Clinical considerations in cerebral palsy and spasticity.

abstract：:Managing severe epilepsy syndromes of early childhood is challenging as the seizures are typically resistant to treatment and may cause disabling mental and behavioral problems in later life. A comprehensive treatment plan includes pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, and surgical options. This article reviews clinical st...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wheless JW

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among diverse populations concerning the etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), frontal dysfunction remains strong. The influences of frontal systems on attention, particularly the elements of higher mental control postulated as prefrontal functions, are illustrated through presentation of a numb...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Benson DF

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Football injuries account for more concussions than any other sport in North America. A 1977 survey of high school football players in Minnesota found that 19% of players reported at least one concussion (characterized by loss of awareness) during a season. These results have not been confirmed in subsequent studies. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Langburt W,Cohen B,Akhthar N,O'Neill K,Lee JC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate etiology and prognostic significance of pontine tegmentum lesions accompanying a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis. METHOD:We retrospectively examined patients from 6 centers in Turkey who manifested encephalitis or myelitis associated with dorsal pontine lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bastemur M,Gocmen R,Parlak S,Yuksel D,Arslan EA,Okten AY,Iscan A,Ekici B,Anlar B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baló concentric sclerosis is a unique and rare phenomenon in demyelinating disease. Typically thought of as a subtype of multiple sclerosis, Baló concentric sclerosis is characterized pathologically by striking rings of demyelination alternating with areas of preserved myelination. Its exact prevalence in adult and es...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Linnoila J,Chitnis T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between overweight and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children was previously suggested. We examined the prevalence of overweight, anthropometric changes, and the effect of methylphenidate treatment in 275 children with ADHD without neurological comorbidities and in controls. Data we...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dubnov-Raz G,Perry A,Berger I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumarase deficiency is a very rare inborn error of metabolism caused by decreased activity of fumarate hydratase enzyme. We describe a fumarase-deficient infant who presented with encephalopathy, metabolic crisis, psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism. To our knowledge, this is the first...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Saini AG,Singhi P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo magnetic resonance techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy have been some of the most useful tools for evaluation of neurologic diseases. In subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, magnetic resonance spectroscopy can be an additional tool for evaluation of disease p...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kato Z,Asano T,Kondo N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basilar artery occlusion in children is rare. The clinical diagnosis of basilar artery occlusion is often difficult because the initial neurologic findings, most frequently hemiparesis, involuntary movements, or headache, are often transient and can suggest complicated migraine, seizures, or both. We have reviewed 37 ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Rosman NP,Adhami S,Mannheim GB,Katz NP,Klucznik RP,Muriello MA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberous sclerosis complex is a disease that affects many organs, including the central nervous system. Nervous system involvement in the form of hamartomas often results in seizures. In this study we wanted to determine the outcome of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex and determine whether interictal electroence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Husain AM,Foley CM,Legido A,Chandler DA,Miles DK,Grover WD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of topiramate in a large number of children with West syndrome. The authors performed a retrospective, questionnaire-based data collection in specialized epilepsy units in Germany. Patients with West syndrome and hypsarrhythmia could be included if ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korinthenberg R,Schreiner A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial medicine provides a metabolic perspective on the pathology of conditions linked with inadequate oxidative phosphorylation. Dysfunction in the mitochondrial machinery can result in improper energy production, leading to cellular injury or even apoptosis. Clinical presentations are often subtle, so clinici...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Thornton B,Cohen B,Copeland W,Maria BL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a 5-day-old newborn with rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata was investigated with multivoxel magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including chemical shift imaging maps, which disclosed a decrease in the choline peak and the choline signal intensity, respectively, in the right cerebral hemisphere. This is the s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sigirci A,Alkan A,Kutlu R,Gülcan H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who has been declared brain dead is considered to be both legally and clinically dead. However, we report 2 pediatric cases in which the patients demonstrated clinical signs of brain stem function that are not recognized or tested in current Canadian or US guidelines. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hansen G,Joffe AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological disorders, including neurodevelopmental disorders, have been identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the greatest threats to global public health. It is generally believed that these conditions are more prevalent in the developing than the developed world because of multiple known risk...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Idro R,Newton C,Kiguli S,Kakooza-Mwesige A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old boy presented with complaints of seizures since the age of 7 years. Seizure semiology was consistent with origin from the right temporal lobe. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a large right temporal and multiple small intracranial cavernomatous hemangiomas. The imaging findings and clinic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharma S,Sankhyan N,Gulati S,Kumar A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two siblings with familial encephalopathy, calcification of the basal ganglia, and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis, constituting the triad of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, are reported. This syndrome resembles congenital intrauterine infections, which must be meticulously excluded. Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is extrem...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Koul R,Chacko A,Joshi S,Sankhla D

