What types of epilepsy are preceded by febrile seizures? A population-based study of children.

abstract：AIM:To establish the prevalence of dystonic pain in children and their response to deep brain stimulation (DBS). METHOD:Dystonic pain was assessed in a cohort of 140 children, 71 males and 69 females, median age 11 years 11 months (range 3y-19y 1mo), undergoing DBS in our centre over a period of 10 years. The cohort w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Perides S,Lin JP,Lee G,Gimeno H,Lumsden DE,Ashkan K,Selway R,Kaminska M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic and kinematic data were collected during treadmill locomotion by normal infants and infants with cerebral palsy. Locomotor patterns of the infants with cerebral palsy were similar to those of normal infants during the stage of supported locomotion, but as they matured, some of the characteristics of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Leonard CT,Hirschfeld H,Forssberg H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is a rare neuronal migration disorder in which immature neurons fail to undergo a directed migration from the ventricular and subventricular zones to the cerebral cortex. Classic PNH occurs predominantly in females and is associated with periods of epilepsy and near-normal int...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Balci S,Unal A,Engiz O,Aktas D,Liehr T,Gross M,Mrasek K,Saygi S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated potential differences in motor control between children with a visual impairment (diagnosed albinism; n=11, mean age 8y 4mo [SD 7mo]; seven males, four females,) and children with normal vision (n=11, mean age 8y 4mo [SD 7mo]; six males, five females). Mean near visual acuity in the albinism gr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reimer AM,Cox RF,Boonstra NF,Smits-Engelsman BC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the rate of fracture before and after a 1-year course of intravenous pamidronate in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (CP) who had previously experienced fractures. METHOD:Twenty-five children (nine males, 16 females) with quadriplegic CP in Gross Motor Function ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bachrach SJ,Kecskemethy HH,Harcke HT,Hossain J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background factors of developmental outcome in a group of 386 neonatal 'at-risk' infants and 107 controls were examined in a prospective nine-year follow-up study. Dichotomized outcome variables were computed for each of the assessments; neurodevelopmental, motor, psycholinguistic, cognitive and school progress. In th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lindahl E,Michelsson K,Helenius M,Parre M

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conduction velocities of motor, IA and non-nociceptive cutaneous sensory fibres have been studied in the ulnar and median nerves of 145 healthy fullterm neonates and in 77 preterm neonates (postconceptional age-range 28 to 42 weeks). The posterior tibial-nerve motor and IA fibres were studied: the sural nerve cuta...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Khater-Boidin J,Duron B

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, treatment for children with cerebral palsy predominantly aims at improving the children's possibilities to perform everyday activities in their natural environment. The activities in focus for intervention are often expressed as specific goals, frequently defined in a collaborative goal-setting process between ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brogren Carlberg E,Löwing K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the association between sucking in infants born preterm and developmental outcomes at 5 years. METHOD:Thirty-four infants were included (mean gestational age 30wks 4d, mean birthweight 1407g). The Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale was used longitudinally from 37 to 50 weeks postmenstrual age. At 5 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wolthuis-Stigter MI,Da Costa SP,Bos AF,Krijnen WP,Van Der Schans CP,Luinge MR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing brain in utero and during the first years of life is highly vulnerable to environmental influences. Experiences occurring during this period permanently modify brain structure and function through epigenetic modifications (alterations of the DNA structure and chromatin function) and consequently affect ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Miguel PM,Pereira LO,Silveira PP,Meaney MJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lack of muscle growth relative to bone growth may be responsible for development of contractures in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Here, we used ultrasonography to compare growth of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in children with and without CP. METHOD:Twenty-six children with spastic CP (15 males, 11 females...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Herskind A,Ritterband-Rosenbaum A,Willerslev-Olsen M,Lorentzen J,Hanson L,Lichtwark G,Nielsen JB

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although autism can occur in conjunction with a range of other conditions, the association with Down syndrome is generally considered to be relatively rare. Four young boys with Down syndrome are described who were also autistic. All children clearly fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for autism required by the ICD-10 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Howlin P,Wing L,Gould J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study was done of extremely low-birthweight infants (less than or equal to 1000g) born between 1976 and 1979, a period when aggressive intervention was not routine practice. The survival rate was 19 per cent. 44 of the 46 survivors were followed to a mean age of 6 1/2 years. By five years of age 23 of the ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lefebvre F,Bard H,Veilleux A,Martel C

