Topiramate in children with west syndrome: a retrospective multicenter evaluation of 100 patients.

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex is a multisystem, chronic genetic condition characterized by systemic growth of benign tumors and often accompanied by epilepsy, autism spectrum disorders, and intellectual disability. Nonetheless, the neurodevelopmental phenotype of these patients is not often detailed. The authors describe...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gipson TT,Poretti A,Thomas EA,Jenkins KT,Desai S,Johnston MV

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with autistic spectrum disorder are known to have histopathological abnormalities in the cerebellum. Diffusion tensor imaging has been utilized to study abnormalities in connectivity and microintegrity in brains of such children. A region of interest approach was adopted to study cerebellar outflow and inflow...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sivaswamy L,Kumar A,Rajan D,Behen M,Muzik O,Chugani D,Chugani H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the frequency and consequences of incidental neuroimaging findings in 400 otherwise healthy, nonacute pediatric headache patients through a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. We excluded patients with currently recommended clinical criteria to consider diagnostic neuroimaging. We categorized neuroimag...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Graf WD,Kayyali HR,Abdelmoity AT,Womelduff GL,Williams AR,Morriss MC

更新日期：2010-10-01 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

abstract：:Twelve living patients (aged 19 months to 32 years) with aspartylglucosaminuria were examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the magnetic resonance (MR) images of 16 health volunteers (aged 4 to 32 years) were used as controls. One patient was examined twice. Postmortem MRI and histopathologic analysis were ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Autti T,Raininko R,Haltia M,Lauronen L,Vanhanen SL,Salonen O,Aronen HJ,Wirtavuori K,Santavuori P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 45-day-old boy with a congenital intramedullary tumor with clinical manifestations since birth. Neurologic examination disclosed severe bilateral lower-limb hypotonia and diplegia, with exacerbated deep tendon reflexes and clonus associated with severe pain at manipulation. Further evaluation o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nunes ML,Coutinho LM,Janisch C,Ehlers JA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We characterize the pediatric postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) population seen at a single tertiary care referral center. METHOD:Retrospective chart review of all pediatric POTS patients seen in our center between 2015 and 2017. Pediatric POTS was defined as chronic, at least 3 months, symptoms of ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Staples A,Thompson NR,Moodley M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to investigate cognitive outcomes following pediatric arterial ischemic stroke and explore predictors. Participants included 36 children with perinatal or childhood arterial ischemic stroke and a comparison group of 15 children with asthma. Outcomes included cognitive ability, executive functions, an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hajek CA,Yeates KO,Anderson V,Mackay M,Greenham M,Gomes A,Lo W

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to evaluate the efficacy of riboflavin for migraine prophylaxis in children. This was a randomized, double-blind study of riboflavin (200 mg daily) versus placebo in 48 children. The primary efficacy measure was the number of patients achieving a 50% or greater reduction in the number of migrai...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： MacLennan SC,Wade FM,Forrest KM,Ratanayake PD,Fagan E,Antony J

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：: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

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：:Autosomal inherited mitochondrial diseases have been of increasing interest among clinicians and mitochondrial research groups because these diseases are caused through a secondary effect on the mitochondrial DNA. It was thought that the genetic stability of mitochondrial DNA relies on the accuracy of DNA polymerase g...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Burusnukul P,de los Reyes EC

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Two children are described who suddenly developed an encephalitic illness with intractable bilateral facial seizures. The seizures subsided over several days, but the children were left with the signs of pseudobulbar palsy and are unable to speak or swallow effectively. Bilateral destructive lesions in the opercular r...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Grattan-Smith PJ,Hopkins IJ,Shield LK,Boldt DW

