Primary malignant melanoma of meninges: atypical presentation of subacute meningitis.

abstract：:We investigated the clinical characteristics of children with continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome and their treatment response to levetiracetam. Five boys and one girl, diagnosed with epilepsy with continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome, were enrolled. Their clinical characteristics,...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wang SB,Weng WC,Fan PC,Lee WT

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of postinfectious encephalomyelitis with symmetric lesions in the basal ganglia was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging in 2 patients. A 7-year-old patient experienced severe dystonia and hyperreflexia; magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated bilateral lesions in the putamina and basis pontes. The ot...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Donovan MK,Lenn NJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac abnormalities, often heralded by electrocardiographic alterations, at times may become a serious problem in patients with neuromuscular disorders and occasionally lead to death. Electrocardiographic monitoring can identify patients whose conduction defects will benefit from the use of demand pacemakers. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Arensman FW,Hartlage PL,Strong WB

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral creatine transporter deficiency, attributable to mutations in the SLC6A8 gene, causes X-linked mental retardation, language delay, epilepsy, and autistic features. In contrast with creatine synthesis defects, the vast majority of patients with SLC6A8 deficiency do not respond to treatment. We describe a Portu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Garcia P,Rodrigues F,Valongo C,Salomons GS,Diogo L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the association of brain death in an infant with a large cutaneous hemangioma of the forearm. The irreversible cerebral injury is presumed to be secondary to cerebral hypoperfusion as a result of a combination of systemic hypotension and a systemic vascular "steal" phenomenon caused by the cutaneous hemang...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hamvas A,Perlman JM,Volpe JJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old boy with the typical clinical features of infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy was examined with magnetic resonance imaging. The findings suggested increased metal deposition in the globus pallidus. Magnetic resonance imaging findings of Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome and infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy are simil...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ito M,Okuno T,Asato R,Mutoh K,Nakano S,Kataoka K,Fujii T,Mikawa H,Saida K

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiel-Tison neurologic assessment at term has recently been updated for clinical application. Experience in this field, in addition to a better understanding of pathophysiologic characteristics of the immature brain, has taught us that an increased precision in assessing central nervous system function in the neonate ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Amiel-Tison C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year-old white male presented with a history of progressive loss of vision that was subsequently followed by progressive corticospinal dysfunction. Evaluation revealed the presence of leukodystrophy which was confirmed by a deficiency of the enzyme, galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase. We present the clinical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brownsworth RD,Bodensteiner JB,Schaefer GB,Barnes P

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of children and adolescents with infantile nephropathic cystinosis underwent cognitive testing and were examined for cortical atrophy using magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography. Ten of 11 patients demonstrated cortical atrophy. A consistent pattern of lower cognitive performance was found in patie...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Nichols SL,Press GA,Schneider JA,Trauner DA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the implementation of a population-based registry of children with cerebral palsy, caregiver satisfaction with the process by which diagnosis was originally communicated by a professional was assessed. Satisfaction with various aspects of the diagnosis process was assessed using a five-point Likert scale an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dagenais L,Hall N,Majnemer A,Birnbaum R,Dumas F,Gosselin J,Koclas L,Shevell MI

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities were observed in 8 children (5 boys, 3 girls; ages 4-14 years) with neurologic problems following infection by Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Neurologic features included headache (6), behavioral changes (5), facial palsy (2), papilledema (2)...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Belman AL,Coyle PK,Roque C,Cantos E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports 26 consecutive cases of cerebral cysticercosis in children, 21 presenting with intraparenchymal mass lesions, two with encephalitic disease, and three with intraventricular (racemous) cysticercosis. The intraparenchymal and encephalitic forms of the disease were benign. Regression of the lesions occ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mitchell WG,Snodgrass SR

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insomnia and low iron stores are common in children with autism spectrum disorders, and low iron stores have been associated with sleep disturbance. METHODS:We performed a randomized placebo-controlled trial of oral ferrous sulfate to treat insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorders and low normal ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Reynolds AM,Connolly HV,Katz T,Goldman SE,Weiss SK,Halbower AC,Shui AM,Macklin EA,Hyman SL,Malow BA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hashimoto encephalopathy is a rare, clinically heterogenous condition. Its treatment is based on corticosteroids. A previously normal 12-year-old boy was admitted to our pediatric emergency department with status epilepticus. He experienced a recurrence of status epilepticus after pentobarbital withdrawal, and require...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bektas Ö,Yılmaz A,Kendirli T,Sıklar Z,Deda G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old female with choroid plexus carcinoma developed progressive disturbance of consciousness 2 years after postoperative treatment with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and focal methotrexate injection into a residual tumor cyst. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed white matter lesions localized around the expandin...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yano T,Sawaishi Y,Hirayama A,Takaku I,Takada G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain radiotherapy plays a central role in the treatment of certain types of childhood primary central nervous system tumors. However, damage to surrounding normal brain tissue causes different acute and chronic medical and neurological complications. Despite the expected increase in number of childhood prim...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Passos J,Nzwalo H,Marques J,Azevedo A,Netto E,Nunes S,Salgado D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of lipid-lowering statins has been associated with raised serum muscle enzymes and, occasionally, with rhabdomyolysis, especially in patients with pre-existing metabolic myopathies. The A3243G mutation is one of the most common mutations associated with mitochondrial disorders. A teenager harboring the A3243G ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tay SK,Dimauro S,Pang AY,Lai PS,Yap HK

