Evidence for altered basal ganglia and cortical functions in transient idiopathic dystonia.

abstract：:This is a case report of an otherwise healthy 2-year-old boy with a history of pica, associated with iron deficiency anemia. This boy was referred to our department for a neurologic evaluation because of an acute episode of sialorrhea, difficulty in speaking, dysphagia, and repeated swallowing movements. An uncertain ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mihailidou H,Galanakis E,Paspalaki P,Borgia P,Mantzouranis E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a divergent ependymal tumor of the posterior fossa (ependymoblastoma/anaplastic ependymoma) observed in an 8-year-old boy. The tumor showed the histological pattern typical of an ependymoblastoma (tubular-papillary fetaloid architecture with stratification of the tumor cells) next to areas in which findings ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ortiz J,Otero A,Bengoechea O,Gonçalves J,Sousa P,Figols J,Bullón A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot case-control study was done to collect data on whether susceptibility to newborn encephalopathy and neonatal seizures is influenced by the degree of maternal-fetal sharing of HLA antigens. Cases included 13 infants with moderate or severe newborn encephalopathy and seven infants with neonatal seizures but no o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Cowan LD,Hudson L,Bobele G,Chancellor I,Baker J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of anterior spinal artery syndrome can be made with high accuracy by thorough clinical examination in combination with typical magnetic resonance imaging findings. Sudden onset of tetra- or paraparesis and dissociated sensory loss with bladder dysfunction are the leading clinical signs. We discuss clinic...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ramelli GP,Wyttenbach R,von der Weid N,Ozdoba C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postinfectious encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis have clinical, immunologic, and neuroradiographic similarities. We studied HLA determinants in six white children consecutively diagnosed with postinfectious encephalomyelitis. Each of the children had HLA determinants which have been associated with multiple scl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Woody RC,Steele RW,Charlton RK,Smith V

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is an important cause of neuropsychological deficits. Little is known about brain diffusivity in these infants following cooling and its potential in predicting outcome. Diffusion tensor imaging was applied to 3 groups: (1) three infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: cooled; (2)...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Artzi M,Sira LB,Bassan H,Gross-Tsur V,Berger I,Marom R,Leitner Y,Bental Y,Shiff Y,Geva R,Weinstein M,Bashat DB

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 15-month-old critically ill child with stimulus-induced diffuse voltage attenuation, a previously unreported electroencephalogram pattern. No clinical evidence of seizure activity was associated with these EEG changes. The patient went on to have a full recovery. This case suggests that critica...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Losey TE,Ng YT

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses represent a group of disorders characterized by neurodegeneration and intracellular accumulation of an auto-fluorescent lipopigment (ceroid lipofuscin). Together, they represent the most prevalent class of childhood neurodegenerative disease. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses encomp...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mink JW,Augustine EF,Adams HR,Marshall FJ,Kwon JM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromotor function was assessed in 94 children of normal intelligence with Tourette syndrome, Tourette syndrome and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or ADHD only, using the Physical and Neurological Examination of Subtle Signs (PANESS). Time to complete six motor movements was analyzed separately by s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Schuerholz LJ,Cutting L,Mazzocco MM,Singer HS,Denckla MB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 45-day-old boy with a congenital intramedullary tumor with clinical manifestations since birth. Neurologic examination disclosed severe bilateral lower-limb hypotonia and diplegia, with exacerbated deep tendon reflexes and clonus associated with severe pain at manipulation. Further evaluation o...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nunes ML,Coutinho LM,Janisch C,Ehlers JA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the medical records of very low-birth-weight infants admitted from 1998 to 2007 and compared neurodevelopmental outcomes with their previously reported data from 1989 to 1997. The recent group included 824 infants, and the previous group included 471 infants. Neurodevelopmental outcomes were class...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jang DH,Sung IY,Jeon JY,Moon HJ,Kim KS,Kim EA,Lee BS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute focal neurologic deficits are a rare but known presentation of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, particularly in females. We describe here a 6-year-old girl with newly diagnosed ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency who presents with an episode of acute cortical blindness lasting for 72 hours in the absence...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Prasun P,Altinok D,Misra VK

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia results from platelet-antigen incompatibility between mother and fetus, leading to antibody-mediated destruction of fetal platelets. With a prevalence of 1 in 1000 births, approximately 4000 infants born in the United States each year develop neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. T...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sharif U,Kuban K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to decrease practice variation in treatment of neonatal status epilepticus by implementing a standardized protocol. Our primary goal was to achieve 80% adherence to the algorithm within 12 months. Secondary outcome measures included serum phenobarbital concentrations, number of patients progressing from seizu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Harris ML,Malloy KM,Lawson SN,Rose RS,Buss WF,Mietzsch U

