Increased major salivary gland secretion in familial dysautonomia.

abstract：:This study reports on a novel methodology using the V-scope to quantify elbow and shoulder movement in young children with obstetric brachial plexus palsy (OBPP), and the intra- and interreliability of this method. The V-scope, a portable, inexpensive movement analysis system, was configured in an L-shape, with two tr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bialocerkowski AE,Wrigley T,Galea M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of long-term mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) and concomitant mechanical ventilation in children with neurological conditions, with reported reasons behind the initiation of treatment. METHOD:This was a population-based, cross-sectional study using Norwegian national registri...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hov B,Andersen T,Toussaint M,Vollsaeter M,Mikalsen IB,Indrekvam S,Hovland V

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied the intellectual outcome of 45 of the 47 schoolchildren who had been born with very low birthweights (less than 1501 g) in Wolverhampton between 1975 and 1978 and were free of major handicap. Their outcome was compared with that of a control group matched for age, sex, race and social class. The ve...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lloyd BW,Wheldall K,Perks D

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we developed a cognitive assessment battery called the Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Screening Test (PPWST) to help clinicians determine a young child's readiness to drive a powered wheelchair. The current multicenter study sought to determine: (1) whether the PPWST is appropriate for use in a popul...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Furumasu J,Guerette P,Tefft D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of morbidities and the prevalence of medical prescriptions in a large Down syndrome population. METHOD:A retrospective cohort study was carried out using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2013. We matched individuals wi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Alexander M,Petri H,Ding Y,Wandel C,Khwaja O,Foskett N

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Parental report is often relied on to measure performance of activities in children with cerebral palsy (CP). This study examined whether the Functional Mobility Scale (FMS) accurately reflects performance of mobility in children with CP. METHOD:Eighteen children with spastic CP (11 males, seven females; mean age ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Harvey A,Baker R,Morris ME,Hough J,Hughes M,Graham HK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of nine randomised controlled trials of prophylactic vitamin E supplementation in very low-birthweight infants (less than 1500g) showed no statistically significant reduction in the incidence of acute retinopathy of prematurity. There was a significant reduction (49 per cent) in the incidence of intraventricu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Law MR,Wijewardene K,Wald NJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review in order to identify the risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) in children born at term. The secondary aim was to ascertain if the potential for prevention of these risk factors has been adequately explored. METHOD:A MEDLINE search up to 31 July 2011 was comp...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McIntyre S,Taitz D,Keogh J,Goldsmith S,Badawi N,Blair E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old male was referred with difficulties at school. He had particular difficulty with reading long words, following the sequence of text down a page, writing words in the correct order, writing words in line, and copying from the blackboard. He had a history of infective endocarditis complicated by intracereb...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillen JA,Dutton GN

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：:As infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have difficulty maintaining adequate levels of oxygenation during rest, it was decided to investigate how the additional respiratory demands associated with nutritive feeding disrupt their breathing rates. The sucking and breathing patterns of six (three male, three fem...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Craig CM,Lee DN,Freer YN,Laing IA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory and motor function were evaluated in 84 children and adolescents with epilepsy but not additional neuroimpairments such as mental retardation or cerebral palsy. The influence of sex, age, age at onset of epilepsy, duration, seizure type and frequency and medication was analysed. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Beckung E,Uvebrant P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two male Taiwanese siblings in whom the T-->C point mutation at nucleotide 9176 of the mitochondrial ATPase 6 gene (m.9176T>C mutation) was associated with early onset hypotonia, lactic acidosis, and death due to respiratory arrest at 7 and 10 months old. Brain MRI showed lesions over diffuse white matter an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hung PC,Wang HS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing brain is especially sensitive to a wide range of experiences, showing a remarkable capacity for plastic changes that influence behavioural outcomes throughout the lifetime. We review the principles that regulate this plasticity in development and consider the factors that modulate the developing brain. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kolb B,Harker A,Gibb R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To collect preliminary functional data on ataxia telangiectasia and create a disease specific scale: the Ataxia Telangiectasia Functional Scale (ATFS). METHOD:Retrospective information on patients with ataxia telangiectasia referred to the Assistive Technology Unit was included. Functional mobility scales (the Gro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shenhod E,Benzeev B,Sarouk I,Heimer G,Nissenkorn A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current information was obtained from 117 respondents, including 71 who completed interviews, of a population of 810 individuals who had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy between 1951 and 1974. Original chart reviews constituted the basis for predicting employment capabilities of the interviewed cohort. A comparison ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： O'Grady RS,Crain LS,Kohn J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers carbohydrate metabolism in the developing brain, in particular the proportion of glucose metabolized via the pentose phosphate pathway. Although small in amount, this fraction serves a vital rôle in some aspects of brain function. Evidence is presented that the pentose phosphate pathway subserves...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Baquer NZ,Hothersall JS,McLean P,Greenbaum AL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Language lateralization with functional transcranial Doppler sonography (fTCD) and lexical word generation has been shown to have high concordance with the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in adults. We evaluated a nonlexical paradigm to determine language dominance in children. METHOD:In 23 rig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Haag A,Moeller N,Knake S,Hermsen A,Oertel WH,Rosenow F,Hamer HM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating a sudden-onset concomitant squint from a paralytic squint in an ill child can be difficult, but the distinction is important in view of the neurological implications of the latter. Furthermore, the two types may co-exist, and four such cases are described. The causes of sudden-onset squint are discusse...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watson AP,Fielder AR

