Infant botulism. The first culture-confirmed Danish case.

abstract：:Micro syndrome is a rare condition in which congenital cataracts, microphthalmia, and facial dysmorphism are associated with severe neurological disorders, namely: microcephaly and psychomotor retardation. We report on polymicrogyria and motor neuropathy in a patient with Micro syndrome. These findings provide new ins...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Nassogne MC,Henrot B,Saint-Martin C,Kadhim H,Dobyns WB,Sébire G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of malnutrition on conduction in peripheral and central somatosensory pathways in humans, as measured by short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) have not been previously reported. A group of 28 children with kwashiorkor were compared to a control group of 35 children, aged 6-36 months. The mal...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Bartel PR,Conradie JM,Robinson E,Prinsloo JG,Becker P

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence of sudden death in Rett syndrome is greater than that of the general population and cardiac electrical instability is a prime suspect cause. Our study shows that girls with Rett syndrome had significantly lower heart rate variability (marker of autonomic disarray) and longer corrected QT intervals compared w...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Guideri F,Acampa M,Hayek G,Zappella M,Di Perri T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report at adult age 7 patients (6 men, one woman) with the syndrome of "acquired aphasia-epilepsy", 6 of which had been previously studied as children. The results of the language, neuropsychological and socio-educational evaluation detailed many years after the onset of the aphasia are the subject of this...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Deonna T,Peter C,Ziegler AL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the complication of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in four patients with lower brainstem dysfunction. These patients suffered from perinatal asphyxia, cerebellar hemorrhage, or congenital dysphagia of unknown origin and showed facial nerve palsy, inspiratory stridor due to vocal cord paralysis, central sle...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Saito Y,Kawashima Y,Kondo A,Chikumaru Y,Matsui A,Nagata I,Ohno K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:To collect data on both the natural history of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) in children and their response to treatment. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective multicentre study, using standardised criteria for the evaluation of hospital records and semi-quantitative scorin...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Korinthenberg R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A forme fruste Rett variant female with partially preserved speech remnants is described. She was first seen by the author at an age of 4 years. She then presented with an unspecific syndrome of moderate mental retardation. At follow-up when aged 32 she had successively through the years developed a number of Rett cha...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hagberg B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell depletion with the anti-CD20-antibody rituximab is widely considered treatment of choice for long-term immunotherapy in aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-antibody positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). However, up to 30% of patients suffer from relapses despite complete B cell depletion. In these cases, the ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Breu M,Glatter S,Höftberger R,Freilinger M,Kircher K,Kasprian G,Seidl R,Kornek B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birth asphyxia is a major concern in neonatal care. Epileptic seizures are associated with subsequent neurodevelopmental deficits. Eighty-five percent of these seizures remain subclinical and therefore an on-line monitoring device is needed. In an earlier study we showed that the synchronization likelihood was able to...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Smit LS,Vermeulen RJ,Fetter WP,Strijers RL,Stam CJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study comprises the neuroradiological examination (computertomography++, magnetic resonance imaging) of 26 children--9 of them were premature, 16 were full-term and in one patient, no details of the pregnancy were known--all suffering from: a) visual disturbance, not caused by ocular disease or afflictions...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： van Nieuwenhuizen O,Willemse J

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:24 healthy full-term newborns underwent polygraphic recordings of EEG, EMG, EOG, ECG, abdominal and thoracic respiration during day-time-sleep. Transient EEG patterns (rhythmic alpha and beta activity, spikes/sharp waves and frontal sharp transients) were visually evaluated and quantified. Rhythmic alpha activity is n...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Statz A,Dumermuth G,Mieth D,Duc G

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations of extreme unilateral widening of Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS) are rare and hitherto confined to adult, mainly old-aged patients. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in two unrelated boys aged 3 years with developmental coordination disorders. In one of these patients, follow-up MRI and diffusion...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Brockmann K,Gröschel S,Dreha-Kulaczewski S,Reinhardt K,Gärtner J,Dechent P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family composed of parents and four children is reported. Two brothers presented from early infancy with hypotonia and non-progressive weakness. Muscle biopsy in both revealed numerous typical nemaline rods. The father, suffering from backache, had a slow MNCV of both common peroneal nerves. His muscle revealed vari...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Shapira YA,Yarom R,Blank A

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of periventricular ischemia without hemorrhage in premature infants are described in which positive rolandic sharp waves (PRSW) were predominant in the electroencephalogram (EEG). These findings suggest the relationship of PRSW to periventricular ischemia rather than to intraventricular hemorrhage, per se, ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Marret S,Parain D,Samson-Dollfus D,Jeannot E,Fessard C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep is known to improve the yield of EEG recording in children but is often difficult to obtain. In order to evaluate the efficacy and to test the practicability of oral melatonin in obtaining sleep for EEG recording, we studied its use in 70 children. RESULTS:Sleep was obtained in 56 children (80%) with ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Eisermann M,Kaminska A,Berdougo B,Brunet ML

