Gingival enlargement in children treated with antiepileptics.

abstract：:The decision whether or not to recommend chronic antiepileptic drug treatment for a child with seizures requires a risk-benefit analysis tailored to each individual case. Because all of the available antiepileptic medications have some potential adverse effects, the analysis may weigh in favor of a decision not to tre...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wyllie E

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intractable epilepsies pose a therapeutic challenge. Precise localization of the epileptic focus is imperative before planning surgical intervention. Functional imaging is an important component of presurgical work-up. Positron emission tomography is unavailable in developing countries; hence, the need to evaluate the...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kalra V,Gulati S,Rana KS,Bal CS,Bhatia M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rett syndrome is a sporadic disorder (except for a few familial cases) occurring in 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 23,000 girls worldwide. It is associated with profound mental and motor handicap. About 90% of cases involve a mutation in the methyl-CpG binding protein 2 gene (MECP2). The role of this gene in the pathogenesis of ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Armstrong DD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain abscesses are uncommon in neonates. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a very uncommon microbial agent to cause brain abscess. We report 2 infants with Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis who developed brain abscesses. One infant was a premature neonate who required mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome and su...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sundaram V,Agrawal S,Chacham S,Mukhopadhyay K,Dutta S,Kumar P

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vigabatrin has been studied in adult drug-resistant epilepsy since 1982 in single-blind and double-blind studies followed by long-term, open evaluations. These studies have provided evidence that vigabatrin is a potent and well-tolerated antiepileptic drug and support its potential value in pediatric epilepsy. The lac...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dam M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelastic seizure is a rare symptom often associated with hypothalamic hamartoma. We present here a 4-year-old girl with gelastic epilepsy caused by hypothalamic hamartoma and report the magnetic resonance spectrometry and electroencephalographic (EEG) findings. At the age of 2 1/2 years, she developed brief, repetitiv...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wakai S,Nikaido K,Nihira H,Kawamoto Y,Hayasaka H

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome is an increasingly recognized disorder with typical radiologic findings of bilateral gray- and white-matter abnormalities in the posterior regions of the cerebral hemispheres. The majority of patients with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome are adults, a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Aydin K,Elmas S,Guzes EA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcomes of children with cryptogenic seizures most probably arising from the frontal lobe are difficult to predict. We retrospectively collected data on 865 pediatric patients with epilepsy. In 78 patients with cryptogenic frontal lobe epilepsy, the age at first seizure was inversely correlated with the outcome, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lee IC,Chen YJ,Lee HS,Li SY

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of parental stress in families of children with autism and other developmental disabilities and its association with child comorbid symptoms was studied in an ethnically diverse population, in a cross-sectional study with structured interview. The sample included 50 families of children with autism and 50 fa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Valicenti-McDermott M,Lawson K,Hottinger K,Seijo R,Schechtman M,Shulman L,Shinnar S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a very uncommon first manifestation of a neuroblastoma. A 5-month-old healthy infant presented with acute onset seizures and developmental regression. Extensive investigation was remarkable for urinary vanillylmandelic acid and homovanillic acid peaks. Abdominopelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Martins CL,Monteiro JP,Pereira F,Calhau P,Fonseca MJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:A 16-year-old galactosemic patient, homozygous for the 5.5-kb gene deletion, suffered severe neurologic regression following streptococcal infection. Since the gene deletion includes the promoter of interleukin-11a receptor involved in neuronal apoptosis, we questioned whether this patient had no interleukin-11a recep...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Winter GN,Ben-Pazi H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose transporter 1 facilitates glucose transport across the blood-brain barrier. By increasing histone acetylation at the SLC2A1 promotor, valproic acid could increase SLC2A1 gene expression. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of valproic acid on glucose transport in astrocyte cultures derived from SLC...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kim SK,Yang H,Pascual JM,De Vivo DC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam, one of the newer-generation antiepilepsy drugs, is not currently approved for use in children. Given its favorable efficacy, pharmacokinetic, and, particularly, safety profile in adults, we felt that it may be a useful antiepilepsy drug for children with refractory epilepsy. We treated 39 patients (mean...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wheless JW,Ng YT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) typically presents with progressive mental deterioration, behavioral changes, and myoclonic jerks. Atypical presentations are not unknown and may result in diagnostic delays. A 9-year-old girl presented with poor balance and ataxia following an episode of upper respiratory tr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goraya J,Marks H,Khurana D,Legido A,Melvin J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumarase deficiency is a very rare inborn error of metabolism caused by decreased activity of fumarate hydratase enzyme. We describe a fumarase-deficient infant who presented with encephalopathy, metabolic crisis, psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism. To our knowledge, this is the first...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saini AG,Singhi P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this project was to promote bicycle helmet use via an inpatient educational program. We hypothesized that this program would increase bicycle helmet use. One hundred twenty inpatients with history of regular (>1 time per week) bicycle riding (mean age 10.0 ± 3.6 years; 67 males, 53 females; 57 whites, 59 b...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Barnes VA,Maria BL,Caldwell AL,Hopkins I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory rhizotomy in the treatment of spasticity has been evolving over the past century since its first use in 1888. This paper reviews its historical evolution, current physiologic basis, range in current surgical technique, and the outcome, along with complications seen over the past decade since its repopularizati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Abbott R

