Dignified death for severely impaired infants: beyond the best-interest standard.

abstract：:We analyzed, retrospectively, 92 patients with headache to determine the changes in the order of frequency of causes with the development of neuroimaging studies and its efficacy in the investigation of patients with headache. The type of headache was redefined according to the International Headache Society (IHS) dia...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Aysun S,Yetük M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morvan syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease named after the French physician Augustin Marie Morvan. It is characterized by multiple, irregular contractions of the long muscles, weakness, pruritus, hyperhidrosis, insomnia, and delirium. Here, we describe a 17-year-old young man, previously diagnosed with B-cell lympho...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： El-Bitar MK,Muwakkit SA,Abboud MR,Sawaya RA,Boustany RM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of metabolic control on quantitative electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities in young diabetic patients. We compared quantitative EEGs of 44 insulin-dependent diabetic patients with age-matched controls. Furthermore, differences in EEG variables of diabetic pa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hauser E,Strohmayer C,Seidl R,Birnbacher R,Lischka A,Schober E

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishing consistency between cerebral palsy registries in reporting of new cases enables more effective collaboration in terms of researching predisposing factors. To identify antenatal and intrapartum risk factors for cerebral palsy in the Estonian population, we undertook a matched case-control study of 153 chil...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Stelmach T,Pisarev H,Talvik T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three (5%) of 1064 consecutively imaged children showed an arterial vascular pattern on magnetic resonance images, accounting for 12% of all abnormal studies. Signal abnormalities on T2-weighted scans persisted years after the clinical stroke occurrence. Ipsilateral atrophy of the pons or midbrain was found in 2...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Smith CD,Baumann RJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：: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：:We reviewed cranial sonographic studies done on 108 normal newborn infants to determine the prevalence and variability in size of the cavum septi pellucidi (CSP). Infants were classified according to gestational age by 2-week intervals. At 24 weeks, only four normal scans were identified. Between 26 and 34 weeks, ten ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mott SH,Bodensteiner JB,Allan WC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma is, at once, the most common and deadly extracranial solid tumor of childhood. Efforts aimed at targeting the neural characteristics of these tumors have taught us much about neural crest cell biology, apoptosis induction in the nervous system, and neurotrophin receptor signaling and intracellular proces...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Schor NF

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is strong evidence for a loss of habituation during cognitive processing in migraine as measured by P300 and contingent negative variation in adults. Event-related potentials evoked by an oddball paradigm have not yet been studied in children and adolescents suffering from different primary headache types. We re...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Evers S,Bauer B,Grotemeyer KH,Kurlemann G,Husstedt IW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, people with learning disabilities are a heterogeneous population that require a multidisciplinary evaluation and careful, well-planned intervention. Despite this heterogeneity, patterns of problems often co-occur. Therefore, diagnosticians and educators should look beyond single areas of achievement such a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Johnson DJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is an encephalopathy caused by a persistent measles virus infection. We examined a 13-year-old girl with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and performed a magnetic resonance spectroscopic study to evaluate the in vivo pathophysiologic abnormality. The results suggested the occurre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kato Z,Saito K,Yamada M,Asano T,Kondo N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonography of the posterior fontanelle is easily performed and yields exquisite details of the outline of the major structures of the posterior fossa and the tentorium. These structures are more clearly outlined through the posterior fontanelle than via the traditional anterior fontanelle approach, probably because th...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Maertens P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromotor function was assessed in 94 children of normal intelligence with Tourette syndrome, Tourette syndrome and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or ADHD only, using the Physical and Neurological Examination of Subtle Signs (PANESS). Time to complete six motor movements was analyzed separately by s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Schuerholz LJ,Cutting L,Mazzocco MM,Singer HS,Denckla MB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 6-month-old boy with diffuse hypertonia and developmental delay who had unilateral separated-lip schizencephaly and contralateral polymicrogyria. The contralateral polymicrogyria was associated with an incomplete clefting in that hemisphere. An umbilical cord hamartoma is presumed to have caused hypoperfus...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hahn JS,Lewis AJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis is a postsynaptic neuromuscular transmission defect occurring in 21% of infants born to women with active (and, less commonly, in remission) acquired myasthenia gravis. Although passive-transfer acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies are found in the majority of these newborns, t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Papazian O