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:There is increased necessity to focus research on school-aged athletes with sports-related concussion (SRC). This study assessed differences in symptom reporting and neurocognitive performance in youth athletes who sustained a sports-related concussion. A total of 1345 concussed and 3529 nonconcussed athletes (ages 8-...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Murdaugh DL,Ono KE,Morris SO,Burns TG

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-three (5%) of 1064 consecutively imaged children showed an arterial vascular pattern on magnetic resonance images, accounting for 12% of all abnormal studies. Signal abnormalities on T2-weighted scans persisted years after the clinical stroke occurrence. Ipsilateral atrophy of the pons or midbrain was found in 2...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Smith CD,Baumann RJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy is a reflex, age- and localization-related syndrome. We describe the clinical and electroencephalographic features, therapy, and outcome of 16 children/adolescents with this syndrome. The cohort included 2 sets of siblings and 7 patients with other first- or second-deg...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Politi-Elishkevich K,Kivity S,Shuper A,Levine H,Goldberg-Stern H

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with an initial diagnosis of Hunter syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis II) had a more severe phenotype than expected, which warranted further evaluation. The patient had severe infantile global neurodevelopmental delays, macrocephaly with a prominent forehead, coarse facial features with clear corneas, c...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Burruss DM,Wood TC,Espinoza L,Dwivedi A,Holden KR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquired alexia with agraphia syndrome is a conspicuous disorder of reading and writing in the absence of significant other language impairments that has mainly been recorded in adults. Pure cases are rare, with most patients displaying mild aphasic deficits. In children, acquired reading and writing disorders are...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Paquier PF,De Smet HJ,Mariën P,Poznanski N,Van Bogaert P

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levetiracetam, one of the newer-generation antiepilepsy drugs, is not currently approved for use in children. Given its favorable efficacy, pharmacokinetic, and, particularly, safety profile in adults, we felt that it may be a useful antiepilepsy drug for children with refractory epilepsy. We treated 39 patients (mean...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wheless JW,Ng YT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the data from 215 consecutively imaged children who were referred because of neurologic disease. We specifically looked for evidence of cerebral arterial infarction in the form of focal brain damage in an arterial vascular distribution. Twenty-eight showed an arterial infarction pattern. All the major cere...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Baumann RJ,Carr WA,Shuman RM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of modafinil in comparison with methylphenidate in treatment of pediatric attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has not been thoroughly investigated. This study compared the effect of modafinil versus methylphenidate on continuous attention task in children with ADHD, using the Test of Variables...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goez HR,Scott O,Nevo N,Bennett-Back O,Zelnik N

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Acute transverse myelitis is a clinical syndrome affecting the spinal cord, which is characterized by acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Approximately 20% of cases of acute transverse myelitis occur in children. This review summarizes the current published literature on acute transverse myelitis...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wolf VL,Lupo PJ,Lotze TE

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models have assisted in understanding the mechanisms of brain injury underlying cerebral palsy. Nevertheless, no such models replicate every aspect of the human disease. This review summarizes the classic and more recent studies of the neuropathology of human perinatal brain injury most commonly associated with...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Folkerth RD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child suffered from herpes simplex virus encephalitis at the age of 6 months; a late relapse occurred 8.5 years after the initial episode, the longest latency period reported. Radiologic and autopsy findings suggest local reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus as the cause of relapse. All cases of late relapse ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel R,Miron D,Yodko H,Lumelsky D,Habib A,Horovitz Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00