Partial seizures associated with antiphospholipid antibodies in childhood.

abstract：:Acute inflammatory processes of the brain tissue and meninges caused by viruses are relatively common and may be caused by a number of different viral agents. The specific etiological agent is not identified in many instances. Most cases completely recover. The prognosis depends upon the severity of the clinical illne...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Olgar S,Ertugrul T,Nisli K,Aydin K,Caliskan M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of frequently prescribed gastrointestinal drugs can cause movement disorders in children, as well as in adults. In our centre for paediatric neurology, we saw a 3-year-old girl with abnormal movements mostly of the legs with an inner restlessness (akathisia) while using cisapride. Another patient, a 17-year-o...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Elzinga-Huttenga J,Hekster Y,Bijl A,Rotteveel J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 6 unrelated patients affected by infantile spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) with prolonged survival upon mechanical ventilation (4.5-11 years), which has not been reported before. Biallelic mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene proved the diagnosis of SMARD1 in all patients. Diseas...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rudnik-Schöneborn S,Stolz P,Varon R,Grohmann K,Schächtele M,Ketelsen UP,Stavrou D,Kurz H,Hübner C,Zerres K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between blood mercury level and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Chinese children in Hong Kong. METHODS:Fifty-two children with ADHD aged below 18 years diagnosed by DSM IV criteria without perinatal brain insults, mental retardation or neurological deficits w...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cheuk DK,Wong V

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome presents with generalized and unilateral clonic or clonic-tonic seizures that occur during the first year of life, followed by severe epilepsy. Prolonged seizures are often provoked by fever and usually followed by recovery of the previous condition. We describe the case of a 13-month-old girl with Dra...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hiraiwa-Sofue A,Ito Y,Ohta R,Kimura H,Okumura A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Dhawan SR,Goswami JN,Suthar R,Dayal D,Vyas S,Singhi PD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromuscular dysplasia is a segmental, nonatheromatous angiopathy. A 13-year-old patient is reported with stroke. Left-sided carotid angiogram revealed typical findings of fibromuscular dysplasia in the left carotid artery. ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Emparanza JI,Aldamiz-Echevarria L,Perez-Yarza E,Hernandez J,Peña B,Gaztañaga R

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content of free amino acids in the cerebrospinal fluid from 52 children in different age groups with febrile seizures were determined and compared to 88 age matched children without seizures. We found that the concentrations of some amino acids in CSF in the control group decreased slowly with age, reaching the co...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cremades A,Peñafiel R,Monserrat F,Ceron I,Perez-Flores D

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：:Autosomal recessive microcephaly has long been recognized in association with normal early motor development and mild to severe mental retardation. We report three sibling pairs with microcephaly and severe neurological impairment. These cases and other sibling pairs reported in the literature illustrate that microcep...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Scheffer IE,Baraitser M,Wilson J,Godfrey C,Brett EM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting the unique coexistence of two distinct neuromuscular diseases, myotonic dystrophy and the juvenile form of myasthenia gravis, occurring in one family. A 16-month-old previously healthy female presented with a two month history of bilateral varying drooping of both eyelids and bilateral external ophtha...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Maytal J,Spiro AJ,Sinnar S,Moshe SL

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of diffuse leptomeningeal oligodendrogliomatosis associated with the human herpes virus 6 variant A (HHV-6 A). A 2-year-old boy presented with progressive neurological symptoms and hydrocephalus. The patient had a VP shunt placement but did not fully recover. HHV-6 A was detected in both CSF an...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Stödberg T,Deniz Y,Esteitie N,Jacobsson B,Mousavi-Jazi M,Dahl H,Zweygberg Wirgart B,Grillner L,Linde A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD, OMIM 272200) is an autosomal recessive leukodystrophy associated with the deficiency of several, in total seven, sulfatases. The disorder is clinically and biochemically variable. The clinical picture combines features of mucopolysaccharidosis and metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD, ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Mancini GM,van Diggelen OP,Huijmans JG,Stroink H,de Coo RF

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose In periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) reduction, normally shown as dark stripe in the peritrigonal (PT) white matter, may be incomplete. We assessed the PT dark stripe to differentiate between PVL patients and control subjects. Patients and Methods We reviewed the magnetic...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Lu PS,Toh CH,Yeh CH,Wang HS,Lin KL,Wong AM

