Benign hereditary chorea improved on stimulant therapy.

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：BACKGROUND:The sarcoglycan alpha gene, also known as the adhalin gene, is located on chromosome 17q21; mutations in this gene are associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. We describe two Turkish siblings with findings consistent with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. The evaluation excluded a dystr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Diniz G,Tosun Yildirim H,Akinci G,Hazan F,Ozturk A,Yararbas K,Tukun A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planning strategies to encourage students to pursue a career in pediatric neurology requires assessment of their attitudes and career choices. A structured 30-item questionnaire was designed to examine students' attitudes toward pediatric neurology. In the study, 161 final-year medical students (1999-2000), 20-26 year...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Jan MM,Fida NM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of intrapartum hypoxia-ischemia to neonatal encephalopathy in the larger preterm infant remains poorly defined. Such infants could become potential candidates for neuroprotective strategies. The objective of this study was to determine in preterm infants of gestation 31 to 36 weeks, with severe fetal ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Salhab WA,Perlman JM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the sensibility of the hand in children with a neonatal brachial plexus palsy (NBPP) involving the C5 and C6, and to correlate results with dexterity. METHODS:Fifty children with NBPP (30 after nerve surgery, mean age 9.8 years) and 25 healthy controls (mean age 9.6 years...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Buitenhuis SM,Pondaag W,Wolterbeek R,Malessy MJA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesions has mainly been associated with influenza A and B virus infection. Patients present with neurologic symptoms 1 to 3 days after a prodromal illness and recover completely within a few days. Magnetic resonance imaging typically shows reversible lesions with reduced di...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Abenhaim Halpern L,Agyeman P,Steinlin M,El-Koussy M,Grunt S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy results from ischemia of the retrobulbar aspect of the optic nerve. It presents as acute loss of vision without optic disc swelling. This is rare in children, with only seven cases reported to date. Neuroimaging is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of acute visual co...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Harrar DB,Solomon J,Shah AS,Vaughn J,Durbin AD,Rivkin MJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the successful use of electroconvulsive therapy in a 13-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus, a history of multiple shunt revisions, and a stable prepontine arachnoid cyst, who experienced profound catatonic deterioration. After initial shunt placement at age 20 months, the patient had followed norm...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wachtel LE,Baranano K,Reti IM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a patient with Devics neuromyelitis optica associated with primary Sjögrens syndrome. Her first attack was right-sided optic neuritis at age 10 years. Attacks involving both optic nerves and medulla spinalis were recorded during the ensuing years. The diagnosis of Sjögrens syndrome could not be ma...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Gökçay F,Celebisoy N,Gökçay A,Kabasakal Y,Oder G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated by immunohistochemistry the distribution of protective protein in human tissues. Immunoreactivity was observed in the cytoplasm, revealing a granular pattern and cell type specificity. The most intense staining was observed in the large neurons of brain, distal and collecting tubular cells of ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Sohma O,Mizuguchi M,Takashima S,Satake A,Itoh K,Sakuraba H,Suzuki Y,Oyanagi K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination is one of several useful tools for early identification of cerebral palsy; however, cut-off scores for cerebral palsy do not consistently distinguish infants with hemiplegia from those typically developing. We hypothesized that use of an asymmetry score, in add...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hay K,Nelin M,Carey H,Chorna O,Moore-Clingenpeel Ma Mas M,Maitre N,NCH Early Developmental Group.

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal latency between an encephalopathic event and the onset of infantile spasms cannot be determined in the majority of symptomatic cases (e.g. genetic conditions, cerebral malformations). However, we can measure this interval when a previously normal infant sustains brain injury followed by infantile spasms. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Guggenheim MA,Frost JD Jr,Hrachovy RA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of low-molecular-weight heparin offers multiple advantages over unfractionated heparins in pediatric patients with acute ischemic stroke. The safety and efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparin have been demonstrated in adults, but less is known about their use in children. This study reviews retrospectively t...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Burak CR,Bowen MD,Barron TF

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient nonketotic hyperglycinemia is characterized by clinical and biochemical findings similar to those seen in classic nonketotic hyperglycinemia. Abnormalities in amino acids are partially or completely resolved in a period ranging from days to months. Almost all patients with the classic form of nonketotic hype...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aliefendioğlu D,Tana Aslan Ay,Coşkun T,Dursun A,Cakmak FN,Kesimer M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of an 11-year-old girl with a prior history of epilepsy and multiple episodes of status epilepticus who presented with generalized convulsive status epilepticus and left hemiclonic seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging, including diffusion-weighted sequences and spectroscopy, and neuropat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Tsuchida TN,Barkovich AJ,Bollen AW,Hart AP,Ferriero DM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances are common among children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This study sought to evaluate the effects of individualizing wear times of the methylphenidate transdermal system on sleep parameters. In this open-label, randomized trial, 26 children with attention deficit hyp...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ashkenasi A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial examination of the cerebral hemispheres of 20 sudden infant death syndrome victims revealed high incidence of leukomalacia (40%), leptomeningeal glioneuronal heterotopias (70%) at the base of the cerebrum, and astrogliosis (65%) in the white matter and medulla reticular formation compared with 20 age-matched co...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Obonai T,Takashima S

