Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy can be a cause of isolated childhood cognitive dysfunction.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis in the pediatric population of Honduras over an 11-year period, determine what percentage of acute flaccid paralysis was Guillain-Barré syndrome, and identify the epidemiologic features of Guillain-Barré syndrome. There were 546 ch...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Molinero MR,Varon D,Holden KR,Sladky JT,Molina IB,Cleaves F

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic "benign" intracranial hypertension is an uncommon but important cause of headache that can lead to visual loss. This study was undertaken to review our experience in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, giving special attention to treatments used. A retrospective chart revie...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Salman MS,Kirkham FJ,MacGregor DL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy, together with mental retardation, represents a common manifestation of chromosomal aberrations. Specific electroencephalographic (EEG) and epileptic patterns have been described in several chromosomal disorders, such as Angelman's syndrome, Miller-Dieker syndrome, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, and ring 20 syndro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Grosso S,Pucci L,Farnetani M,Di Bartolo RM,Galimberti D,Mostardini R,Anichini C,Balestri M,Morgese G,Balestri P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Epidemiologic data suggest that malnutrition is a common feature in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and being overweight or obese confers a survival advantage in this patient population. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse models, a high-fat diet has...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Paganoni S,Wills AM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis in infants with brain tumors has historically been very poor. This study reviews 16 infants under the age of 12 months with brain tumors who presented to our institution between 1988 and 1999. The aim was to describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of these patients and to establish ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Young HK,Johnston H

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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：:Intracranial tumors are the most common solid tumors in children. The infratentorial compartment will be the primary site for 60% to 70% of these tumors, including astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, and ependymomas. Several technological advancements have increased our knowledge of the cell biology of pediatric brain tum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nejat F,El Khashab M,Rutka JT

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Diamond-Blackfan anemia is a congenital hypoproliferative anemia known to be associated with diverse physical anomalies affecting the thumb, craniofacial bones, urogenital system, and heart; prematurity; and fetal demise. We report the case of a 16-month-old boy with Diamond-Blackfan anemia noted to have decreased use...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Butrum MW,Williams LS,Golomb MR

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:This population-based cross-sectional study evaluates the clinical value of electroretinography and visual evoked potentials in childhood brain tumor survivors. A flash electroretinography and a checkerboard reversal pattern visual evoked potential (or alternatively a flash visual evoked potential) were done for 51 su...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pietilä S,Lenko HL,Oja S,Koivisto AM,Pietilä T,Mäkipernaa A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to evaluate the cognitive, language, and motor development, after 18 months of life, of nonmicrocephalic children born to mothers with Zika virus infection during pregnancy. Participants were 37 children aged 18-29 months divided into 2 groups: 17 nonmicrocephalic children born to mothers who ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gerzson LR,de Almeida CS,Silva JHD,Feitosa MMA,de Oliveira LN,Schuler-Faccini L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of pathologically confirmed Alexander's disease in which serial cranial ultrasound studies demonstrated unique findings of enlarging subependymal cysts with evolving periventricular hyperechogenicity. Computed tomographic scan of the head showed low attenuation of the periventricular white matter an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hess DC,Fischer AQ,Yaghmai F,Figueroa R,Akamatsu Y

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the literature, several malformations of cortical development have been described as additional lesions in tuberous sclerosis complex. Among these lesions, a very large focal cortical dysplasia has peculiar magnetic resonance imaging features: a signal abnormality that extends radially inward toward the lateral ven...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Vigliano P,Canavese C,Bobba B,Genitori L,Papalia F,Padovan S,Forni M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 10 years' experience with bone marrow transplantation from normal, immunologically compatible donors indicates its possible use in various neurometabolic diseases, particularly in a patient who has not suffered irreparable brain damage. This experience may be a prelude to treatment by somatic gene therapy. Th...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ozand PT,Gascon GG

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia could provide a promising model for the study of the effects of hormones on cognition. The aim of this study was to assess sexual dimorphic abilities related to oral language, spatial abilities, and verbal fluency and to determine the existence of learning disabilities in 11 congenital g...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Inozemtseva O,Matute E,Juárez J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose phenobarbital therapy is an effective treatment for refractory status epilepticus in children. The advantages of this therapy include milder adverse effects without limits for maximal phenobarbital levels or doses during the initial phase of treatment. However, little is known about the safety of continuing ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wakamoto H,Nakamura Y,Ebihara T,Tokuda K,Ohmori H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonconvulsive status epilepticus may present with several manifestations, and many of them may not be obvious. The most important for the diagnosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus is the electroencephalogram pattern. This is a case report of a 9-year-old boy with severe and continuous headache. He received chemoth...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ghofrani M,Mahvelati F,Tonekaboni H

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal-recessive, progressive neuromuscular disease associated with extensive morbidity. Children with spinal muscular atrophy have potentially increased life spans due to improved nutrition, respiratory support, and novel pharmaceuticals. OBJECTIVES:To report on the quality...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weaver MS,Hanna R,Hetzel S,Patterson K,Yuroff A,Sund S,Schultz M,Schroth M,Halanski MA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with refractory seizures, including those with Sturge-Weber syndrome, undergo functional studies in preparation for surgery. Perfusion studies in Sturge-Weber syndrome by single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography generally demonstrate hypoperfusion in the diseased tissue. We ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Oguz KK,Senturk S,Ozturk A,Anlar B,Topcu M,Cila A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to determine the long-term outcome of children with intractable epilepsy who have diffuse cortical hypometabolism on 2-deoxy-2-((18)F)fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans. Seventeen children with intractable epilepsy showing bilateral, diffuse cortical hypometabo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Shandal V,Veenstra AL,Behen M,Sundaram S,Chugani H

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:The cerebellum is involved in motor and cognitive functions and behavior. Its role in controlling epileptic seizures has been demonstrated in the literature. Genetic factors can enhance epilepsy susceptibility when the cerebellum is damaged. We examined the occurrence and features of epilepsy, intelligence, and psychi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Parmeggiani A,Posar A,Scaduto MC,Chiodo S,Giovanardi-Rossi P

更新日期：2003-01-01 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 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：:Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are allelic X-linked disorders causing progressive muscle weakness in males. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by absence of dystrophin in muscle and brain; boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have a static cognitive impairment with mean Full Scale IQ approximately 1 standa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Young HK,Barton BA,Waisbren S,Portales Dale L,Ryan MM,Webster RI,North KN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two boys, aged 7 and 12 years, with nondominant (right) hemispheric acquired vascular lesions and left visual-field disturbances had right spatial constructional disabilities, contralateral to that which would be expected. These unusual disturbances may represent the previously unreported phenomena of ipsilateral negl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lewis DW,Geller T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a pediatric patient with repaired hypoplastic left heart syndrome developing protein-losing enteropathy, hypocalcemia, vitamin D deficiency, and hemichorea. After correction of nutritional vitamin D deficiency with calcium and vitamin D supplementation, the chorea resolved. Hypoalbuminemia also im...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fernandez R,Ashraf A,Dure LS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00