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:In two children affected with "Epilepsia Partialis Continua" (EPC) of progressive type, probably secondary to a slow encephalitis, the percentage of T-lymphocytes in CSF was lower than normal (30% compared to 90%). The CSF-T-lymphocytes are characterized by their ability to form E-rosettes. In one patient signs of int...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Gaggero R,Ferraris PC,De Negri M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn with a rare type of lissencephaly is reported, characterized by extreme cerebral and cerebellar hypoplasia. The diagnosis was made by postmortem magnetic resonance imaging, indicating the value of such studies to evaluate neuronal migration disorders in patients in whom autopsy cannot be performed. Two earli...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kroon AA,Smit BJ,Barth PG,Hennekam RC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has an important role in the diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). We report diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) findings of four cases of juvenile type MLD. DWI showed restricted diffusion lines with greater areas of increased diffusion in three patients and widespread incre...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Oguz KK,Anlar B,Senbil N,Cila A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study investigates the effect of topical injections of botulinum toxin A into the cephalic salivary glands of children with chronic hypersalivation due to neurodegenerative diseases. METHODS:Five children with hypersalivation due to severe neurological diseases received, under ultrasound guidanc...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Ellies M,Rohrbach-Volland S,Arglebe C,Wilken B,Laskawi R,Hanefeld F

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional MRI mapping of language areas in children frequently employs a covert verb generation task. Because responses are not monitored, the relationship between fMRI activation and task performance is unknown. We compared fMRI activation during covert and overt verb generation to performance during the overt task....

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Vannest J,Rasmussen J,Eaton KP,Patel K,Schmithorst V,Karunanayaka P,Plante E,Byars A,Holland S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemimegalencephaly, which previously has been associated with a poor clinical course characterized by intractable seizures and severe encephalopathy, was found without these conditions in two children with neurofibromatosis. These children showed relatively similar and favourable prognostic features: no presence of se...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Cusmai R,Curatolo P,Mangano S,Cheminal R,Echenne B

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct disorders with elevated urinary excretion of 2-hydroxyglutaric acid are known: L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria and D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria. This paper presents clinical and biochemical studies in three patients and unsuccessful prenatal diagnosis in one case with combined D-2- and L-2-hydroxyglutaric ac...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Muntau AC,Röschinger W,Merkenschlager A,van der Knaap MS,Jakobs C,Duran M,Hoffmann GF,Roscher AA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (GDD) is a recessively inherited neurometabolic disorder associated with encephalopathic crises and severe extrapyramidal symptoms. Treatment regimens including glucose and electrolyte infusions during acute illnesses, oral carnitine supplementation and/or a low-protein ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hoffmann GF,Athanassopoulos S,Burlina AB,Duran M,de Klerk JB,Lehnert W,Leonard JV,Monavari AA,Müller E,Muntau AC,Naughten ER,Plecko-Starting B,Superti-Furga A,Zschocke J,Christensen E

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay is an early onset form of hereditary spastic paraplegia with a peculiar clinical presentation. In addition to cerebellar findings which manifest first with ataxic gait in early life and spasticity, on an evolutionary basis, there is axonal neuropathy, prominent...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Gücüyener K,Ozgül K,Paternotte C,Erdem H,Prud'homme JF,Ozgüç M,Topaloğlu H

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newborn female born at term was admitted at 28 hours for seizures and generalized hypotonia. Cerebral ultrasound showed a right temporal echogenic lesion confirmed on MRI and thought to be secondary to thrombosis of the vein of Labbé. The EEG showed epileptic discharges over the right temporal region. Extensive thro...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Beretta L,Hauschild M,Jeannet PY,Addor MC,Maeder P,Truttmann AC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to describe complications related to ventricular catheter systems with subcutaneous reservoirs (VCSR) (such as Ommaya reservoirs) in pediatric patients with brain tumors. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of consecutive patients with a total of 31 VCSR treated at the Children's University Hospit...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Gerber NU,Müller A,Bellut D,Bozinov O,Berger C,Grotzer MA

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:We report on a 16-year-old girl with a unique neuromuscular disorder characterised by progressive proximal muscle weakness and numerous tubular aggregates, intracytoplasmic, as well as intranuclear inclusions of the IBM type in her muscle biopsy. The clinical features of the presented case, as manifested by the early ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fidziańska A,Kamińska A,Ryniewicz B

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep polygraphic recording was carried out on 52 normal full-term babies. 16 infants were recorded at 2 - 7 days of age, 14 at 2 to 5 weeks, 13 at 6 to 9 weeks and 9 at 10 - 13 weeks. Central apneas of 2 sec and over were analysed in Active Sleep (AS), Quiet Sleep (QS) and Transitional Sleep (TS). Apnea Index (AI, pe...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Flores-Guevara R,Plouin P,Curzi-Dascalova L,Radvanyi MF,Guidasci S,Pajot N,Monod N

更新日期：1982-05-01 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