Immunohistochemical expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha in neonatal leukomalacia.

abstract：:Potassium channel subunits encoded by several genes of the KCNQ family underlie the M-current. Specifically, KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 play a major role at most neuronal sites. Mutations in KCNQ2 or KCNQ3 that reduce the M-current are responsible for benign familial neonatal seizures, a rare autosomal dominant idiopathic epilep...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Goldberg-Stern H,Kaufmann R,Kivity S,Afawi Z,Heron SE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many investigators have identified localized cortical involvement in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) by clinical and electrophysiologic criteria. Some investigators have reported such abnormalities in the posterior cerebrum early in the course of the disease, but without radiologic correlation. Recently, ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Geller TJ,Vern BA,Sarwar M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous brain metastases are uncommon in childhood. Three patients and a literature review that includes centers reporting up to 36 years of experience are presented in this study. The total of 2,040 patients includes our three examples of one neuroblastoma, one hepatoblastoma, and one adrenal carcinoma. Cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Curless RG,Toledano SR,Ragheb J,Cleveland WW,Falcone S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical status epilepticus during sleep syndrome and its variants are age-dependent epileptic encephalopathies associated with a sleep-related electroencephalographic pattern of continuous spike-waves, combined with motor or cognitive impairment. These epileptic encephalopathies are usually not responsive to conven...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bahi-Buisson N,Savini R,Eisermann M,Bulteau C,Dulac O,Hertz-Pannier L,Chiron C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. Uniform diagnostic criteria for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis did not exist until publication of expert-defined consensus definitions by the International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Society Group in 2007, with upda...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Cole J,Evans E,Mwangi M,Mar S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most effective method for the screening and monitoring of optic pathway gliomas in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 remains a dilemma. Children less than 6 years of age are the group at highest risk for the development of optic pathway gliomas. Although an annual ophthalmologic examination currently is recom...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ng YT,North KN

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings, a 27-year-old man and his 24-year-old sister were diagnosed with classic transferase deficiency galactosemia at birth and were treated with strict lactose restriction. Despite well-documented dietary management, both siblings are mentally retarded and manifest a progressive neurologic condition character...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Koch TK,Schmidt KA,Wagstaff JE,Ng WG,Packman S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of purine metabolism resulting from mutations in the ADSL gene on chromosome subband 22q13.1 and associated with a wide range of clinical manifestations. Although there is currently no effective treatment of ADSL deficiency, recognition of the condit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lundy CT,Jungbluth H,Pohl KR,Siddiqui A,Marinaki AM,Mundy H,Champion MP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dandy-Walker cyst associated with occipital meningocele is very rare. Only 12 patients have been reported. We report a female infant with Dandy-Walker cyst and occipital meningocele whose diagnosis was suspected antenatally by in utero ultrasonography. At birth, head circumference was normal for 37 weeks gestation. Sh...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Suzuki Y,Mimaki T,Tagawa T,Seino Y,Ohmichi M,Sugita N,Morimoto K,Yoshimine T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 5-year survival profile of 42 children and adolescents between 1 to 21 years of age in an immobile minimally conscious state, chronically dependent on supportive ventilation. Data were collected from a 22-bed pediatric unit dedicated to this unique population, within a 350-bed geriatric hospital, between ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gale R,Namestnic J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal teratomas are extremely rare; they constitute <0.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These rare tumors have nonspecific manifestations but in most cases are accompanied by neurological deficits. Rupture of a mature teratoma can cause chemical meningitis. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:A 7-year-old boy presented wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mpayo LL,Liu XH,Xu M,Wang K,Wang J,Yang L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant therapy is usually contraindicated in patients with movement disorders such as tics or chorea. A young boy is reported who had benign hereditary chorea and attention deficit disorder, whose chorea, handwriting, and independent ambulation paradoxically improved with methylphenidate treatment. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Friederich RL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A syndrome of rigidity, bradykinesia, spasticity, and often myoclonus and dementia developed acutely in 5 patients who had undergone successful engraftment of bone marrow transplants for the treatment of various hematologic diseases. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated widespread changes in white matter; brain bio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lockman LA,Sung JH,Krivit W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychogenic seizures or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures occur in various mental disorders. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms can also imitate epileptic partial seizures, but detailed observations of this phenomenon are rare in the literature. A girl of 13 years was referred to the Department of Child Psychiatry because ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wolańczyk T,Bryńska A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complications of 50 Chinese children with neurofibromatosis-1 were found to be different from other ethnic groups. There was a predominance of scoliosis, speech problems, and blood malignancies, but brain tumors were rare. The majority had good prognosis. Clinical manifestations depend on the age of ascertainment ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wong VC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the cerebellum in unfavorable outcomes of extreme prematurity is increasingly recognized. Evidence implicates both cerebellar injury and cerebellar growth failure, which, along with supratentorial lesions, aggravate motor and developmental outcomes. We describe clinical and neuroradiologic findings ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Ververi A,Anastasiou A,Soubasi V,Vargiami E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although valproic acid (VPA) is used to treat infantile spasms, VPA's efficacy in infantile spasms has not been determined in a controlled study. This study evaluated the effect of VPA on infantile spasms in patients who had not responded to adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and corticosteroid therapy. The hypotheses were te...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dyken PR,DuRant RH,Minden DB,King DW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the prevalence of vision problems in a cohort of low birth weight infants at age 2 years and the relationship of these problems to neonatal brain injury. Data on prenatal and neonatal history and brain injury status were prospectively collected on 721 children weighing 500-2,000 gm at birth enrolled in a mul...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pinto-Martin JA,Dobson V,Cnaan A,Zhao H,Paneth NS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic injury to the brain from seizure activity is associated with decreased language skills in pediatric patients, as measured on neuropsychological tests for language function and academic achievement. This makes the study of language in patients with epilepsy clinically necessary. Functional magnetic resonance im...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Chou N,Serafini S,Muh CR

