Impact of recent seizures on cerebral blood flow in patients with sturge-weber syndrome: study of 2 cases.

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：: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：:Aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid (RNA) synthetases (ARSs) are a group of enzymes required for the first step of protein translation. Each aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetase links a specific amino acid to its corresponding transfer RNA component within the cytoplasm, mitochondria, or both. Mutations in ARSs have been...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： McMillan HJ,Humphreys P,Smith A,Schwartzentruber J,Chakraborty P,Bulman DE,Beaulieu CL,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Majewski J,Boycott KM,Geraghty MT

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a rare disorder of myelin metabolism. This degenerative disorder results from the accumulation of cerebroside sulfatide within the myelin sheath of central and peripheral nervous system, due to deficiency of aryl sulfatase A enzyme. We report a 5-year-old male child, who presented with ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mahmood A,Chacham S,Reddy UN,Rao JN,Rao SP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City (and the United States) lost its innocence. Almost all Oklahomans can relate exactly what they were doing either at 9:02 AM that day or when they first learned of the bombing. Of course, the whole world watched the events unfold through around-the-clock television coverage. One of the ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spengler C

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofibromatosis type 1 is associated with executive dysfunctions and comorbidity with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 30% to 50% of children. This study was designed to clarify the neurocognitive phenotype observed in neurofibromatosis type 1 by testing the hypothesis that children with neurofibro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Galasso C,Lo-Castro A,Di Carlo L,Pitzianti MB,D'Agati E,Curatolo P,Pasini A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess the emotional and cognitive aspects of social cognition among patients with rolandic epilepsy. A computerized neuropsychological battery was used for cognitive evaluation. Affective and cognitive social cognition were evaluated using two computerized Theory of Mind tasks. Cog...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Genizi J,Shamay-Tsoory SG,Shahar E,Yaniv S,Aharon-Perez J

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：: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：:After obtaining familial informed consent, between January 1996 and July 1997, 173 children (5 to 15 years old) with sickle cell disease were enrolled in a prospective multicenter study using blood screening, transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (n = 143), cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (n = 144), and neuropsycho...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bernaudin F,Verlhac S,Fréard F,Roudot-Thoraval F,Benkerrou M,Thuret I,Mardini R,Vannier JP,Ploix E,Romero M,Cassé-Perrot C,Helly M,Gillard E,Sebag G,Kchouk H,Pracros JP,Finck B,Dacher JN,Ickowicz V,Raybaud C,Ponce

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Animal models have assisted in understanding the mechanisms of brain injury underlying cerebral palsy. Nevertheless, no such models replicate every aspect of the human disease. This review summarizes the classic and more recent studies of the neuropathology of human perinatal brain injury most commonly associated with...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Folkerth RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of mild mental retardation remains undefined in about 60% of cases. Even though the causes of mild mental retardation are likely to be heterogeneous, the evidence for genetic involvement is increasing, along with the development of specific diagnostic techniques. To improve our understanding of the geneti...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saccucci P,Arpino C,Rizzo R,Gagliano A,Volzone A,Lalli C,Galasso C,Curatolo P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with Leigh's syndrome developed respiratory failure following general anesthesia. Although all three had respiratory symptoms prior to the anesthetic, the diagnosis was not suspected at the time of the procedure in two of the children. We reviewed the case notes of 16 other patients with Leigh's syndrom...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Grattan-Smith PJ,Shield LK,Hopkins IJ,Collins KJ

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the selective posterior rhizotomy procedure for reduction of spasticity in cerebral palsy is presented. The history of the procedure, selection of patients, operative technique, and results are described. The neurophysiologic basis for spasticity is considered, as well as the role of spasticity in the comp...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Peacock WJ,Staudt LA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis onset in youth is increasingly recognized. A systematic review was conducted to assess incidence and prevalence of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis, focusing on occurrence by age subgroups and disease course. A literature search for the period 1965-2018 was carried out, selecting population-based ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jeong A,Oleske DM,Holman J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the increased survival rates in patients with pediatric central nervous system tumors, late effects such as treatment- and/or illness-related neurologic sequelae as well as neuropsychological deficits and social difficulties have moved into focus in follow-up care. In order to provide personalized treatment reco...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pletschko T,Felnhofer A,Schwarzinger A,Weiler L,Slavc I,Leiss U

