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-controlled trial. Diagnosis of breath-holding spells was made for all cases by medical history, pediatric physical examination, electroencephalogram, and laboratory findings. Placebo or piracetam as suspension was administered to patients on a randomized basis; piracetam was administered to children in suspension 40 mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses for a period of 2 months. Of the 76 children enrolled, 39 received piracetam and 37 received placebo. Overall, control of breath-holding spells was observed in 92.3% of the patients in the group taking piracetam as compared with 29.7% in the group taking placebo (P < .05). No differences between the 2 groups in adverse events or side effects were observed. Complete blood count, biochemical profile, and urine analysis taken before and after treatment revealed no change from beginning to end and no difference between the 2 groups. It is suggested that piracetam is a safe and effective drug, with an incidence of side effects no different from that of placebo, for the treatment of breath-holding spells.
journal_name
Pediatr Neuroljournal_title
Pediatric neurologyauthors
Donma MMdoi
10.1016/s0887-8994(97)00153-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-01-01 00:00:00pages
41-5issue
1eissn
0887-8994issn
1873-5150pii
S0887899497001537journal_volume
18pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验abstract：:The object of this study was to investigate the potential association of infections, especially group A hemolytic streptococcal infection, with the abrupt onset/exacerbation of tics or obsessive-compulsive behaviors. A structured clinical interview was used to evaluate 80 consecutive children, 5-17 years of age, with ...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00131-4
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:No therapies have been formally approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in pediatric multiple sclerosis, a rare disease. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of dimethyl fumarate in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis. METHODS:FOCUS, a phase 2, multicenter s...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.03.007
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study is to further clarify ictal electroencephalographic findings of patients with benign partial epilepsy in infancy in order to better understand its neurophysiologic features. The study group consisted of 13 infants with definite benign partial epilepsy in infancy, in whom ictal electroencephalogra...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.08.004
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Syncope affects all age groups and is characterized by a brief sudden loss of consciousness followed by fast recovery. Vasovagal syncope, the most common type, is generally assumed to be due to venous pooling and an abnormal sympathetic response. In approximately 20% of cases, more than one family member is affected. ...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.09.003
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report a patient with BH(4)-sensitive phenylketonuria. In neonatal screening, phenylalanine levels above 10 mg/dl were detected. In the tetrahydrobiopterin- (BH(4)) loading test, phenylalanine concentrations in serum fell significantly. Dihydropteridine reductase activity in blood, pterines, and neurotransmitters i...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(02)00516-7
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A male with developmental dysphasia is documented with fine motor dysfunction whose improvement in expressive language was associated with increased cerebellar perfusion, as detected by serial N-isopropyl-p-[iodine-123] iodoamphetamine single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). His expressive language has bee...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(99)00075-2
更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute cerebellitis is a rare inflammatory syndrome in children, with either infectious or autoimmune etiologies. PATIENT:We describe a 7-year-old girl with a presentation of cerebellitis following group A streptococcal infection. RESULTS:Magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse symmetrical swelling and ed...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.06.003
更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ketoacidosis is one of the common complications of Type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Several neurologic (cerebral) deficiencies have been associated with diabetic ketoacidosis, including cerebral edema with increased intracranial pressure resulting in coma; partial and generalized seizures; and cerebrovascul...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(86)90011-1
更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We used two strategies to investigate a possible link between predisposition for epilepsy and mutations in the fragile X mental retardation-1 gene. The first entailed performing electroencephalography on 14 patients with an amplification in the fragile X mental retardation-1 gene, and the second involved molecular gen...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(96)00251-2
更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Vertigo, instability, dizziness, or equilibrium disorders are not usually considered as consequences of ophthalmologic problems. We present data indicating that ocular disorders can be responsible for these symptoms in children. In a population of 523 pediatric patients with vertigo or disequilibrium and referred for ...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00140-5
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Vanishing white matter disease is a chronically progressive leukodystrophy with periods of acute deterioration after head trauma and febrile illness. This report describes a child with genetically and clinically confirmed vanishing white matter disease exhibiting frequent episodes of right-sided hemiplegia, aphasia, a...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.12.014
更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report a previously undescribed electroencephalographic pattern of epochs of diffuse delta background (85-240 sec) alternating with epochs of classic "burst suppression" (90-270 sec) in a 13-month-old girl with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. A dramatic electroencephalographic improvement was evident on continuous monit...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(90)90120-p
