A neurologic presentation of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis which mimicked septic emboli to the brain.

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：:Isolated paraventricular frontal horn cysts are sometimes encountered on cranial ultrasound examinations of preterm neonates. The etiology and clinical significance of these lesions are unclear. The authors aimed to identify antenatal/intrapartum risk factors associated with the occurrence of these cysts and to assess...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Trawber R,Rao S,Srinivasjois R,Thonell S,Nagarajan L,French N,Jacoby P,McMichael J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of endocrine and metabolic defects, including hypothalamopituitary hypofunction and diabetes mellitus, has been reported in association with mitochondrial disorders. We describe two sisters affected by mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS) syndrome in whom DNA anal...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Balestri P,Grosso S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with neurofibromatosis 1 show neurocognitive deficits including abnormal visuospatial performance, but oculomotor behavior has not been studied. We recorded saccades in neurofibromatosis 1 and normal children, ages 6 to 12 years. Patients showed increased latency and diminished amplitude to more eccentric tar...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lasker AG,Denckla MB,Zee DS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lissencephaly is a brain malformation manifested by a smooth cerebral surface and caused by incomplete neuronal migration. Clinical sequellae include minor craniofacial changes (bitemporal hollowing, small jaw), severe mental retardation, and other neurological abnormalities. Patients with classical or type I lissence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pavone L,Gullotta F,Incorpora G,Grasso S,Dobyns WB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibratory feedback can be a useful tool for rehabilitation. We examined its use in children with dystonia to understand how it affects muscle activity in a population that does not respond well to standard rehabilitation. We predicted scaled vibration (ie, vibration that was directly or inversely proportional to muscl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Liyanagamage SA,Bertucco M,Bhanpuri NH,Sanger TD

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children presented with a complex syndrome of atypical psychotic and extremely immature behavior, obesity and overgrowth, borderline retardation, and seizures (prominent in two). Weight overgrowth exceeded height overgrowth and was stratospheric (up to 8 SD above mean). Obesity seemed related to lack of satiety....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jobe A,Lewis D,Wainwright M,DeLong GR

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis complex and macrodactyly of the right index and middle fingers is described. He also had a fibrous hamartoma at the front of the right wrist. The association of fibrous hamartoma and macrodactyly has not been previously described in tuberous sclerosis complex. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Sankhyan N,Gulati S,Kumar A,Srinivas M,Shukla B,Mathur SR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1960s were a period of great flowering in the recognition of neurologic disorders in children. The so-called ataxic cerebral palsies were an especially fertile field waiting for clarification. Congenital ataxia coupled with hyperpnea-apnea, abnormal eye movements, and retardation was identified as an autosomal-rec...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Andermann F,Andermann E,Ptito A,Fontaine S,Joubert M

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the newborn that can be mistaken for neonatal asphyxia. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain demonstrates widespread diffusion restriction, and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy shows an elevated lactate level, a decrease in the rati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Eichler F,Tan WH,Shih VE,Grant PE,Krishnamoorthy K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the spectrum and associated clinical features of peripheral and cerebral vasculopathy in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1, children seen at a single center from 2000 to 2010 with appropriate imaging studies were identified. Scans were assessed for vascular disease by 2 pediatric neuroradiol...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kaas B,Huisman TA,Tekes A,Bergner A,Blakeley JO,Jordan LC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the medical records of very low-birth-weight infants admitted from 1998 to 2007 and compared neurodevelopmental outcomes with their previously reported data from 1989 to 1997. The recent group included 824 infants, and the previous group included 471 infants. Neurodevelopmental outcomes were class...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jang DH,Sung IY,Jeon JY,Moon HJ,Kim KS,Kim EA,Lee BS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex is a disease that affects many organs, including the central nervous system. Nervous system involvement in the form of hamartomas often results in seizures. In this study we wanted to determine the outcome of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex and determine whether interictal electroence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Husain AM,Foley CM,Legido A,Chandler DA,Miles DK,Grover WD

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：: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：:The frequency of cranial autonomic symptoms in children affected by primary headaches is uncertain. The aim of our study was to estimate the frequency of symptoms in pediatric headaches and correlate it with main migraine characteristics. A questionnaire investigating the presence of cranial autonomic symptoms was adm...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Raieli V,Giordano G,Spitaleri C,Consolo F,Buffa D,Santangelo G,Savettieri G,Vanadia F,D'Amelio M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied eight patients with rigid spine syndrome aged 8 to 20 years at the time of first examination. Muscle weakness, rigid spine, and flexion contracture of elbows and ankles were noted in the first 6 years of age. Radiological study of the cervical spine revealed considerable reduction not only of flexion, but a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Merlini L,Granata C,Ballestrazzi A,Marini ML

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Neurocysticercosis is a common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. Intraparenchymal giant cysticercosis has been described in literature, but this is a rare report of a thalamic giant cysticercosis in a young child where the diagnosis could be made on follow-up. A 1½-year-old male child presented with s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mittal A,Sehgal R,Sureka B,Kumar A,Aggarwal KC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article assessed how Indian providers and mothers value quality of life in pediatric disabilities, hypothesizing lower values with increasing disability, lower values among providers than mothers, and lower values among mothers with versus mothers without a disabled child. We asked 175 participants: "If born tomo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel E,Jondhale S,Brajkovic I,Nesbit KC,Allen IE,Bhutani V,Kumar P,Partridge JC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated familial and environmental risk factors in a cohort of South African children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A prospective, hospital-based case control study was conducted comprising 50 children diagnosed with ADHD and 50 matched non-ADHD controls. The adjusted effect o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： van Dyk L,Springer P,Kidd M,Steyn N,Solomons R,van Toorn R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant with a neonatal form of nemaline myopathy showed ultrastructural features of muscle immaturity. Immaturity was characterized by an abnormal presence of myotubes, as well as cells in clusters within a common basement membrane and a great number of satellite cells adhering to very small muscle fibers. In addit...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fidziańska A,Goebel HH,Kleine M

更新日期：1990-04-01 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 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：:Among diverse populations concerning the etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), frontal dysfunction remains strong. The influences of frontal systems on attention, particularly the elements of higher mental control postulated as prefrontal functions, are illustrated through presentation of a numb...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Benson DF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a juvenile patient who developed vertebrobasilar occlusion following nonpenetrating head and neck trauma, with complete recovery. The patient presented with transient signs of brain-stem dysfunction that were secondary to embolization and/or extension of a thrombus. He was treated with anticoagulants. We hav...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pitter JH,French JH,PeBenito R,Hotson GC

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pharmacoeconomic studies on the treatment of acute seizures have been conducted. In 1991, Kriel and colleagues surveyed parents of children with a history of cluster seizures, prolonged seizures, or status epilepticus who had been instructed in the use of rectal diazepam. A comparison of data before instruction wi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Graves N

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the psychiatric characteristics of children with Prader-Willi syndrome in Korea, focusing particularly on their behavioral problems and obsessive-compulsive spectrum symptoms. Fourteen patients with Prader-Willi syndrome, together with their parents, underwent a psychiatric int...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kim JW,Yoo HJ,Cho SC,Hong KE,Kim BN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To report the authors' experience with diagnosis and management of Dravet syndrome, or severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy, in the era of commercially available genetic testing, the authors performed a retrospective study of 16 patients diagnosed with Dravet syndrome at a tertiary care pediatric epilepsy center. They...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korff C,Laux L,Kelley K,Goldstein J,Koh S,Nordli D Jr

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00