abstract：:The authors describe the case of an 8-year-old boy, otherwise healthy, who presented with symptoms consistent with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and was started on a trial of methylphenidate. Within 4 weeks, he experienced a rapid decline in fine motor skills, with dysarthria, intention tremor, motor...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Waugh JL,Miller VS,Chudnow RS,Dowling MM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed metabolic functioning of regional brain areas to address whether there is a neurometabolic profile reflecting the underlying neuropathology in individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and if varied profiles correlate with the clinical subtypes. Thirteen children (7-16 years) with autism spectrum...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gabis L,Wei Huang,Azizian A,DeVincent C,Tudorica A,Kesner-Baruch Y,Roche P,Pomeroy J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This study evaluates whether the literature-reported potential predictors can predict the outcome of multilevel botulinum toxin A injections in children who walk with flexed knees. The associations between 11 different predictors and 2 different outcome measures (the Gross Motor Function Measure and knee ang...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Scholtes VA,Dallmeijer AJ,Becher JG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four children, aged 0-17 years, undergoing ambulatory electroencephalography (EEG) were prospectively recruited during a 12-month period. The diagnostic yield of ambulatory electroencephalography was determined for each of the following groups: group 1: differentiation of seizures from nonepileptic events; group...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wirrell E,Kozlik S,Tellez J,Wiebe S,Hamiwka L

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a questionnaire-based study, we assessed the parent-reported prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHDs), autism spectrum disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders in a group of 351 males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Of the 351 males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 11.7% were repor...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hendriksen JG,Vles JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely low birth weight premature infants are at risk for poor neurodevelopmental outcome. Postnatal dexamethasone has often been used in premature infants to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and this drug is thought by some to affect neurodevelopmental outcome. We retrospectively examined the effect of...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Needelman H,Evans M,Roberts H,Sweney M,Bodensteiner JB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight gain occurs with most neuroleptic drugs used to treat tics. Tetrabenazine, a vesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitor, inhibits dopamine release. It is used to treat a variety of hyperkinetic movement disorders, including tics. Weight gain over time was compared in a group of pediatric tic patients taki...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ondo WG,Jong D,Davis A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child suffered from herpes simplex virus encephalitis at the age of 6 months; a late relapse occurred 8.5 years after the initial episode, the longest latency period reported. Radiologic and autopsy findings suggest local reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus as the cause of relapse. All cases of late relapse ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel R,Miron D,Yodko H,Lumelsky D,Habib A,Horovitz Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical course of a 4-year-old girl with chronic cerebellitis (onset 2 days after diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccination at 1 year and 7 months old) associated with anti-glutamate receptor delta 2 antibody, who improved dramatically with steroid therapy (methylprednisolone pulse therapy plus oral pred...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kubota M,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the results of a study on the relationship between cord blood levels of erythropoietin and periventricular leukomalacia. Cord blood was obtained from 19 infants with gestational age between 27 and 32 weeks. Cystic periventricular leukomalacia was seen in 4 of them. Erythropoietin levels were not d...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kidokoro H,Kato T,Kubota T,Hayakawa F,Kuno K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy are allelic X-linked disorders causing progressive muscle weakness in males. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by absence of dystrophin in muscle and brain; boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have a static cognitive impairment with mean Full Scale IQ approximately 1 standa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Young HK,Barton BA,Waisbren S,Portales Dale L,Ryan MM,Webster RI,North KN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a large multicenter cohort of children with cerebral venous thrombosis from 5 centers in the United States and analyzes their clinical findings and risk factors. Seventy patients were included in the study (25 neonates, 35%). The age ranged from 6 days to 12 years. Thirty-eight (55%) were younger t...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wasay M,Dai AI,Ansari M,Shaikh Z,Roach ES