更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 13-year, 6-month-old female was evaluated for subacute onset of left-sided hemichorea/hemiballismus, with an old, right parietal, cortical, and subcortical stroke as the presumed cause. Treatment with gabapentin was initiated, with good results at 6-month follow-up. Discussion of the differential diagnosis and evalu...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(99)00104-6
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present a child with Rasmussen encephalitis and highlight the pitfalls of diagnosis when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is negative for atrophy. We review the literature regarding this issue, introduce the FreeSurfer software as a potential means of noninvasive diagnosis, and discuss methods for prompt a...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.12.004
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Spasticity is one of the most common symptoms presented by neurologic patients. Apart from surgical management, drug therapy is an important treatment of children suffering from spasticity. In this review, recent advances in the pharmacologic armamentarium are reported in detail. In particular, there are oral medicati...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.05.001
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Transient bulbar palsy without involvement of the facial or extraocular muscles is a rare presentation. It is considered a form of cranial polyneuropathy, a variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome that is related to the autoimmune mechanisms induced by preceding infections or vaccinations. However, drug-induced c...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2016.07.011
更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A prospective study of the efficacy of seizure cessation by phenobarbital versus phenytoin administration utilized both clinical and electroencephalographic expressions of seizure behaviors. The phenomenon of uncoupling was defined as the persistence of electrographic seizures despite the suppression of >or=50% clinic...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(02)00621-5
更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric patients with epilepsy are at risk for low vitamin D levels, increasing the risk for bone fractures, yet standardized bone health screening is not part of routine care. METHODS:We surveyed pediatric neurologists (n = 68) at our center regarding screening practices, using an 11-item survey; constru...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.06.020
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The mechanisms of death and neurologic sequelae in African children with cerebral malaria are undetermined. Because pathologic features are confined to the cerebral vasculature, perturbations in cerebral hemodynamics may be responsible. We compared the transcranial Doppler findings in 50 children with cerebral malaria...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(96)00115-4
更新日期：1996-07-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.03.008
更新日期：2008-07-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(91)90085-y
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) was examined in infants with leukomalacia by means of immunohistochemical methods with an antihuman TNF alpha monoclonal antibody. We studied 23 patients with neonatal leukomalacia, classified as having "focal," "widespread," or "diffuse" disease according to t...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(95)00223-5
更新日期：1996-01-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.06.007
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Earlier reports on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the classical form of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease seemed to divide the patterns of the high-intensity lesions in the white matter into three subtypes: type I, diffusely hemispheric and corticospinal; type II, diffusely hemispheric without brainstem le...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(97)00212-9
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report a female who was diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis at 4 years of age with life-threatening intracranial bleeding. The patient's serum was positive for c-antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies, and histologic analysis of the lung biopsy revealed evidence of granulomatous vasculitis. Initial treatment w...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(02)00392-2
更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 2-year-old boy with acute optic neuritis, confirmed by gadolinium-DTPA enhancement of the optic nerve using frequency-selective fat-saturation pulse magnetic resonance imaging (Fat-Sat MRI), is reported. Because it is difficult in very young children to sufficiently evaluate visual acuity, visual field, and retroocu...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(95)00254-5
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We describe the association of brain death in an infant with a large cutaneous hemangioma of the forearm. The irreversible cerebral injury is presumed to be secondary to cerebral hypoperfusion as a result of a combination of systemic hypotension and a systemic vascular "steal" phenomenon caused by the cutaneous hemang...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(90)90083-d
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A 5-year-old girl with hemolytic uremic syndrome is reported with pituitary hemorrhage in the acute phase. Seizures, hemiplegia, and transient blindness were observed. These symptoms cannot be attributed to the pituitary hemorrhage; however, pituitary hemorrhage should be added to the list of neurologic lesions that c...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0887-8994(92)90059-8
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Traumatic spinal epidural hematoma (TSEH) is rare in children. Only three cases of TSEH were documented in the pediatric literature. This clinical note presents an infant with TSEH but no risk factors. Without magnetic resonance imaging examination, children with TSEH and minor symptoms may be missed and under reporte...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00151-x
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although peripheral vascular thrombic events are recognized as a serious extra-intestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease, the occurrence of cerebral vascular events in association with acute exacerbations of this group of diseases is rare. In this article, relevant literature is reviewed and three children...
journal_title：Pediatric neurology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00264-2
更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00