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:gastrostomy feeding children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) improves weight gain but may cause excess deposition of body fat. This study was designed to investigate whether weight gain could be achieved without an adverse effect on body composition by using a low-energy feed in gastrostomy-fed chil...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vernon-Roberts A,Wells J,Grant H,Alder N,Vadamalayan B,Eltumi M,Sullivan PB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five days after birth, 144 clinically normal infants were examined according to Prechtl's 'optimality' method. 118 were classified as neurologically optimal and 26 as sub-optimal. At the ages of 12, 22 and 36 months, parents' reports indicated differences in behaviour between the two groups; and at age 22 months obser...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Njiokiktjien C,Kurver P

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 10 sagittal lower limb range-of-motion measures were conducted in a blinded fashion in 25 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy and in 25 age- and sex-matched controls. The participants comprised 22 males, mean age 10 years 8 months and 28 females, with mean age 9 years 8 months; age range 6 to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kilgour G,McNair P,Stott NS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following a stationary cycling intervention in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:This was a phase I multisite randomized controlled trial with single blinding. HRQOL was evaluated using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory SF15 (...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Demuth SK,Knutson LM,Fowler EG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to describe the particular types of behavioral problems, self-concept, and symptoms of depression experienced by children with both low IQ and epilepsy. Three groups of children (83 males, 81 females; mean age 11 years 10 months, SD 1 year 10 months; age range ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Buelow JM,Austin JK,Perkins SM,Shen J,Dunn DW,Fastenau PS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to review the psychometric properties and use of goal attainment scaling (GAS) in paediatric rehabilitation research. We performed a critical literature review searching: (1) all studies whose main focus was to assess the psychometric properties of GAS in paediatric rehabilitation; and (2) all...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steenbeek D,Ketelaar M,Galama K,Gorter JW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reports the second of two studies designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Kinaesthetic Training Programme (Laszlo and Bairstow, 1985) for children with movement difficulties. Three groups of 12 children were matched on age, IQ and sex as well as degree of kinaesthetic and motor impairment. One group re...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sims K,Henderson SE,Morton J,Hulme C

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomatosis cerebri is the unifying term used when diffuse glial infiltration occurs throughout the cerebral hemispheres. The very few cases reported in children have presented with intractable epilepsy, corticospinal tract deficits, unilateral tremor, headaches, and developmental delay. Antemortem diagnosis is diffic...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jayawant S,Neale J,Stoodley N,Wallace S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The first aim of this study was to systematically review and critically assess manually controlled instrumented spasticity assessment methods that combine multidimensional signals. The second aim was to extract a set of quantified parameters that are psychometrically sound to assess spasticity in a clinical setting...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bar-On L,Aertbeliën E,Molenaers G,Dan B,Desloovere K

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of the first demyelinating event between acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Children with acute demyelinating disease of the central nervous system and an abnormal brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) were studied. Patients ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Alper G,Heyman R,Wang L

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of prednisolone/prednisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the treatment of infantile spasms using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD:In a systematic literature search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library), we identi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Li S,Zhong X,Hong S,Li T,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The onset and development of the jaw-reflex responses were studied of 54 neonates and children in up to 15 years of age. Recordings were made with standard EMG equipment. The reflex response was constantly elicited in all but one child of 35 weeks postconceptional age. The latency times showed negative linear correlat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jääskeläinen SK

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is a large literature reporting risk factor analyses for poor neurodevelopment in children born very preterm (VPT: ≤32wks) or very low birthweight (VLBW: ≤1250g), which to date has not been formally summarized. The aim of this paper was to identify prognostic factors for cerebral palsy (CP) and motor impairme...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Linsell L,Malouf R,Morris J,Kurinczuk JJ,Marlow N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified Gubbay tests, assessing various aspects of motor performance, were administered to 885 Manchester children in mainstream primary education, and centile tables were drawn up by age. Children who had performed badly on one of the four tests were retested two years later, when they were found to have 'caught up'...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ehrhardt P,McKinlay IA,Bradley G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the prevalence and risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in epilepsy, and to better understand the relationship and comorbidity between these disorders. METHOD:PsychINFO and PubMed were searched for articles published in the past 15 years that examined the prevalence of ASD in individuals with ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Strasser L,Downes M,Kung J,Cross JH,De Haan M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether there are primary effects of prematurity on the development of explicit memory. Elicited imitation of action sequences was used to compare immediate and 15-minute delayed memory in term and preterm infants (19 months corrected age; n=48) who were at low risk: none had exp...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： de Haan M,Bauer PJ,Georgieff MK,Nelson CA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with cerebral palsy (CP), 12 with Friedreich's ataxia (FA) and 26 with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) were studied to determine whether the shape of the scoliosis curve differs between these categories. The slope of the regression relationship between vertebral rotation and lateral deviation w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Aronsson DD,Stokes IA,Ronchetti PJ,Labelle HB

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00