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：:Two girls with concomitant Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculovertebral spectrum disorder) and autistic disorder are described. One was diagnosed as having Goldenhar syndrome in the first few weeks of life and as having autistic disorder in her fifth year; the other was diagnosed as having Goldenhar syndrome when she w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Landgren M,Gillberg C,Strömland K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the North Paddington Primary School Study 350 children were identified at five and studied over a five-year period. The children were given a comprehensive examination on entry to school, the findings from which are briefly described. Here the results of the neurodevelopmental assessment are reviewed. Children with...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bax M,Whitmore K

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey conducted by a UK urban general practice, 98.1 per cent (1083) of the children registered aged three to 11 years took part in an interview. Possible migraine subjects took part in an extended interview, the results of which were recorded using three different sets of diagnostic criteria: Vahlquist, Ad Hoc ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mortimer MJ,Kay J,Jaron A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Controversy surrounds the distinction between high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger disorder, but motor abnormalities are associated features of both conditions. This study examined motor cortical inhibition and excitability in HFA and Asperger disorder using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). METHOD:Pa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Enticott PG,Rinehart NJ,Tonge BJ,Bradshaw JL,Fitzgerald PB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compliance and maturation of visual acuity of 1245 2 1/2- to nine-year-olds was investigated. Testing was undertaken as part of routine surveillance. Ability to letter match, to achieve a binocular measure and to achieve monocular measures for children under three years was 89, 78 and 37 per cent, for children age...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salt AT,Sonksen PM,Wade A,Jayatunga R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one extremely preterm infants were studied to ascertain whether there is an association between sonographic abnormalities and neurological examination at term, controlling for factors such as low birthweight and chronic lung-disease. Their mean birthweight was 956g and mean gestational age was 27.9 weeks. Sonogr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bozynski MA,DiPietro MA,Meisels SJ,Plunkett JW,Burpee B,Claflin CJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This review explores the molecular, neurological, and behavioural outcomes in animal models of uterine artery ligation. We analyse the relevance of this type of model to the pathological and functional phenotypes that are consistent with cerebral palsy and its developmental comorbidities in humans. METHOD:A litera...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Basilious A,Yager J,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal baclofen is used in the management of spasticity associated with cerebral palsy (CP). Sudden cessation of intrathecal baclofen may give rise to the potentially life-threatening baclofen withdrawal syndrome. We report three cases in which intravenous diazepam is used effectively in the management of planned...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cruikshank M,Eunson P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examined family stress and sibling reactions in families of children with 5p- (cri du chat) syndrome aged 1 to 18 years who were living at home. In Study 1, 99 parents reported on themselves and their child with 5p-, as well as on family demographics, social supports, and stress. The best predictor of fa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hodapp RM,Wijma CA,Masino LL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal selective voluntary motor control (SVMC) can be defined as the ability to perform isolated joint movement without using mass flexor/extensor patterns or undesired movement at other joints, such as mirroring. SVMC is an important determinant of function, yet a valid, reliable assessment tool is lacking. The Sele...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fowler EG,Staudt LA,Greenberg MB,Oppenheim WL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00