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A placebo or methylprednisolone (45-60 mg/M2) was administered in a crossover study as a single morning dose on alternate days to fourteen patients who had a familial progressive polyneuropathy that either began or was maximum in the distribution of the peroneal nerves. Neither the patients nor the examining physician...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Prensky AL,Dodson WE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulant-associated growth deficits in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have long been a concern. We chose 146 school age children diagnosed with ADHD being treated with methylphenidate (MPH) and 29 drug-free ADHD children, and followed them up for 2-4 years. We recorded the changes in he...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Zhang H,Du M,Zhuang S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five patients with microcephaly (head circumference < -2SD) were identified. The 55 patients were divided into two groups, consisting of group 1 (34 cases) in which genetic causes were considered primary, and group 2 (21 cases) in which intrauterine and/or postnatal acquired factors were thought to be responsibl...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

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

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of ACTH on plastic synapses in the hippocampal gyrus of the developing mouse brain. Examination of ethanolic phosphotungustic acid stained synaptic junctions revealed no obvious differences between the ACTH-treated brains and controls qualitatively and quantitatively. Therefore, ACTH may not adve...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Tateno A,Koya N,Aoki T,Nasu F

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type III (Sanfilippo syndrome) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterised by progressive nervous system involvement with mental retardation, behavioural problems and seizures. Three patients, of 20 months to 12 years of age, were followed up for 3 years both clinically and by using brain ma...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Barone R,Nigro F,Triulzi F,Musumeci S,Fiumara A,Pavone L

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in two brothers two years after measles infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by compatible data from medical history, occurrence of autochthonic measles virus (MV) IgG production in the central nervous system (CNS), and pathognomonic EEG changes....

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Vieker S,Schmitt JJ,Behrens C,Weissbrich B,Hartmann H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and some laboratory details of three children who had severe neurological sequelae after either infection with Bordetella pertussis or immunisation with diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine and oral polio vaccine are reported. Each of these patients had had a recent or concurrent viral illness. The s...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cavanagh NP,Brett EM,Marshall WC,Wilson J

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim For children with medical complexity, interdisciplinary treatment approaches are required to address the various aspects defined within the biopsychosocial model. Methods The present study identifies dimensions of the biopsychosocial model to generate a standardized visualized severity score for chronic neurologic...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Krieg SM,Sonanini S,Sollmann N,Focke A,Gerstl L,Heinen F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to correlate hypoxic-ischemic white matter damage on neonatal MRI with MRI appearance and neurological outcome at the age of 1 1/2 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A sequential cohort of infants with periventricular densities on neonatal ultrasound was studied with neonatal MRI. Images of ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Sie LT,Hart AA,van Hof J,de Groot L,Lems W,Lafeber HN,Valk J,van der Knaap MS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was aimed to assess the accurate incidence of renal stones in severely disabled children treated with topiramate (TPM). METHOD:We reviewed the medical records of severely disabled children with epilepsy under 15 years old who underwent radiological examinations to investigate urinary stones. The stu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ishikawa N,Tani H,Kobayashi Y,Kato A,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with biotinidase deficiency presented with seizures at 2 months of age. The first child had a fluctuating course with continual developmental progress and cessation of seizures despite symptoms of chronic neurologic dysfunction until he was diagnosed at 17 months. The second child had a progressive course...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Bousounis DP,Camfield PR,Wolf B

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare genetic disorder, which is caused by partial deletion of the short arm of one chromosome 4. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings are lacking. We report on brain findings in 10 children with WHS. We evaluated the MR imaging films of 10 subjects affected by WHS, which h...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Righini A,Ciosci R,Selicorni A,Bianchini E,Parazzini C,Zollino M,Lodi M,Triulzi F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to evaluate the drawings effectiveness in childhood headache assessment. BACKGROUND:Headache is a common cause of pain in children. Although drawings have been used in childhood to recognize psychological insights and pain perception, they were rarely used for headache characterization. MET...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mazzotta S,Pavlidis E,Cordori C,Spagnoli C,Pini LA,Pisani F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ketogenic diets (KDs) are used to treat epilepsies resistant to pharmacotherapy or some inborn errors of metabolism. For prolonged anesthesia, use of balanced electrolyte solutions (BESs) supplemented with 0.5% glucose has been advocated to maintain ketosis while preventing hypoglycemia. Unfortunately, there is...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Heiderich S,Dennhardt N,Hartmann H,Kluger GJ,Sümpelmann R,Herberhold T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial spinal neurofibromatosis (FSNF) is a rare localized subtype of NF1 which shows neurological symptomatology during adult life. Only a few families have been reported to date. We describe a family in which three members in two generations, mother, son and daughter, were affected. The patients, aged 48, 22 and 1...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Pascual-Castroviejo I,Pascual-Pascual SI,Velazquez-Fragua R,Botella P,Viaño J

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00