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumarase deficiency is a very rare inborn error of metabolism caused by decreased activity of fumarate hydratase enzyme. We describe a fumarase-deficient infant who presented with encephalopathy, metabolic crisis, psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism. To our knowledge, this is the first...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saini AG,Singhi P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard physical examination evaluation for a proprioception abnormality depends upon the patient's ability to follow directions and respond to the examiner, a skill not yet developed in toddlers. This study demonstrates a new proprioception examination method that may allow for better localization of lesions and...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gray EM,Tomlison KG,Kileny S,Leber SM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is an important cause of neuropsychological deficits. Little is known about brain diffusivity in these infants following cooling and its potential in predicting outcome. Diffusion tensor imaging was applied to 3 groups: (1) three infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: cooled; (2)...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Artzi M,Sira LB,Bassan H,Gross-Tsur V,Berger I,Marom R,Leitner Y,Bental Y,Shiff Y,Geva R,Weinstein M,Bashat DB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Executive dysfunction occurs in sickle cell anemia, but there are few early data. Infants with sickle cell anemia (n = 14) and controls (n = 14) performed the "A-not-B" and Object Retrieval search tasks, measuring precursors of executive function at 9 and 12 months. Significant group differences were not found. Howeve...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hogan AM,Telfer PT,Kirkham FJ,de Haan M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia results from platelet-antigen incompatibility between mother and fetus, leading to antibody-mediated destruction of fetal platelets. With a prevalence of 1 in 1000 births, approximately 4000 infants born in the United States each year develop neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. T...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharif U,Kuban K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old galactosemic patient, homozygous for the 5.5-kb gene deletion, suffered severe neurologic regression following streptococcal infection. Since the gene deletion includes the promoter of interleukin-11a receptor involved in neuronal apoptosis, we questioned whether this patient had no interleukin-11a recep...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Winter GN,Ben-Pazi H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy Chinese individuals (n = 168), aged from 24 hours to 30 years, were studied to establish the following normal values: (1) motor conduction velocity, distal latency, amplitude, and F-wave velocity in the median, ulnar, tibial, and peroneal nerves; (2) H-reflex velocity and latency in the tibial nerve for all su...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cai F,Zhang J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor speed and accuracy are both affected in childhood dystonia. Thus, deriving a speed-accuracy function is an important metric for assessing motor impairments in dystonia. Previous work in dystonia studied the speed-accuracy trade-off during point-to-point tasks. To achieve a more relevant measurement of functional...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lunardini F,Bertucco M,Casellato C,Bhanpuri N,Pedrocchi A,Sanger TD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively identified 15 children ages 12 years and under with anticonvulsant resistant epilepsy who underwent a temporal lobectomy at Children's Hospital, Boston, between 1978 and 1993. Our aim was to study the long-term seizure outcome. Data pertaining to preoperative evaluation, electroencephalography (EEG)...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sotero de Menezes MA,Connolly M,Bolanos A,Madsen J,Black PM,Riviello JJ Jr

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old boy with an episode of acute weakness resembling acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis and polyradiculoneuritis after a febrile illness is described. Molecular analysis showed a mutation at codon 164 of the connexin 32 gene. Neuroradiological and neurophysiological follow-up is reported during acute and ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fusco C,Frattini D,Pisani F,Spaggiari F,Ferlini A,Della Giustina E

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:This is a case report of an otherwise healthy 2-year-old boy with a history of pica, associated with iron deficiency anemia. This boy was referred to our department for a neurologic evaluation because of an acute episode of sialorrhea, difficulty in speaking, dysphagia, and repeated swallowing movements. An uncertain ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mihailidou H,Galanakis E,Paspalaki P,Borgia P,Mantzouranis E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children presented in the first months of life with progressive megalencephaly and leukodystrophy characterized by diffuse swelling of the white matter, cystic cavitations in frontal and temporal lobes, and a slow progressive course contrasting with the intensity of the leukodystrophic process. Four had epilepsy....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goutières F,Boulloche J,Bourgeois M,Aicardi J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00