Paroxysmal visual disturbances of epileptic origin and occipital epilepsy in children.

abstract：PURPOSE:Ketogenic diets (KDs) are used to treat epilepsies resistant to pharmacotherapy or some inborn errors of metabolism. For prolonged anesthesia, use of balanced electrolyte solutions (BESs) supplemented with 0.5% glucose has been advocated to maintain ketosis while preventing hypoglycemia. Unfortunately, there is...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Heiderich S,Dennhardt N,Hartmann H,Kluger GJ,Sümpelmann R,Herberhold T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin ( N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, aMT) is an indoleamine produced by several organs and tissues including the pineal gland. Melatonin (aMT) modulates the activity of the brain, mainly acting on both GABA and glutamate receptors. Previous studies have shown the participation of melatonin in the control of convu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Molina-Carballo A,Muñoz-Hoyos A,Sánchez-Forte M,Uberos-Fernández J,Moreno-Madrid F,Acuña-Castroviejo D

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) and positron tomography (PT) were used in 20 full term babies with seizures or hypotonia to describe regional cerebral glucose metabolism. Among babies with seizures, birth asphyxia was the most common cause. PT was performed at age 6-17 days. One hour before PT, 18FDG (50-100 microCi/kg...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Thorp PS,Levin SD,Garnett ES,Nahmias C,Firnau G,Toi A,Upton AR,Nobbs PT,Sinclair JC

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birth records of 97 children assessed at 18 months and found to be developmentally delayed were scored according to the optimality concept developed by Prechtl. These children were compared to a control series of 81 children. In order to evaluate the predictive validity of the parental developmental assessments perfor...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Sonnander K,Gustavson KH

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disorder, which is caused by partial deletion of the short arm of one chromosome 4. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings are lacking. We report on brain findings in 10 children with WHS. We evaluated the MR imaging films of 10 subjects affected by WHS, which h...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Righini A,Ciosci R,Selicorni A,Bianchini E,Parazzini C,Zollino M,Lodi M,Triulzi F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can lead to severe neurological sequelae and (progressive) sensorineural deafness. Neonatal imaging data is mainly based on cranial ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT). The additional value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was assessed in congenital CMV infection....

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： de Vries LS,Gunardi H,Barth PG,Bok LA,Verboon-Maciolek MA,Groenendaal F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro syndrome is a rare condition in which congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, and facial dysmorphism are associated with severe neurological disorders, namely: microcephaly and psychomotor retardation. We report on polymicrogyria and motor neuropathy in a patient with Micro syndrome. These findings provide new ins...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Nassogne MC,Henrot B,Saint-Martin C,Kadhim H,Dobyns WB,Sébire G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous meningitis is uncommon in western countries and its outcome is poor when it is not diagnosed and treated in good time. Here, we present a case of febrile brain stroke revealing a tuberculous arachnoiditis in a 13-month-old infant living in a non-endemic country. Thanks to prompt specific antibiotherapy, th...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Deiva K,Sothratanak S,Husson B,Chevret L,Landrieu P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) carries significant morbidity and mortality even after early treatment with antiviral agents (7). As well as causing acute neurological disease, Herpes viruses are associated with relapsing--remitting (Varicella--Zoster, Epstein-Barr) and chronic (Rasmussen encephalitis) disease...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Asenbauer B,McEntagart M,King MD,Gallagher P,Burke M,Farrell MA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are rare genetically and clinically heterogeneous disorders characterized by an impaired neuromuscular transmission. Exact prevalence data are not available, approximately 2000 to 3000 patients worldwide have been diagnosed on a molecular level; mutations in 14 different genes are...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Schara U,Della Marina A,Abicht A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of malnutrition on conduction in peripheral and central somatosensory pathways in humans, as measured by short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) have not been previously reported. A group of 28 children with kwashiorkor were compared to a control group of 35 children, aged 6-36 months. The mal...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Bartel PR,Conradie JM,Robinson E,Prinsloo JG,Becker P

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective, non-random study, the effect of supplementary medical treatment (Dexamethasone, barbiturates) was investigated upon the prognosis of severe head injuries. Of 107 children and adolescents up to 16 years of age, 51 were treated with Dexamethasone; 56 received only standard therapy. Evaluation of the ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kretschmer H

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year and 11-month-old female infant with bilateral lesions of the thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellar and brainstem disease died from heart failure 9 days after being administered a measles vaccination. She had a high fever, hypocarnitinemic and non-ketotic hypoglycemia, serum levels of total carnitine 7.4 micromo...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Okanari K,Takahashi M,Maeda T,Sato K,Suenobu S,Izumi T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of functional and neuroradiological abnormalities of the corpus callosum in a group of 21 prematurely born children (GA < 34 weeks) who were found to be "clumsy" on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children at 6 years of age. All children underwent functional and ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mercuri E,Jongmans M,Henderson S,Pennock J,Chung YL,de Vries L,Dubowitz L

