abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a neurodegenerative phenotype characterized by a progressive loss of corticospinal motor tract function. In a majority of affected individuals the pathogenesis remains undetermined. METHODS:We identified a series of patients with a phenotype of nonsyndromic spastic paraplegi...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Crow YJ,Zaki MS,Abdel-Hamid MS,Abdel-Salam G,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Cordeiro NJ,Gleeson JG,Gowrinathan NR,Laugel V,Renaldo F,Rodriguez D,Livingston JH,Rice GI

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, intrathecal baclofen (ITB) has attained an important role in the treatment of severe spasticity and dystonia in children. There are principal differences between the use of ITB in children and its use in neurology and oncology in adults. Here, we present a consensus report on best practice for the tre...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Berweck S,Lütjen S,Voss W,Diebold U,Mücke KH,Aisch A,Ostertag B,Friedrich M,Wagner C,Kudernatsch M,Granel M,Kluger G,Ludwikowski B,Peraud A,Rauchenzauner M,Schroeder AS,Sprinz A,Wienand R,Wilken B,Kästner S,Zeches

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure (OP) in children remains an essential diagnostic test for children with suspected elevated intracranial pressure. Recent prospective data have revised the normative CSF OP values and described how clinical variables such as age, depth of sedation, and ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Avery RA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM: Attention deficit with or without hyperactivity (AD[H]D) is a common comorbidity of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF 1). We tested the hypothesis that permanent medication with methylphenidate can improve cognitive functioning in children with NF 1 and comorbid AD(H)D. PATIENTS AND METHOD: We retrospectively analyzed...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Lidzba K,Granstroem S,Leark RA,Kraegeloh-Mann I,Mautner VF

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the SCN2A gene have originally been described in association with benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures (BFNIS). Recently, single patients with more severe phenotypes and persisting epileptic encephalopathies have been recognized. We report the case of a girl with severe infantile onset epileptic en...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Hackenberg A,Baumer A,Sticht H,Schmitt B,Kroell-Seger J,Wille D,Joset P,Papuc S,Rauch A,Plecko B

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With the identification of mutations in the conserved telomere maintenance component 1 (CTC1) gene as the cause of Coats plus (CP) disease, it has become evident that leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts (LCC) is a distinct genetic entity. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 15 patients with LCC wer...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Livingston JH,Mayer J,Jenkinson E,Kasher P,Stivaros S,Berger A,Cordelli DM,Ferreira P,Jefferson R,Kutschke G,Lundberg S,Ounap K,Prabhakar P,Soh C,Stewart H,Stone J,van der Knaap MS,van Esch H,van Mol C,Wakeling E,

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission caused by production of antibodies against components of the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. Ethnicity has influence on incidence, clinical presentation, and the course of the disease. The patients present wit...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Della Marina A,Trippe H,Lutz S,Schara U

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syringomyelia is an etiologically diverse affliction caused by disturbance of normal cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics. An evaluation by comprehensive imaging, using advanced three-dimensional constructive interference in steady state and four-dimensional phase contrast imaging techniques, should be focused on finding...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Vandertop WP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Danon disease is caused by a primary deficiency of lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Our study describes a 19-year-old man with isolated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in whom we performed DNA analysis and compared results of microscopic analysis of skeletal and cardiac mu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Fidzianska A,Madej-Pilarczyk A,Walczak E,Kuch M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to suggest the rate of primary progressive (PP) subtype of pediatric onset multiple sclerosis (MS) in Isfahan, Iran, and describe its clinical and paraclinical features. The data of patients were retrieved from Isfahan MS Society (IMSS) database from April 2003 to August 2011. Among 3,843 M...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Etemadifar M,Afzali P,Tabrizi N,Hosseini SA

更新日期：2013-06-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:The term clinical functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) describes an examination with direct clinical impact on the patient. Interpretation of clinical fMRI especially in children, however, is often difficult due to suboptimal data quality. The current gold standard is standardized visual evaluation. To ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Zsoter A,Staudt M,Wilke M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate whether antenatal taurine can reduce neuronal apoptosis in fetal rat brains with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and its possible mechanisms. A total of 15 pregnant rats were randomly divided into the following three groups: control, IUGR, and IUGR+ antenatal taurine supplements....

