, four variables (presence of inherited or congenital disease, focal motor findings, developmental delay, and early onset of ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koprowski C,Clancy R

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of modafinil in comparison with methylphenidate in treatment of pediatric attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been thoroughly investigated. This study compared the effect of modafinil versus methylphenidate on continuous attention task in children with ADHD, using the Test of Variables...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goez HR,Scott O,Nevo N,Bennett-Back O,Zelnik N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with epilepsy undergoing valproate therapy and who are otherwise healthy have lower levels of serum and muscle carnitine. A total of 50 patients with epilepsy, 3 to 14 years of age, who were treated solely with valproate and free of abnormal neurologic findin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Anil M,Helvaci M,Ozbal E,Kalenderer O,Anil AB,Dilek M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines trends in corticosteroid use for males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy by birth year, race/ethnicity, and knowledge of Duchenne muscular dystrophy family history. Firstborn males (n = 521) selected from a population-based surveillance system of Duchenne muscular dystrophy were analyzed using Kapla...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fox DJ,Kumar A,West NA,DiRienzo AG,James KA,Oleszek J,Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance, Tracking, and Research Network (MD STARnet).

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange are proven treatments for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Despite these treatments, the prognosis for severe Guillain-Barré syndrome is still not satisfactory. This article seeks for a logical timing for plasma exchange-intravenous immunoglobulin synergy, which may impr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kesici S,Tanyıldız M,Yetimakman F,Bayrakci B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is an almost universally fatal late complication of measles infection for which there is no established treatment. We report a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis who was bed-bound and ataxic and had a left hemiparesis and frequent myoclonus. He was started on a new reg...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Solomon T,Hart CA,Vinjamuri S,Beeching NJ,Malucci C,Humphrey P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a 1-year-old female child who was referred to the Early Intervention Clinic for evaluation of developmental delay and progressively enlarging head size. Developmental assessment revealed significant motor delay with borderline cognitive impairment. MRI of the brain revealed generalized ventriculom...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rai B,Sharif F

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corpus callosum agenesis, retardation, adducted thumbs, spastic paraparesis, and hydrocephalus (CRASH syndrome) is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in the neuronal cell adhesion molecule L1 (LICAM) gene. L1 plays a key role in axon outgrowth and pathfinding during the development of the nervous syste...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sztriha L,Frossard P,Hofstra RM,Verlind E,Nork M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the indications in which electroencephalography in the pediatric emergency department is most useful. We retrospectively reviewed the influence that the results of the emergent electroencephalogram had on the eventual disposition of patients at our pediatric emergency department. Sixty-eig...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fernández IS,Loddenkemper T,Datta A,Kothare S,Riviello JJ Jr,Rotenberg A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy is caused by mutations in the survival motoneuron (SMN) gene. There are two nearly identical copies of this gene present on chromosome 5q13; however, only the telomeric copy of this gene is affected in spinal muscular atrophy. In this study, we describe a new method to detec...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mazzei R,Conforti FL,Muglia M,Sprovieri T,Patitucci A,Magariello A,Gabriele AL,Quattrone A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In industrialized nations with widespread immunization programs, Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common cause of acute paralytic illness in children and adults. The incidence of the disease has been estimated to range from 0.5 to 1.5 in 100,000 in individuals less than 18 years of age. Approximately 15% of childre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sladky JT

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 15-month-old critically ill child with stimulus-induced diffuse voltage attenuation, a previously unreported electroencephalogram pattern. No clinical evidence of seizure activity was associated with these EEG changes. The patient went on to have a full recovery. This case suggests that critica...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Losey TE,Ng YT

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Spinal muscular atrophy type 0 is a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy that is usually fatal in the first months of life. These children present with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and respiratory compromise. We describe a child with spinal muscular atrophy and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita who has had a ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Falsaperla R,Romeo G,Di Giorgio A,Pavone P,Parano E,Connolly AM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia is a rare hindbrain malformation syndrome with a hypoplastic pons, a tissue protrusion into the fourth ventricle, and cranial nerve dysfunction. We here report clinical, imaging, and genetic findings of the first extremely low-birth-weight preterm infant with pontine tegmental cap dyspl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Picker-Minh S,Hartenstein S,Proquitté H,Fröhler S,Raile V,Kraemer N,Apeshiotis S,Leipoldt M,Kalache KD,Morris-Rosendahl D,Boltshauser E,Chen W,Kaindl AM

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：:Six cases of childhood multiple sclerosis (MS) are presented. All patients (three boys and three girls) were black and came from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Age at onset of the disease ranged from 8 to 17 years. Although motor deficits, optic neuritis, and ataxia were similar to those previously reported in...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zelnik N,Gale AD,Shelburne SA Jr

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses represent a group of disorders characterized by neurodegeneration and intracellular accumulation of an auto-fluorescent lipopigment (ceroid lipofuscin). Together, they represent the most prevalent class of childhood neurodegenerative disease. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses encomp...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mink JW,Augustine EF,Adams HR,Marshall FJ,Kwon JM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schilder's myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis is a rare sporadic demyelinating disease that usually affects children between 5 and 14 years old. The disease often mimics intracranial neoplasm or abscess. We report a 9-year-old girl with Schilder's disease who presented with left hemiparesis. Cranial computed tomography ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kurul S,Cakmakçi H,Dirik E,Kovanlikaya A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamotrigine is a new antiepileptic drug that may possess unique cognitive and behavioral characteristics. Although lamotrigine can produce neurobehavioral toxicity, it is generally well tolerated. In one study directly comparing lamotrigine to placebo as add-on therapy in patients with intractable epilepsy, no objecti...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Meador KJ,Baker GA

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the impact of migraine headaches on health-related quality of life among Canadian adolescents. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) collects information related to health status, health care utilization, and health determinants for the Canadian population. Analysis w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Brna P,Gordon K,Dooley J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited data on the pattern and prevalence of pediatric chronic neurologic conditions in the region. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish the prevalence of these disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A multistage probability sampling design was used to select a random sample of Saudi h...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Al Salloum AA,El Mouzan MI,Al Omar AA,Al Herbish AS,Qurashi MM

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Maple syrup urine disease is a disorder of branched-chain keto acid metabolism. Three children were diagnosed with the intermediate form of maple syrup urine disease during routine evaluation of mental retardation. Clinical features were characterized by mental retardation, seizures, autistic features, and movement di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bindu PS,Shehanaz KE,Christopher R,Pal PK,Ravishankar S

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：:Postictal psychoses are brief psychotic episodes that usually occur after poorly controlled partial complex seizure clusters. The psychosis commonly appears following a lucid interval, ranging from a few hours to days after seizure termination. An underlying structural brain abnormality is common and usually involves ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nissenkorn A,Moldavsky M,Lorberboym M,Raucher A,Bujanover Y,Lerman-Sagie T

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00