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy presented with complaints of seizures since the age of 7 years. Seizure semiology was consistent with origin from the right temporal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a large right temporal and multiple small intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas. The imaging findings and clinic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Sankhyan N,Gulati S,Kumar A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience in a cohort of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia in a tertiary care referral center in Lebanon. Forty-one sequential patients were studied: 34 classical phenylketonuria (PKU), 3 hyperphenylalaninemia (non-PKU), and 4 biopterin metabolism defects. The majority of cases were clinically diagnos...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Karam PE,Daher RT,Moller LB,Mikati MA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an initial patient with cerebral palsy had an apparent dramatic reduction in spasticity when placed on modafinil, a pilot study was undertaken in 10 pediatric patients to confirm or refute the benefit of modafinil in cerebral palsy. Nine of 10 patients completed the 1-month treatment period. The study patients w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hurst DL,Lajara-Nanson W

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple etiologies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of immunocompromised patients with non-central nervous system cancer and viral infections who develop mutism. Acute cerebellitis, caused by infections or by neurotoxicity resulting from chemotherapy; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration; atypical...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Helton K,Patterson AL,Khan RB,Sadighi ZS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two children with transient myasthenia gravis preceded by viral illnesses. The first is a 5-year-old boy who developed oculobulbar weakness 2 weeks following a varicella-zoster infection. The second is a 4-year-old boy who developed facial diplegia and dysarthria several weeks following a viral pharyngitis. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Felice KJ,DiMario FJ,Conway SR

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:MECP2 duplication syndrome is an X-linked genomic disorder that is characterized by infantile hypotonia, intellectual disability, and recurrent respiratory infections. Regression affects a subset of individuals, and the etiology of regression has yet to be examined. In this study, alterations in the hypothalamus-pitui...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Peters SU,Byiers BJ,Symons FJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attention-deficit disorder, with and without hyperactivity, is associated with defective attention, response inhibition and, in attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity, with motor restlessness. In adults, inattention, defective response inhibition, and impersistence are more commonly seen in right hemisphere...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： García-Sánchez C,Estévez-González A,Suárez-Romero E,Junqué C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infantile form of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (ie, infantile Batten disease) is the most rapidly progressing type and is caused by an inherited deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1. The absence of enzyme activity leads to progressive accumulation of autofluorescent material in man...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sands MS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available scales for quantitative measurement of the severity of childhood dystonia require human observer ratings and provide poor granularity in the scores for individual limbs. We evaluated the use of new-generation high-quality touchscreens (an iPad) according with the Fitts law, which is a mathemati...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bertucco M,Sanger TD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 10 years' follow-up of the previously described family with a novel mutation of the KCNA1 gene. The family consisted of 3 affected boys (first seen at ages 3, 11, and 12) and their affected mother and asymptomatic father and sister. They clinically presented with diffuse myokymia, muscle cramps, and lower li...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Moghimi N,Rosen JB,Jabbari B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00