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Liu J,Liu L,Wang XF,Teng HY,Yang N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are rare genetically and clinically heterogeneous disorders characterized by an impaired neuromuscular transmission. Exact prevalence data are not available, approximately 2000 to 3000 patients worldwide have been diagnosed on a molecular level; mutations in 14 different genes are...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Schara U,Della Marina A,Abicht A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a child with Chudley-McCullough syndrome and re-evaluate the spectrum of imaging findings (in 15 previously reported patients) which appear to be variable and, to some extent, ambiguous in the literature. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed asymmetric colpocephaly with agenesis of the spleniu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Kau T,Veraguth D,Schiegl H,Scheer I,Boltshauser E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the global oxidant/antioxidant status of infants with perinatal asphyxia and its relation to neurological outcomes. A prospective controlled study including term infants with perinatal asphyxia was conducted. Blood samples were obtained from patients and controls at 6-24 h and on the 3r...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Aydemir O,Akar M,Uras N,Eras Z,Erdeve O,Oguz SS,Dilmen U

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome (AHS) is a very rare autosomal recessive disorder. AHS is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG, chromosome 15q25). Most patients become symptomatic before the age of 2 years. We report 3 patients who w...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Spiegler J,Stefanova I,Hellenbroich Y,Sperner J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year-old boy with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) presented with visual hallucinations several years after starting methylphenidate (MPH). The hallucinations resolved upon discontinuation of the drug. Reports of toxic hallucinosis during treatment with MPH are rare. Although the pathogenetic mech...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Porfirio MC,Giana G,Giovinazzo S,Curatolo P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous meningitis is uncommon in western countries and its outcome is poor when it is not diagnosed and treated in good time. Here, we present a case of febrile brain stroke revealing a tuberculous arachnoiditis in a 13-month-old infant living in a non-endemic country. Thanks to prompt specific antibiotherapy, th...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Deiva K,Sothratanak S,Husson B,Chevret L,Landrieu P

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：: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：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：:The aims of the present study were: to examine the quality of life (QOL) of parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to establish the possible effect of behaviour problems on their QOL. One-hundred children with CP, aged between 4 and 10 years, and both their parents were included in the study. Both parents co...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Romeo DM,Cioni M,Distefano A,Battaglia LR,Costanzo L,Ricci D,De Sanctis R,Romeo MG,Mazzone D,Mercuri E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient with Gaucher disease type II who developed severe rhabdomyolysis. We treated him successfully and measured various cytokine and chemokine levels sequentially to elucidate the pathophysiology of rhabdomyolysis. The serum levels of interleukin-6, -8, -10, granulocyte colony-stimulating fa...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wakusawa K,Haginoya K,Ishitobi M,Hino-Fukuyo N,Togashi N,Sato I,Ohura T,Yokoyama H,Kikuchi M,Iinuma K,Tsuchiya S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate whether modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) following a botulinum type A toxin (BoNT-A) injection enhances the effects of the BoNT-A injection into the spastic upper limb of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS:A combined therapy with...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Park ES,Rha DW,Lee JD,Yoo JK,Chang WH

