Cerebrospinal fluid neuron-specific enolase following seizures in children: role of etiology.

abstract：:Rett Syndrome is known to occur in females, around the second year, with loss of hand use, onset of stereotypes and acquired microcephaly. Such regression is often very rapid, but this has never been documented. In one of our patients, photographs taken at different times clearly demonstrate the rapid progression of f...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fiumara A,Barone R,D'Asero G,Marzullo E,Pavone L

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical label attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggests that this syndrome is a disorder of attention. However, the presumed attentional deficits have not been linked either to specific cognitive operations or to specific neural systems. To provide this link, theories of the cognitive anatomy of at...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Swanson JM,Posner M,Potkin S,Bonforte S,Youpa D,Fiore C,Cantwell D,Crinella F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two boys, aged 7 and 12 years, with nondominant (right) hemispheric acquired vascular lesions and left visual-field disturbances had right spatial constructional disabilities, contralateral to that which would be expected. These unusual disturbances may represent the previously unreported phenomena of ipsilateral negl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lewis DW,Geller T

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Spinal muscular atrophy type 0 is a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy that is usually fatal in the first months of life. These children present with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and respiratory compromise. We describe a child with spinal muscular atrophy and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita who has had a ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Falsaperla R,Romeo G,Di Giorgio A,Pavone P,Parano E,Connolly AM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial tumors are the most common solid tumors in children. The infratentorial compartment will be the primary site for 60% to 70% of these tumors, including astrocytomas, medulloblastomas, and ependymomas. Several technological advancements have increased our knowledge of the cell biology of pediatric brain tum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nejat F,El Khashab M,Rutka JT

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal zinc metabolism in a 6-year-old male patient with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (acquired aphasia and convulsive disorder) is the subject of our report. We describe a significant decrease of erythrocyte and plasma zinc levels in the patient as compared with normal. Red blood cell zinc content is normally 38.5 +/- ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lerman-Sagie T,Statter M,Lerman P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The few cases of antiphospholipid syndrome that have been reported in neonates are believed to have resulted from a transplacental transfer of antiphospholipid antibodies. Here we report on a boy with a neonatal stroke revealing a de novo primary antiphospholipid, the mother being free of antiphospholipid antibodies. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Merlin E,Doré E,Chabrier S,Biard M,Marques-Verdier A,Stéphan JL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and tolerability of adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in pediatric patients (aged 4-17 years) with refractory focal seizures. METHODS:Pooled safety data from patients aged 4-17 years in Study 208 (NCT01527513) and Study 305 (NCT00988156) were analyzed. Both were randomized, doub...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mintz M,Pina-Garza JE,Wolf SM,McGoldrick PE,Józwiak S,Grinnell T,Cantu D,Costa R,Moreira J,Li Y,Blum D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia is a rare hindbrain malformation syndrome with a hypoplastic pons, a tissue protrusion into the fourth ventricle, and cranial nerve dysfunction. We here report clinical, imaging, and genetic findings of the first extremely low-birth-weight preterm infant with pontine tegmental cap dyspl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Picker-Minh S,Hartenstein S,Proquitté H,Fröhler S,Raile V,Kraemer N,Apeshiotis S,Leipoldt M,Kalache KD,Morris-Rosendahl D,Boltshauser E,Chen W,Kaindl AM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a neonate with sectional narrowing of the spinal cord on the level of T12 to L2 and a deformed vertebral body on a different level, L4. In previously described cases of sectional spinal dysgenesis, the vertebral and spinal cord malformations are usually found on the same level. Our case may represe...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weber A,Maier RF,Felderhoff-Mueser U,Lehmann R,Stöver B,Obladen M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth failure is nearly universal in spinal muscular atrophy type 1 and common in type 2, although acuity is often underappreciated at initial diagnosis. We reviewed 44 consecutive spinal muscular atrophy patients (28 type 1, 16 type 2) under 3 years at initial presentation. Growth failure was conventionally defined:...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sproule DM,Hasnain R,Koenigsberger D,Montgomery M,De Vivo DC,Kaufmann P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past, present, and future research activities in Rett syndrome are described. Studies to this point have failed to define a biologic or chemical marker. It is hoped that heightened activity in this unique syndrome will provide guidance for the diagnosis of this disorder, and with it, better understanding. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Percy AK