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the impact of migraine headaches on health-related quality of life among Canadian adolescents. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) collects information related to health status, health care utilization, and health determinants for the Canadian population. Analysis w...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Brna P,Gordon K,Dooley J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol ester storage disease is a rare autosomal recessive storage disorder resulting from lysosomal acid lipase deficiency. Two siblings manifested with hepatosplenomegaly, ptosis, and bilateral external ophthalmoplegia. Evaluation revealed hyperlipidemia and bilateral adrenal calcifications. Leukocyte acid lipa...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bindu PS,Taly AB,Christopher R,BharatKumar PV,Panda S,Netravathi M,Ravishankar S,Mahadevan A,Yasha TC,Gayathri N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical manifestations were retrospectively assessed in 5 families with tuberous sclerosis complex, including 1 pair of monozygotic twins. Interfamilial variation in tuber count was significantly larger than intrafamilial variation. Severity of epilepsy and cognitive profiles varied both between and within families, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Lyczkowski DA,Conant KD,Pulsifer MB,Jarrett DY,Grant PE,Kwiatkowski DJ,Thiele EA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome is a unique malformation syndrome characterized by a defect in cholesterol biosynthesis, which is very rare among populations in Middle and East Asia. The authors identified compound heterozygous mutations ([p.Arg352Trp] + [p.Lys376ArgfsX37]) in a Korean girl with clinical and laboratory fea...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jong Hee Chae,Ki Joong Kim,Yong Seung Hwang,Ki CS,Kim JW

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infantile bilateral striatal necrosis is a rarely described acute neurological syndrome associated with radiological findings. Its etiology and pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. Clinically, the syndrome usually follows respiratory illnesses and presents with an array of neurological findings, including axial at...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Zevit N,Steinmetz A,Kornreich L,Straussberg R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the cognitive development of 27 children with nonhemorrhagic neonatal stroke (occurring within the first 28 days of life). The cognitive evaluation consisted of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, administered at 12 and/or 24 months poststroke. Compared with the normative s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： McLinden A,Baird AD,Westmacott R,Anderson PE,deVeber G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal evidence exists about the risk of recurrent childhood acute ischemic stroke in patients subjected to a subsequent head or neck injury. Recurrent or multiple dissections have been demonstrated in select cases. Minor head trauma has also been associated with acute ischemic stroke. The objective of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bernard TJ,deVeber GA,Benke TA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the most heterogeneous of the single-gene neuromuscular disorders. The broad spectrum of severity, with onset from the prenatal period to adulthood, presents unique challenges in the design and implementation of clinical trials. The clinical classification of subjects into severe (typ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Swoboda KJ,Kissel JT,Crawford TO,Bromberg MB,Acsadi G,D'Anjou G,Krosschell KJ,Reyna SP,Schroth MK,Scott CB,Simard LR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maple syrup urine disease is a disorder of branched-chain keto acid metabolism. Three children were diagnosed with the intermediate form of maple syrup urine disease during routine evaluation of mental retardation. Clinical features were characterized by mental retardation, seizures, autistic features, and movement di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bindu PS,Shehanaz KE,Christopher R,Pal PK,Ravishankar S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is an inherited deficiency of natural killer cell function and excessive cytokine activity, which predominantly presents in early childhood. The initial symptoms of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis are often nonspecific but may be predominantly neurologic. The cas...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Turtzo LC,Lin DD,Hartung H,Barker PB,Arceci R,Yohay K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation and blur of the optic disc margin with hyperemia and flame hemorrhages are classic features of papilledema that may not be present with mild elevations of the cerebral spinal fluid pressure. In children, the disc can be dramatically elevated with indistinct margins in pseudopapilledema. Children with equivoc...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Miller M,Sable C,Chang T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between tuberous sclerosis complex and intracranial abnormalities such as hemimegalencephaly, schizencephaly, intracranial arterial aneurysms, and corpus callosum agenesis/dysplasia has been reported in the recent literature. However, the association between tuberous sclerosis complex and bilateral tem...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tatli M,Guzel A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baby Doe rules, a set of federal regulations on the treatment of extremely ill infants, went into effect in 1985. Some scholars have argued that these rules are inappropriate given that they fail to pay attention to the patient's suffering. Instead, researchers suggest that, when dealing with a severely impaired i...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weisleder P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonconvulsive status epilepticus may present with several manifestations, and many of them may not be obvious. The most important for the diagnosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus is the electroencephalogram pattern. This is a case report of a 9-year-old boy with severe and continuous headache. He received chemoth...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ghofrani M,Mahvelati F,Tonekaboni H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with refractory seizures, including those with Sturge-Weber syndrome, undergo functional studies in preparation for surgery. Perfusion studies in Sturge-Weber syndrome by single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography generally demonstrate hypoperfusion in the diseased tissue. We ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Oguz KK,Senturk S,Ozturk A,Anlar B,Topcu M,Cila A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sydenham's chorea, the neurological manifestation of rheumatic fever, is the most common acquired chorea of childhood. In this retrospective study, the authors aim to present the clinical and laboratory findings of 65 Sydenham's chorea patients, followed up in a clinic over less than 7 years. The mean age at the onset...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Demiroren K,Yavuz H,Cam L,Oran B,Karaaslan S,Demiroren S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donnai-Barrow syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder first described in 1993. This report presents ocular manifestations of this rare autosomal recessive disorder through 2 additional cases. Ocular features include hypertelorism, down-slanting palpebral fissures, iris coloboma, high myopia, and retinal detach...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Patel N,Hejkal T,Katz A,Margalit E