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorders are neurodevelopmental disorders that are thought to be caused by a gene-by-environment interaction and in which various immune alterations are reported. We investigate CD4(+) T-cell cytokine profiles and subpopulations in 19-year-old monozygotic twins with autism and different comorbidities....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Magid-Bernstein J,Mahajan K,Lincoln J,Ming X,Rohowsky-Kochan C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury poisoning is a rare but fatal toxicologic emergency. Neurologic manifestations involving the central nervous system are seen usually with chronic mercury intoxication. The most commonly seen complaints are headache, tremor, impaired cognitive skills, weakness, muscle atrophy, and paresthesia. Here, we present ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gençpınar P,Büyüktahtakın B,İbişoğlu Z,Genç Ş,Yılmaz A,Mıhçı E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rufinamide, a triazole derivative, is a new-generation antiseizure medication with a novel mechanism of action. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of rufinamide treatment in children with epilepsy younger than 4 years at our center. METHODS:In this retrospective study, we included children younger than 4 ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tanritanir A,Wang X,Loddenkemper T

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on an 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with unilateral auditory neuropathy. After failing his annual medical and school hearing screenings, he was referred for audiologic testing, which identified a profound sensorineural hearing loss in his left ear that has remained stable for the past 3 1/2 ye...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Podwall A,Podwall D,Gordon TG,Lamendola P,Gold AP

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome is a unique malformation syndrome characterized by a defect in cholesterol biosynthesis, which is very rare among populations in Middle and East Asia. The authors identified compound heterozygous mutations ([p.Arg352Trp] + [p.Lys376ArgfsX37]) in a Korean girl with clinical and laboratory fea...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jong Hee Chae,Ki Joong Kim,Yong Seung Hwang,Ki CS,Kim JW

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:The acquisition of reading is a complex neurobiologic process. Identifying the most effective instruction and remedial intervention methods for children at risk of developing reading problems and for those who are already struggling is equally complex. This article aims to provide the clinician with a review of more c...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alexander AW,Slinger-Constant AM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate the clinical and developmental features of Angelman syndrome, we collected data through three sources of information: (1) physical examinations; (2) laboratory data and family questionnaire data of affected individuals; and (3) literature review. The questionnaire data describes a generally normal...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zori RT,Hendrickson J,Woolven S,Whidden EM,Gray B,Williams CA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive optic nerve demyelinating lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in adults could indicate a diagnosis other than multiple sclerosis with worse prognosis such as neuromyelitis optica. We report the frequency of longitudinally extensive lesions in children with first events of optic neuritis. Subjects had...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Graves J,Kraus V,Soares BP,Hess CP,Waubant E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find out why children born extremely preterm are at heightened risk of executive dysfunctions, the authors assessed 716 children who were 10 years old born extremely preterm whose IQ was ≥ 70. A working memory dysfunction (n = 169), an inhibition dysfunction (n = 360), a switching dysfunction (355), and all 3 (exec...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Leviton A,Joseph RM,Allred EN,O'Shea TM,Taylor HG,Kuban KKC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy of childhood. It typically presents with leukocoria or strabismus. In later stages of the disease, the child may exhibit proptosis, buphthalmos, or hypopyon. The pathognomonic molecular aberration is a loss of function mutation in the RB1 gene on chromos...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ortiz MV,Dunkel IJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between somatic growth and neurocognitive outcome was studied in a cohort of 136 children with intrauterine growth retardation. The children were followed up from birth to 9 to 10 years of age by annual measurements of growth parameters, neurodevelopmental evaluations, and IQ. The rate of catch-up for...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fattal-Valevski A,Toledano-Alhadef H,Leitner Y,Geva R,Eshel R,Harel S

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hypertension is associated with decreased performance on neurocognitive testing and a blunted cerebrovascular reactivity to hypercapnia. Parents of 14 children with hypertension and prehypertension completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions. Children underwent 24-hour ambulatory blood press...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ostrovskaya MA,Rojas M,Kupferman JC,Lande MB,Paterno K,Brosgol Y,Pavlakis SG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00