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Three brothers, born to parents who were first cousins, were referred for progressive diffuse dystonia. Initial physical examinations revealed minor dysmorphic features, e.g., bifrontal narrowing, downslanting palpebral fissures, low-set ears, upturned nostrils, and microretrognathia, as well as neurodevelopmental del...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Yosunkaya E,Karaca E,Basaran S,Seven M,Yüksel A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A boy diagnosed as having glycogenosis type II at three years of age, underwent a sural nerve biopsy at the age of seven years. The distribution of the diameters of myelinated nerve fibers did not clearly demonstrate a bimodal pattern. However, larger fibers of 8 microns or more in diameter were more abundant. This fi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Origuchi Y,Itai Y,Matsumoto S,Matsuishi T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular abnormalities in neurofibromatosis type 1 may arise anywhere in the cardiovascular system, and cerebrovascular involvement is the predominant feature of moyamoya syndrome. Because neurofibromatosis type 1 is a neurocutaneous disorder and routine follow-up with cranial MRI is not standard practice in...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Duat-Rodríguez A,Carceller Lechón F,López Pino MÁ,Rodríguez Fernández C,González-Gutiérrez-Solana L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sixth nerve palsies in 75 children, all of whom had undergone modern neuroimaging, were reviewed. Neoplasms or their neurosurgical removal was the most common cause (n = 34 [45%]); elevated intracranial pressure (nontumor) (15%), traumatic (12%), congenital (11%), inflammatory (7%), miscellaneous (5%), a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lee MS,Galetta SL,Volpe NJ,Liu GT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of piracetam therapy, 76 children with breath-holding spells admitted to the Outpatient Clinic of Dicle University Medical Faculty Paediatrics Department and Bakirköy State Hospital, Paediatrics Department between 1988 and 1990 and 1991 and 1996, respectively, were included in this placebo-con...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Donma MM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify reflex profiles in the first year of life in connection with categories of neurologic abnormality, eight primitive reflexes (i.e., the palmar grasp reflex, the plantar grasp reflex, the Galant response, the asymmetric tonic neck reflex, the suprapubic extensor reflex, the crossed extensor reflex, the Rossol...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Zafeiriou DI,Tsikoulas IG,Kremenopoulos GM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients who manifested symptoms of the antiepileptic drug (AED) hypersensitivity syndrome during therapy with carbamazepine are reported. In 3 patients, the syndrome was exacerbated after conversion of therapy to another antiepileptic drug with an aromatic ring chemical structure. In vitro lymphocyte transformat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Alldredge BK,Knutsen AP,Ferriero D

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syncope is a common problem in children and adolescents. It is typically caused by benign neurally mediated hypotension, but other, more concerning, etiologies of syncope must be considered. In most instances, the underlying cause of syncope in the pediatric patient can be determined by obtaining a thorough history an...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Anderson JB,Willis M,Lancaster H,Leonard K,Thomas C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine cocaine exposure has been associated with multiple transient and permanent neurologic sequelae. Although dystonic reactions have been reported in cocaine users, infantile dystonia following intrauterine exposure has not. We describe 4 infants testing positive for cocaine metabolite at birth with subsequen...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Beltran RS,Coker SB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and describe the factors influencing ictal cardiac arrhythmias in children with epilepsy. A 2-year review within a pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit revealed 2066 electrographically confirmed seizures in 139 patients. Demographic, seizure, and cardiac variables wer...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Standridge SM,Holland KD,Horn PS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to predict long-term neurologic and neuropsychologic outcomes in 22 children, ages 1 week to 14 years at the time of traumatic brain injury, was investigated using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy acquired post injury and compared with standardized neurologic, intellectual, and neuropsychologic testi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Brenner T,Freier MC,Holshouser BA,Burley T,Ashwal S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic limb movements of sleep are clinically underdiagnosed in children. Polysomnography is the most accurate diagnostic test. There is a paucity of information regarding polysomnography findings in children. We evaluated the prevalence and correlates of pediatric periodic limb movements detected by polysomnography...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bokkala S,Napalinga K,Pinninti N,Carvalho KS,Valencia I,Legido A,Kothare SV

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00