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of pediatric Sjögren's syndrome with progressive neurologic involvement. At age 4 years, she had been diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. After being stable with facial diplegia and swelling for 5 years, she acutely presented with diplopia, vertigo, and ataxia. Cranial magnetic resonance i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gottfried JA,Finkel TH,Hunter JV,Carpentieri DF,Finkel RS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To contribute to characterize electroencephalographic (EEG) activity in pediatric anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate (anti-NMDA) receptor encephalitis, we reviewed electroclinical data of 5 children with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis diagnosed in our department. We identified 4 longitudinal electroencephalographic phases: in...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nosadini M,Boniver C,Zuliani L,de Palma L,Cainelli E,Battistella PA,Toldo I,Suppiej A,Sartori S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further delineate the clinical and developmental features of Angelman syndrome, we collected data through three sources of information: (1) physical examinations; (2) laboratory data and family questionnaire data of affected individuals; and (3) literature review. The questionnaire data describes a generally normal...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zori RT,Hendrickson J,Woolven S,Whidden EM,Gray B,Williams CA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia is a rare episodic movement disorder that can be isolated or associated with benign infantile seizures as part of choreoathetosis syndrome. Mutations in the PRRT2 gene have been recently identified as a cause of paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia and infantile convulsion and choreoathe...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zhang LM,An Y,Pan G,Ding YF,Zhou YF,Yao YH,Wu BL,Zhou SZ

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Brain tissue from three patients with a clinical diagnosis of Reye syndrome was compared with tissue from three control patients. All Reye syndrome patients demonstrated cytotoxic cerebral edema, with swelling of astrocyte foot processes, which was not seen in controls. Myelin sheath splitting was seen both in control...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Blisard KS,Davis LE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of pathologically confirmed Alexander's disease in which serial cranial ultrasound studies demonstrated unique findings of enlarging subependymal cysts with evolving periventricular hyperechogenicity. Computed tomographic scan of the head showed low attenuation of the periventricular white matter an...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hess DC,Fischer AQ,Yaghmai F,Figueroa R,Akamatsu Y

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic "benign" intracranial hypertension is an uncommon but important cause of headache that can lead to visual loss. This study was undertaken to review our experience in the diagnosis and management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, giving special attention to treatments used. A retrospective chart revie...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Salman MS,Kirkham FJ,MacGregor DL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if parents can successfully teach their children with autism spectrum disorders to become better sleepers, we piloted small group parent education workshops focused on behavioral sleep strategies. Workshops consisted of three 2-hour sessions conducted over consecutive weeks by 2 physicians. Curricula incl...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Reed HE,McGrew SG,Artibee K,Surdkya K,Goldman SE,Frank K,Wang L,Malow BA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary excretion of acetylcarnitine was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in two experimental groups of valproate-treated rats. In the urine of mature rats weighing 180 to 200 g treated with valproate (500 mg/kg/day), acetylcarnitine levels were higher than those in controls on days 4 and 7, while L-...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

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

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is an inherited disorder of lipid metabolism caused by mutations in the ALDH3A2 gene that codes for fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase, which results in accumulation of fatty aldehydes and alcohols and is characterized by ichthyosis, intellectual disability, and spastic diplegia/quadriplegia. The au...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Davis K,Holden KR,S'Aulis D,Amador C,Matheus MG,Rizzo WB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary spinal atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor is extremely rare. The authors present a case of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor occurring in a 4-year-old girl. Magnetic resonance imaging The authors showed an intramedullary mass extending from the bulbomedullary junction to T1 with leptomeningeal dissemination. The ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tinsa F,Jallouli M,Douira W,Boubaker A,Kchir N,Hassine DB,Boussetta K,Bousnina S

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:We explored child neurologists' attitudes toward taking on the role of health care surrogate for terminally ill children. Physician members of the Child Neurology Society were sent a 16-question survey via email. Of the assumed 1050 recipients, 116 (11%) answered the questionnaire. Most individuals who have been in pr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weisleder P,Perkins E,McLaughlin A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister presented with psychomotor retardation during the 1st year of life. This was followed by spasticity, seizures, and in the older patient, progressive loss of faculties and death. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans demonstrated progressive cerebral atro...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： de León GA,Crawford SE,Stack C,Darling CF,Johnson GS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00