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute myelitis represent common and very rare etiologies of acute limb weakness in children, respectively. Typically, demyelination is most common, limited to either the central or peripheral nervous system. Concurrent acute myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome are seldom reported. We retro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL,Lyu RK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidural hematoma due to birth trauma is unusual. The presentation is similar to subdural hematoma in the newborn, but the results of subdural puncture may be normal. The CT scan is diagnostic and early surgical evacuation may be lifesaving. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gama CH,Fenichel GM

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human cytomegalovirus, a major cause of permanent neurodevelopmental disability in children, frequently produces intracranial abnormalities, including calcifications and polymicrogyria, in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infections. This report describes the features of cerebral cortical clefting, in...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： White AL,Hedlund GL,Bale JF Jr

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to assess neurologic complications of pertussis infection. A file review of all children (age 7-18 years) in our hospital with serology-positive pertussis infection admitted from 1995 to 2005 yielded six patients with neurologic symptoms in whom electroencephalographic studies were performed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Eidlitz-Markus T,Zeharia A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G(M2)-gangliosidosis is a neurodegenerative lysosomal disease with several clinical variants. We describe a 2-year-old black child with juvenile-onset disease, who presented with abnormal eye movements and cherry-red spots of the maculae. Mutation analysis of the HEXA gene revealed the patient to be a compound heteroz...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Paciorkowski AR,Sathe S,Zeng BJ,Torres P,Rosengren SS,Kolodny E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sixth nerve palsies in 75 children, all of whom had undergone modern neuroimaging, were reviewed. Neoplasms or their neurosurgical removal was the most common cause (n = 34 [45%]); elevated intracranial pressure (nontumor) (15%), traumatic (12%), congenital (11%), inflammatory (7%), miscellaneous (5%), a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee MS,Galetta SL,Volpe NJ,Liu GT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the sensory evoked potentials in pediatric Wilson disease to verify their subclinical neurologic involvement and to elucidate the role of cirrhosis in abnormal evoked potentials in non-neurologic Wilson disease. Thirty children (17 male, 13 female), diagnosed with Wilson disease before 18 years, were enroll...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hsu YS,Chang YC,Lee WT,Ni YH,Hsu HY,Chang MH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-labeled 2-deoxy-D-glucose was performed serially in 5 infants with idiopathic West syndrome. While tonic spasms persisted, 2 infants had hypometabolism in the bilateral temporo-parieto-occipital regions, which disappeared after cessation of spasms. In 2 other infants, PET r...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Maeda N,Watanabe K,Negoro T,Aso K,Haga Y,Kito M,Ohki T,Ito K,Kato T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep problems affect 30% to 80% of patients with mild traumatic brain injury. We assessed the prevalence of sleep disorders after mild traumatic brain injury and its correlation with other symptoms. METHODS AND MATERIALS:Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury were assessed at the New York University ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tkachenko N,Singh K,Hasanaj L,Serrano L,Kothare SV

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child neurology has evolved from a primarily diagnostic to a therapeutic subspecialty. Despite well-documented manpower shortages, child neurology programs at major children's hospitals have expanded, and the optimal administrative structure for child neurology programs has not been clearly defined. The Division of Ch...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Packer RJ,Villongco J,Batshaw M,Holbrook P,Gaillard WD,Pearl PL,Weinstein S,Zechman E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome involves sudden and prolonged unilateral seizures, followed by transient or permanent hemiplegia and epilepsy during infancy or early childhood. Some patients with familial hemiplegic migraine and demonstrating the S218L mutation in CACNA1A experience severe attacks with uni...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yamazaki S,Ikeno K,Abe T,Tohyama J,Adachi Y

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two visually impaired children with occipital infarctions are presented. One patient has profound impairment of his primary visual pathway but has good vision for traveling, while the other child presented with the symptoms in reverse. We believe that these two patients provide further evidence that the primary visual...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jan JE,Wong PK,Groenveld M,Flodmark O,Hoyt CS

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that the effects of lithium on metabolic and signaling pathways in the brain may vary depending on the specific clinical condition or disease model. For example, lithium increases levels of cerebral N-acetyl aspartate in patients with bipolar disorder but does not appear to affect N-acetyl as...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Janson CG,Assadi M,Francis J,Bilaniuk L,Shera D,Leone P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00