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of potassium bromide in 113 patients (aged, 1-20 years) with severe epilepsy and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Potassium bromide was started at 45 mg/kg and raised to 70 mg/kg (median). Steady-state blood level was reached after a median of 28 days (range, 5-9...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korinthenberg R,Burkart P,Woelfle C,Moenting JS,Ernst JP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral venous sinus compression can mimic idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The authors report the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with diplopia and papilledema 3 weeks after a head injury. Lumbar puncture confirmed raised intracranial pressure, and neuroimaging subsequently identified a skull fracture ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Dabscheck G,Mackay M,Coleman L,Lo P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of topiramate in a large number of children with West syndrome. The authors performed a retrospective, questionnaire-based data collection in specialized epilepsy units in Germany. Patients with West syndrome and hypsarrhythmia could be included if ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korinthenberg R,Schreiner A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging findings of brain damage due to neonatal hypoglycemia are known; however, the effect of childhood hypoglycemia on the brain has not been described well. The authors present the case of a 6-year-old girl who had seizures secondary to hypoglycemia followed up for 1 year as epilepsy. The patient had experienced a...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kara C,Aydin OF,Aslan B,Gürer YK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To report the authors' experience with diagnosis and management of Dravet syndrome, or severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy, in the era of commercially available genetic testing, the authors performed a retrospective study of 16 patients diagnosed with Dravet syndrome at a tertiary care pediatric epilepsy center. They...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Korff C,Laux L,Kelley K,Goldstein J,Koh S,Nordli D Jr

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven children between 2 and 15 years of age with cerebral palsy and upper extremity dystonia were enrolled in an open-label, dose-escalation pilot clinical trial of botulinum toxin type B (Myobloc), injected into the biceps and brachioradialis muscles of I or both arms. The primary outcome measure was the change in m...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Sanger TD,Kukke SN,Sherman-Levine S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a pediatric patient with repaired hypoplastic left heart syndrome developing protein-losing enteropathy, hypocalcemia, vitamin D deficiency, and hemichorea. After correction of nutritional vitamin D deficiency with calcium and vitamin D supplementation, the chorea resolved. Hypoalbuminemia also im...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Fernandez R,Ashraf A,Dure LS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the research was to point out the importance of early prespeech therapy for babies suffering from at-birth-acquired unilateral or bilateral lesion in the prespeech period of development. On the basis of existing studies and experience in the field, a protocol and methodology for the observation of the phon...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gec V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three normal children with headache occurring only with exertion were advised to try "head cooling" (eg, immersion of the head in cold water, cold water poured over the head, application of a cold, wet towel or ice pack) at the onset of headache. The patients were followed up quarterly as outpatients, and the effectiv...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Singh RK,Martinez A,Baxter P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess sleep, daytime sleepiness, and behavior problems in children suffering from headaches and in controls, with a special focus on the role of gender. A clinical group of 28 children with persistent headache complaints and a control group of 108 healthy children were included. Sleep...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bursztein C,Steinberg T,Sadeh A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-month-old boy presented with repeated episodes of tongue biting during sleep. On evaluation, he was found to have hereditary chin trembling, a rare autosomal dominant condition characterized by continuous or intermittent tremulous activity of the mentalis muscle. This is the first report of this kind from India. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Goraya JS,Virdi V,Parmar V

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00