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sphenoid sinus is often referred to as the "neglected sinus." Isolated sphenoid sinusitis is a rare disease with potentially devastating complications. It occurs at an incidence of about 2.7% of all sinus infections. Although headache is the most common presenting symptom, there is no typical headache pattern. Thr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ng YT,Butler IJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the selective posterior rhizotomy procedure for reduction of spasticity in cerebral palsy is presented. The history of the procedure, selection of patients, operative technique, and results are described. The neurophysiologic basis for spasticity is considered, as well as the role of spasticity in the comp...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Peacock WJ,Staudt LA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired toxoplasmosis, although relatively common in children, is usually asymptomatic but can also be clinically manifested by a benign and self-limited infectious mononucleosis-like syndrome. Neurological complications are very rare in immunocompetent children. The authors report a 5-year-old boy who presented with...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Galli-Tsinopoulou A,Kyrgios I,Giannopoulou EZ,Gourgoulia S,Maggana I,Katechaki E,Chatzidimitriou D,Evangeliou AE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implantation has altered the life-course of thousands of children who have significant hearing loss. Since the United States Food and Drug Administration approved multichannel cochlear implants for children in 1989, growing numbers of parents are choosing this option for their offspring and seeking opportunit...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Teagle HF

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the results of a study on the relationship between cord blood levels of erythropoietin and periventricular leukomalacia. Cord blood was obtained from 19 infants with gestational age between 27 and 32 weeks. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia was seen in 4 of them. Erythropoietin levels were not d...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kidokoro H,Kato T,Kubota T,Hayakawa F,Kuno K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is a recently recognized autoimmune neurologic disorder that presents with severe neuropsychiatric symptoms in previously healthy children. A 4-year-old Lebanese girl presented with new-onset behavioral changes, orofacial dyskinesias, fluctuation in consciousness,...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Safadieh L,Dabbagh O

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural tube defects are common birth defects, the frequency of which appears to be reduced by maternal supplementation and/or fortification of folic acid. Latin Americans have a high incidence of neural tube defects. We surveyed the dietary intake of Honduran women of childbearing age using a 24-hour dietary recall qu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Holden KR,Collins JS,Greene JF,Hinkle S,Nave AF,Portillo JM,Page GP,Stevenson RE,Honduran Neural Tube Defect Project Team.

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freely available software, derived from the past 2 decades of neuroimaging research, is significantly more flexible for research purposes than presently available clinical tools. Here, we describe and demonstrate the utility of rapidly deployable analysis software to facilitate trainee-driven translational neuroimagin...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cohen A,Kenney-Jung D,Botha H,Tillema JM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with isolated congenital anosmia, a rare syndrome of deficient restricted neuronal migration, are presented with early diagnosis confirmed by standardized smell testing and detailed neuroimaging studies. Recognition of this disorder and its spectrum of presentations provides important insights into the mo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Assouline S,Shevell MI,Zatorre RJ,Jones-Gotman M,Schloss MD,Oudjhane K

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baby Doe rules, a set of federal regulations on the treatment of extremely ill infants, went into effect in 1985. Some scholars have argued that these rules are inappropriate given that they fail to pay attention to the patient's suffering. Instead, researchers suggest that, when dealing with a severely impaired i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weisleder P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children presented in the first months of life with progressive megalencephaly and leukodystrophy characterized by diffuse swelling of the white matter, cystic cavitations in frontal and temporal lobes, and a slow progressive course contrasting with the intensity of the leukodystrophic process. Four had epilepsy....

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goutières F,Boulloche J,Bourgeois M,Aicardi J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with autistic spectrum disorder are known to have histopathological abnormalities in the cerebellum. Diffusion tensor imaging has been utilized to study abnormalities in connectivity and microintegrity in brains of such children. A region of interest approach was adopted to study cerebellar outflow and inflow...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sivaswamy L,Kumar A,Rajan D,Behen M,Muzik O,Chugani D,Chugani H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recruited 128 neonates with hyperbilirubinemia over a 5-year period (1995-2000) to study the short- and long-term effects of hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia on the auditory brainstem pathway and neurodevelopmental status. These children were divided into two groups: (1) a hemolytic group (n = 29; ABO incompatibility [...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chen WX,Wong VC,Wong KY

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study was planned to study the blood ammonia levels in epileptic children on 2 dose ranges of valproic acid monotherapy. A total of 60 epileptic children aged 3 months to 12 years, that were on valproic acid monotherapy for at least 3 months, were enrolled and divided into 2 groups, a low-dose gro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Gulati S,Kabra M,Kalra V,Vasisht S,Gupta YK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies have different phenotypes. We report 2 cousins with differing clinical courses of a hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy. The progressive disease in case 1 is dominated by loss of sensation, autonomic crises, and pain. Case 2 shows loss of sensation, mental retardat...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koy A,Freynhagen R,Mayatepek E,Tibussek D

更新日期：2012-02-01 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 clinical picture, family history, laboratory data, treatment modalities, and outcome in 27 juvenile myasthenics seen over a 25-year period are presented. Onset was after 10 years of age in the majority of patients. Half presented with ocular signs, the other half with generalized-onset myasthenia. Half of those wi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Afifi AK,Bell WE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00