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome presents with generalized and unilateral clonic or clonic-tonic seizures that occur during the first year of life, followed by severe epilepsy. Prolonged seizures are often provoked by fever and usually followed by recovery of the previous condition. We describe the case of a 13-month-old girl with Dra...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hiraiwa-Sofue A,Ito Y,Ohta R,Kimura H,Okumura A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxyl terminal of the predicted amino acid sequence of the Batten disease CLN3 gene protein is CQLS. This motif is expected to be a site for farnesylation at the cysteine residue. In order to determine whether this is indeed farnesylated we have carried out the in-vitro prenylation of tetrapeptides CVLS, CAIL a...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Pullarkat RK,Morris GN

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute inflammatory processes of the brain tissue and meninges caused by viruses are relatively common and may be caused by a number of different viral agents. The specific etiological agent is not identified in many instances. Most cases completely recover. The prognosis depends upon the severity of the clinical illne...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Olgar S,Ertugrul T,Nisli K,Aydin K,Caliskan M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most frequent complication in postnatal development of preterm infants. The purpose of the present work is the statistical evaluation of seven standard paraclinical parameters and their association to the development of ICH. Clinical records of 265 preterm infants with gestational...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Lampe R,Turova V,Botkin N,Eckardt L,Felderhoff-Müser U,Rieger-Fackeldey E,Alves-Pinto A,Kovtanyuk A,Sidorenko I

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the complication of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in four patients with lower brainstem dysfunction. These patients suffered from perinatal asphyxia, cerebellar hemorrhage, or congenital dysphagia of unknown origin and showed facial nerve palsy, inspiratory stridor due to vocal cord paralysis, central sle...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Saito Y,Kawashima Y,Kondo A,Chikumaru Y,Matsui A,Nagata I,Ohno K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal seizures are the most prevalent and distinctive sign of neurologic dysfunction in early life and pose an immense challenge for clinicians. Improvements in neonatal care have increased the survival rate of extremely premature infants, considerably changing the spectrum of underlying etiologies, and instigating...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ramantani G,Schmitt B,Plecko B,Pressler RM,Wohlrab G,Klebermass-Schrehof K,Hagmann C,Pisani F,Boylan GB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a nine-year-old boy with the features of Leigh syndrome (LS) and a severe cytochrome-c oxidase (COX) deficiency with a single thymidine insertion at nucleotide position 5537 (T 5537i) in the tRNA Trp gene of mitochondrial DNA. During infancy the boy was irritable and hypotonus was noticed. Early motor develo...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Tulinius M,Moslemi AR,Darin N,Westerberg B,Wiklund LM,Holme E,Oldfors A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of mitochondrial mutations with primary pathogenic significance for Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in patients with a multiple sclerosis-like phenotype and the preferential maternal transmission points to an involvement of the mitochondrial genome in conferring increased susceptibility to MS. To ev...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wilichowski E,Ohlenbusch A,Hanefeld F

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder associated with cortical atrophy, stereotyped hand movements, dementia, and extrapyramidal dysfunction. Endogenous levels of dopamine and its metabolites are decreased throughout the neocortex and basal ganglia and the number of dopamine type 2 receptors are decreased in the pu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wenk GL

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute cerebellar ataxia with discrete signs of pyramidal and tegmental involvement is reported, several days after recovery from an upper respiratory infection of unknown etiology. Magnetic resonance imaging showed transient pontine lesions, disappearing in the convalescence phase. Laboratory tests establish...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Groen RJ,Begeer JH,Wilmink JT,le Coultre R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article elucidates a clinical and genetic approach to pediatric early-onset chorea in patients with normal neuroimaging. METHODS:We retrospectively studied patients with onset hyperkinetic movement disorders. Only children with onset of chorea in the first 3 years of life were included, those with an ab...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Blumkin L,Lerman-Sagie T,Westenberger A,Ben-Pazi H,Zerem A,Yosovich K,Lev D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A is a multifunctional growth and differentiation factor belonging to the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family. Growing evidence indicates its role as a neurotrophic factor and regulator of synaptic transmission as well as its functional importance in several types of cerebral injury. We recently descri...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Brackmann FA,Alzheimer C,Trollmann R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with acute transverse myelopathy following adenovirus and Borrelia Burgdorferi infections are presented. The diagnosis stems from the clinical presentation, the determination of specific antibodies in serum and the favorable response to penicillin treatment in the case of neuroborreliosis. Both children m...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Linssen WH,Gabreëls FJ,Wevers RA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of frequently prescribed gastrointestinal drugs can cause movement disorders in children, as well as in adults. In our centre for paediatric neurology, we saw a 3-year-old girl with abnormal movements mostly of the legs with an inner restlessness (akathisia) while using cisapride. Another patient, a 17-year-o...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Elzinga-Huttenga J,Hekster Y,Bijl A,Rotteveel J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a rare central disorder of hypersomnolence characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hallucinations, and fragmented nocturnal sleep usually arising in adolescence or young adulthood. Recently, the childhood NT1 diagnoses have increased for improved disease aw...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rocca FL,Pizza F,Ricci E,Plazzi G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Japanese girl showed deterioration in development from the age of 13 months. At the age of 16 months, there were mild spastic diplegia, increase in cerebrospinal fluid protein to 61.5 mg/dl and deficient galactosylceramidase I. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a high signal intensity with increased T2 i...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kurokawa T,Chen YJ,Nagata M,Hasuo K,Kobayashi T,Kitaguchi T

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00