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence and contribution of intracranial and extracranial arterial stenosis to stroke risk were assessed prospectively in children and young adults with sickle cell disease. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, children and young adults (mean = 19.4 years) with sickle cell disease underwent neurologica...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Schlotman AA,Donahue MJ,Kassim AA,Lee CA,Waddle SL,Pruthi S,Davis LT,Rodeghier M,DeBaun MR,Jordan LC

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of an article that has already been published, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.07.002. The duplicate article has therefore been removed. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Removal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Disabella MT

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypotonia with favorable outcome is characterized by an early neonatal onset and a benign clinical course. The old term, proposed by Walton, was benign congenital hypotonia, denoting the presence of muscle weakness and hypotonia, with the exception of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. It has been clear that this te...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Carboni P,Pisani F,Crescenzi A,Villani C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefepime toxicity is characterized by altered mental status, confusion, and decreased responsiveness. We describe a 14-year-old girl who developed acute encephalopathy associated with supratherapeutic cefepime concentrations in the setting of acute renal failure. The authors were unable to identify any previous report...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Landgrave LC,Lock JL,Whitmore JM,Belcher CE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought a simple and accurate method to monitor neonatal hydrocephalic infants using standard computed tomographic scans. Volume measurements were made by means of pixel counting using a personal computer and a drawing device, as a graphic tablet system, over computed tomographic scans of six infants with neonatal h...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Morimoto K,Nishikuni K,Hirano S,Takemoto O,Futagi Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloxazolam has been used mainly as an anxiolytic agent. The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of cloxazolam as an add-on antiepileptic drug in patients with intractable epilepsy. A total of 32 patients with intractable epilepsy were treated with cloxazolam: 13 with generalized epilepsy, 15 with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kimura N,Fujii T,Miyajima T,Kumada T,Mikuni T,Ito M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is a serious chronic brain disorder of childhood. We performed a cross-sectional prevalence study, determined the prevalence of childhood epilepsy, and identified the significance of certain risk factors for epilepsy among 1625 primary-school students aged 6-14 years, living in the center of Kars province. A ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Huseyinoglu N,Ozben S,Arhan E,Palanci Y,Gunes N

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant improvement in mortality rate, survivors of neonatal bacterial meningitis experience a significant incidence of neurodevelopmental sequelae. Neuropathologic studies have demonstrated vasculitis, arachnoiditis, and ventriculitis with secondary edema and encephalomalacia. Areas of cerebral infarction...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ment LR,Ehrenkranz RA,Duncan CC

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal nevus syndrome is a neurocutaneous disorder characterized by the association of epidermal nevi with central nervous system or skeletal abnormalities. Central nervous system abnormalities include hemimegalencephaly, hydrocephalus, various migration disorders, intraspinal lipomas, and enlarged spinal roots. Ra...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kara B,Inan N,Bayramgürler D,Altintaş O,Akbulut A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalopathy has been demonstrated to be associated with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. In this study, the data on all patients less than 14 years of age hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis over the past 4 years was reviewed. Patients who had concomitant diagnoses consistent with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sweetman LL,Ng YT,Butler IJ,Bodensteiner JB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although brainstem immaturity has been postulated as one of the pathogenesis underlying cyanosis during feeding (CDF), there has been no widely accepted physiologic parameter that reflects brainstem function. We recently proposed that the dissociation index (DI), one of the phasic sleep parameters, is a reliable and q...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kohyama J,Watanabe S,Iwakawa Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00