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is an inherited disorder of lipid metabolism caused by mutations in the ALDH3A2 gene that codes for fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase, which results in accumulation of fatty aldehydes and alcohols and is characterized by ichthyosis, intellectual disability, and spastic diplegia/quadriplegia. The au...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Davis K,Holden KR,S'Aulis D,Amador C,Matheus MG,Rizzo WB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than half of neonatal stroke survivors have long-term sequelae, including seizures and neurological deficits. Although the immature brain has tremendous potential for recovery, mechanisms governing repair are essentially unexplored. We investigated whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) early or late after tran...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dzietko M,Wendland M,Derugin N,Ferriero DM,Vexler ZS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is etiologically heterogeneous; medical conditions are implicated in only a minority of cases, whereas metabolic disorders are even less common. Recently, there have been articles describing the association of autism with mitochondrial abnormalities. We critically review the current literature and conclude that...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lerman-Sagie T,Leshinsky-Silver E,Watemberg N,Lev D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of pediatric Sjögren's syndrome with progressive neurologic involvement. At age 4 years, she had been diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. After being stable with facial diplegia and swelling for 5 years, she acutely presented with diplopia, vertigo, and ataxia. Cranial magnetic resonance i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gottfried JA,Finkel TH,Hunter JV,Carpentieri DF,Finkel RS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct perfusion of specific regions of the central nervous system by convection-enhanced delivery is becoming more widely used for the delivery of compounds in the research and treatment of various neural disorders. In contrast to other currently available central nervous system delivery techniques, convection-enhanc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Song DK,Lonser RR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes what is known about the neurobiology of specific language impairment. Despite its name, specific language impairment is frequently not specific. It is common to find associated impairments in motor skills, cognitive function, attention, and reading in children who meet criteria for specific lang...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Webster RI,Shevell MI

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is characterized by social deficits, communication and language impairments, narrow restricted interests, repetitive behaviors, inattention, and hyperactivity. While selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have demonstrated efficacy in treating core symptoms of autism, norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors have de...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hollander E,Kaplan A,Cartwright C,Reichman D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ketogenic diet has traditionally been considered an anticonvulsant therapy of last resort, despite excellent efficacy and limited side effects. We hypothesized that the ketogenic diet would have similar results in patients with new-onset epilepsy. A retrospective study was conducted of patients started on the keto...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rubenstein JE,Kossoff EH,Pyzik PL,Vining EP,McGrogan JR,Freeman JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Moyamoya disease is a rare cerebrovascular disease characterized by progressive stenosis of the bilateral distal internal carotid arteries and their proximal branches. Both chorea and dystonia have been reported as the initial presentation of moyamoya disease. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to define the clini...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Greene S,Bansal L,Coffman KA,Nardone R,Zuccoli G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyotonia congenita in 22 members of Arab (Omani) family is reported. Four generations were affected. All had early onset around 1 year of age, with myotonia and cold intolerance. Age of onset in the index case was at 3 months of age. Six members with the disease were examined and investigated. To our knowledge, th...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koul R,Alfutaisi A,Hira M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures occur more frequently early in life. Some of these early seizures may eventually become epilepsy. Others are reactive seizures due to excessive environmental stimuli that, in any other age group, might not have elicited a similar response. To understand the developmental aspects of seizures and epilepsy in hu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kubová H,Moshé SL

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromelalgia is a rare condition characterized by episodic painful erythema and warmth often affecting, but not limited to, the distal extremities. This condition is notoriously difficult to treat. We report a young female patient with seronegative polyarthritis who presented with a 6-year history of recurrent bout...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Moody S,Pacheco S,Butler IJ,Koenig MK

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty cases of postinfectious encephalomyelitis admitted to our Pediatric Department during the period 1980 to 1997 were consecutively collected and reviewed. There were 28 males and 22 females. The age of onset ranged from 9 months to 14 years. The antecedent infections included measles (6 cases), rubella (5 cases), ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hung KL,Liao HT,Tsai ML

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is an inherited deficiency of natural killer cell function and excessive cytokine activity, which predominantly presents in early childhood. The initial symptoms of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis are often nonspecific but may be predominantly neurologic. The cas...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Turtzo LC,Lin DD,Hartung H,Barker PB,Arceci R,Yohay K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose metabolism of children with drug-resistant epilepsy, controlled by antiepileptic drugs epilepsy, and first-time nonfebrile seizures was studied through the performance of an oral glucose tolerance test and through insulin, C-peptide, and glycosylated hemoglobin measurements. In the refractory epilepsy group, t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Varlamis S,Vavatsi N,Pavlou E,Kotsis V,Spilioti M,Kavga M,Varlamis G,Sotiriadou F,Agakidou E,Voutoufianakis S,Evangeliou AE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00