Clinical features of Kleine-Levin syndrome with localized encephalitis.

abstract：:Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (anti-NMDARe) was originally described as a paraneoplastic disease with more than 50% cases involving a tumor. However, tumor incidence in anti-NMDARe in children is much lower. Herpes simplex virus-induced anti-NMDARe has been well-described; however, findings on Japane...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Tian M,Li J,Lei W,Shu X

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 12 children with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) diagnosed between 1974-1995 in the West of Scotland. Diagnosis was made on the basis of clinical, electrophysiological, radiological and pathological examination including electron microscopy (EM) in all cases. Incidence was calculated on the basis of ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Crow YJ,Tolmie JL,Howatson AG,Patrick WJ,Stephenson JB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim For children with medical complexity, interdisciplinary treatment approaches are required to address the various aspects defined within the biopsychosocial model. Methods The present study identifies dimensions of the biopsychosocial model to generate a standardized visualized severity score for chronic neurologic...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Krieg SM,Sonanini S,Sollmann N,Focke A,Gerstl L,Heinen F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when there is a failure of normal language development in a child with normal nonverbal intelligence. The discussion about additional or causal deficits is controversial. In this study a computer-based motor performance series with a tapping, aiming and pegboard movem...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Preis S,Schittler P,Lenard HG

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Forsyth R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy suffering from X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia and progressive myoclonic encephalopathy is reported. The onset of neurological disturbances is at four years of age with ataxic gait and myoclonic jerks. The EEG shows a progressive slowing of background activity, bilateral diffuse and repetitive, pseudop...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Colamaria V,Marradi P,Boner A,Pajno-Ferrara F,Procacci C,Cesaro G,La Selva L,Capovilla G,Fontana E,Dalla Bernardina B

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with microcephaly (head circumference < -2SD) were identified. The 55 patients were divided into two groups, consisting of group 1 (34 cases) in which genetic causes were considered primary, and group 2 (21 cases) in which intrauterine and/or postnatal acquired factors were thought to be responsibl...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Sugimoto T,Yasuhara A,Nishida N,Murakami K,Woo M,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 16-year-old girl with a unique neuromuscular disorder characterised by progressive proximal muscle weakness and numerous tubular aggregates, intracytoplasmic, as well as intranuclear inclusions of the IBM type in her muscle biopsy. The clinical features of the presented case, as manifested by the early ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fidziańska A,Kamińska A,Ryniewicz B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency is usually made by analysis of mitochondrial respiratory chain activity in muscle biopsy. We describe 4 patients in whom the diagnosis was based on mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency in liver alone. In 3 patients, liver complex IV activity was deficie...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Panetta J,Gibson K,Kirby DM,Thorburn DR,Boneh A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrovascular changes are rarely discussed in patients with hemimegalencephaly. These alterations have previously been associated with epileptical activity. CASE:We report the case of a 36-week gestation neonate presenting with total right hemimegalencephaly, as demonstrated by a magnetic resonance imag...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wintermark P,Roulet-Perez E,Maeder-Ingvar M,Moessinger AC,Gudinchet F,Meuli R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A special form of partial occipital epilepsy clinically resembling migraine and possibly related to the benign focal epilepsies of childhood has recently attracted attention (Gastaut 1982) but its existence is still debated. To approach this problem, in a group of 195 children with idiopathic partial or generalized ep...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Deonna T,Ziegler AL,Despland PA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell depletion with the anti-CD20-antibody rituximab is widely considered treatment of choice for long-term immunotherapy in aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-antibody positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). However, up to 30% of patients suffer from relapses despite complete B cell depletion. In these cases, the ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Breu M,Glatter S,Höftberger R,Freilinger M,Kircher K,Kasprian G,Seidl R,Kornek B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn with multiple congenital contractures (MCC) or arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and a leukodystrophy is described. The clinical features and neurophysiological studies suggested a disorder primarily involving the central white matter. The diagnosis of connatal Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease was made post mor...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Novotny EJ Jr

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is often associated with psychosocial comorbidity and this can be more disabling than the seizure activity. Still, these associated conditions are often underdiagnosed and therefore not sufficiently treated. We studied a large pediatric cohort of 371 patients with epilepsy to identify factors associated with ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Valova V,Kochan A,Werry B,John R,Prager C,Schneider J,Kaindl AM

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome (CBPS) is a rare neurological disorder associated with typical clinical and imaging features such as bilateral symmetrical polymicrogyria, either exclusively or mainly affecting the perisylvian region of the brain. We present a girl with the typical clinical picture of a CBPS ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hecher L,Johannsen J,Bierhals T,Buhk JH,Hempel M,Denecke J

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Clinico-radiologic correlations, using CT, were studied in 29 patients with ataxic cerebral palsy. The scans were normal or only slightly abnormal in 38%, posterior fossa abnormalities occurred in 28%, and 55% had obvious cerebral abnormalities which always involved the parietal lobes. There were only two cases where ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Miller G,Cala LA

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has an important role in the diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). We report diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) findings of four cases of juvenile type MLD. DWI showed restricted diffusion lines with greater areas of increased diffusion in three patients and widespread incre...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Oguz KK,Anlar B,Senbil N,Cila A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report antiphospholipid antibody positivity in three of a consecutive series of 23 children presenting partial epileptic seizures. There was no clinical or serological evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus or other connective-tissue disease. Neither computed tomography nor magnetic resonance imaging revealed isc...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Angelini L,Granata T,Zibordi F,Binelli S,Zorzi G,Besana C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was aimed to assess the accurate incidence of renal stones in severely disabled children treated with topiramate (TPM). METHOD:We reviewed the medical records of severely disabled children with epilepsy under 15 years old who underwent radiological examinations to investigate urinary stones. The stu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ishikawa N,Tani H,Kobayashi Y,Kato A,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD, OMIM 272200) is an autosomal recessive leukodystrophy associated with the deficiency of several, in total seven, sulfatases. The disorder is clinically and biochemically variable. The clinical picture combines features of mucopolysaccharidosis and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD, ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mancini GM,van Diggelen OP,Huijmans JG,Stroink H,de Coo RF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Danon disease is caused by a primary deficiency of lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Our study describes a 19-year-old man with isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in whom we performed DNA analysis and compared results of microscopic analysis of skeletal and cardiac mu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fidzianska A,Madej-Pilarczyk A,Walczak E,Kuch M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:Data coming from a prospective multidisciplinary study with repeated examinations of children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) are reported. These patients underwent pediatric, neurological and psychiatric assessment, EEG-recordings and psychological testing. After a period of 3-4 years various subgroups of these chi...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Spohr HL,Steinhausen HC

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy one-year-old boy, the youngest child of unrelated parents, presented with a four-week history of episodes of myoclonus triggered only by tactile stimulation to his head. There had been no loss of developmental skills. The electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed generalised polyspike wave activity both...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kurian MA,King MD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two boys developed rhythmic involuntary movements in the extremities on one side of the body after febrile illness. They also showed behavioral disturbances. In both patients, serum antistreptolysin-O and antistreptokinase titers were elevated in acute illness and decreased a few months later. One patient showed tremo...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Maegaki Y,Akaboshi S,Inagaki M,Takeshita K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00