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:We here report a 13-year-old Marfan patient who suffered from severe, medication-resistant, intermittent headache, which was provoked when getting into an upright position and immediately relieved by lying down or after intravenous rehydration. The postural benefit and the sudden relief after intravenous hydration sug...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Voermans NC,Dijk KG,Bos MM,Geus-Oei LF,Verrips A,Lindert EJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 5.3-year-old girl with autism, mental retardation, hypotonia, marked speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features with a 22q11.2 duplication. Her mother carries the same duplication and presents cleft palate, and normal intelligence. The clinical and behavioural phenotype of this relatively new syndrome is...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Lo-Castro A,Galasso C,Cerminara C,El-Malhany N,Benedetti S,Nardone AM,Curatolo P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebrovascular changes are rarely discussed in patients with hemimegalencephaly. These alterations have previously been associated with epileptical activity. CASE:We report the case of a 36-week gestation neonate presenting with total right hemimegalencephaly, as demonstrated by a magnetic resonance imag...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Wintermark P,Roulet-Perez E,Maeder-Ingvar M,Moessinger AC,Gudinchet F,Meuli R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2 (AOA2), a neurodegenerative disorder with juvenile to adolescent onset is caused by mutations within the SENATAXIN gene ( SETX). We performed molecular analyses in six patients showing clinically an AOA2 phenotype and moderate to significant elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein levels...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Bernard V,Stricker S,Kreuz F,Minnerop M,Gillessen-Kaesbach G,Zühlke C

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease is a rare entity of which 10 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease with similarities and differences compared to the previously reported cases by Ozand et al. Our case presented much earlier, was milder and respon...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： El-Hajj TI,Karam PE,Mikati MA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression in the central nervous system is highly region-specific. We tested the hypothesis that certain developmental biomarkers could be detected in the whole brain or in cortical, subcortical or cerebellar structures. Brain gene expressions of male and female rats at birth, 3 days, and 10 days of age were mea...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Torbati D,Totapally BR,Raszynski A,Osborne J,Zyl Lv,Kalomiris S,Wolfsdorf J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene for the ganglioside-induced-differentiation-associated-protein 1 on 8q21 were recently reported to cause autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth sensorimotor neuropathy. We report a detailed clinical, electrophysiological and genetic study of two young patients harbouring missense GDAP1 mutations...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rougeot C,Chabrier S,Camdessanche JP,Prieur F,d'Anjou MC,Latour P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mega-corpus callosum (CC) is not a common manifestation of neurological disease. Previous reports of patients with a constellation of findings including megalencephaly, perisylvian polymicrogyria, distinct facies, psychomotor retardation and mega-corpus callosum were designated as having megalencephaly, mega-corpus ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Pierson TM,Zimmerman RA,Tennekoon GI,Bönnemann CG

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome (AR-CMT) is often characterised by an infantile disease onset and a severe phenotype. Mutations in the ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 (GDAP1) gene are thought to be a common cause of AR-CMT. Mutations in the periaxin (PRX) gene are rare. They a...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Auer-Grumbach M,Fischer C,Papić L,John E,Plecko B,Bittner RE,Bernert G,Pieber TR,Miltenberger G,Schwarz R,Windpassinger C,Grill F,Timmerman V,Speicher MR,Janecke AR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-year and 11-month-old female infant with bilateral lesions of the thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellar and brainstem disease died from heart failure 9 days after being administered a measles vaccination. She had a high fever, hypocarnitinemic and non-ketotic hypoglycemia, serum levels of total carnitine 7.4 micromo...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Okanari K,Takahashi M,Maeda T,Sato K,Suenobu S,Izumi T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several causes of gingival hyperplasia and one of the most well-known is drug-induced gingival enlargement. Nevertheless, causes of congenital gingival enlargement include only hereditary and metabolic disorders. Only one case of drug-induced congenital gingival hyperplasia has been reported. We present the ...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Rodríguez-Vázquez M,Carrascosa-Romero MC,Pardal-Fernández JM,Iniesta I

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Melatonin ( N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, aMT) is an indoleamine produced by several organs and tissues including the pineal gland. Melatonin (aMT) modulates the activity of the brain, mainly acting on both GABA and glutamate receptors. Previous studies have shown the participation of melatonin in the control of convu...

journal_title：Neuropediatrics

authors： Molina-Carballo A,Muñoz-Hoyos A,Sánchez-Forte M,Uberos-Fernández J,Moreno-Madrid F,Acuña-Castroviejo D

更新日期：2007-06-01 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