abstract：BACKGROUND:Rufinamide, a triazole derivative, is a new-generation antiseizure medication with a novel mechanism of action. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of rufinamide treatment in children with epilepsy younger than 4 years at our center. METHODS:In this retrospective study, we included children younger than 4 ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Tanritanir A,Wang X,Loddenkemper T

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the impact of concussion on pupillary function in children by examining pupillometric parameters and assessing for differences in children reporting photosensitivity. METHODS:Retrospective chart review was performed of pediatric patients referred for visual symptoms after concussion from 2017 to 201...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hsu J,Stec M,Ranaivo HR,Srdanovic N,Kurup SP

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescence is an important period, marked by significant changes in biological and psychosocial domains. Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder associated with social stigma and prejudice. The etiology of depression in epilepsy appears to be a complex interplay between psychosocial and neurobiologic factors. This ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nnajekwu CO,Nnajekwu UC,Ikefuna NA,Ojinnaka CN

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives were to investigate the relationship between ketogenic diet therapy and neutropenia in children with epilepsy. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of children who initiated ketogenic diet at the Hospital for Sick Children between January 1, 2000, and May 1, 2018 was performed. Factors associ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Munro K,Keller AE,Lowe H,Ferrara E,Whitney R,Liu CYM,Zak M,Chan V,Kobayashi J,Donner EJ

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The classic phenotype of CLN2 disease (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2) typically manifests between ages 2 and 4 years with a predictable clinical course marked by epilepsy, language developmental delay, and rapid psychomotor decline. Atypical phenotypes exhibit variable time of onset, symptomatology, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Wibbeler E,Wang R,Reyes EL,Specchio N,Gissen P,Guelbert N,Nickel M,Schwering C,Lehwald L,Trivisano M,Lee L,Amato G,Cohen-Pfeffer J,Shediac R,Leal-Pardinas F,Schulz A

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We developed and validated a Spanish seizure screen for children based on a previously validated English seizure screen that could be administered by a trained research assistant in a 2-step process, approximating the clinical diagnostic process of a pediatric epilepsy specialist. This questionnaire was desi...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Torres AR,Camayd-Muñoz C,Alvarado MC,Perez B,Pou J,Hereen T,Jonas R,Douglass LM

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metagenomic next-generation sequencing offers an unbiased approach to identifying viral pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology. METHODS:In an 11-month case series, we investigated the use of cerebrospinal fluid metagenomic next-generation sequencing to diag...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Erdem G,Kaptsan I,Sharma H,Kumar A,Aylward SC,Kapoor A,Shimamura M

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketogenic therapy is now an accepted treatment for pediatric and adult patients with medically refractory epilepsy.1-3 However, young adults treated with a ketogenic diet face unique challenges when transitioning to adult neurology providers.4 The variable acceptance of dietary therapy, paucity of nutritionists and ad...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Seaborg K,Wang X,Olson C,Felton EA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute flaccid myelitis has emerged as the leading cause of acute flaccid paralysis in children. Acute flaccid myelitis leads to significant physical disability; hence, objective outcome measures to study disease severity and progression are desirable. In addition, nerve transfer to improve motor function in ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Patel R,Gombolay GY,Peljovich AE,Conklin J,Blackwell LS,Howarth R,Wolf DS,Upadhyayula SR,Verma S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To conduct a review of the literature on the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of pediatric chronic migraine. METHODS:A review of the literature was performed using EMBASE, PubMed, and Cochrane/Ovid. Using our inclusion and exclusion criteria, we targeted any study, published before April 2020, evaluating ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Marcelo R,Freund B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the available literature on papilledema in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), report the first detailed pediatric case, and explore the underlying pathophysiology. METHODS:First, we conducted a comprehensive literature review of all cases of papilledema in CIDP. Next...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Abrams AW,Sah JP,Pavlakis SG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate etiology and prognostic significance of pontine tegmentum lesions accompanying a cluster of acute flaccid myelitis. METHOD:We retrospectively examined patients from 6 centers in Turkey who manifested encephalitis or myelitis associated with dorsal pontine lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bastemur M,Gocmen R,Parlak S,Yuksel D,Arslan EA,Okten AY,Iscan A,Ekici B,Anlar B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We characterize the pediatric postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) population seen at a single tertiary care referral center. METHOD:Retrospective chart review of all pediatric POTS patients seen in our center between 2015 and 2017. Pediatric POTS was defined as chronic, at least 3 months, symptoms of ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Staples A,Thompson NR,Moodley M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cerebellitis is a rare condition often considered within the group of acute postinfectious cerebellar ataxia despite its distinctive clinical and imaging features. We retrieved clinical, laboratory, and follow-up data of 15 children diagnosed with acute cerebellitis in our department between 2011 and 2019. There...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Yildirim M,Gocmen R,Konuskan B,Parlak S,Yalnizoglu D,Anlar B

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal muscular atrophy is an autosomal-recessive, progressive neuromuscular disease associated with extensive morbidity. Children with spinal muscular atrophy have potentially increased life spans due to improved nutrition, respiratory support, and novel pharmaceuticals. OBJECTIVES:To report on the quality...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Weaver MS,Hanna R,Hetzel S,Patterson K,Yuroff A,Sund S,Schultz M,Schroth M,Halanski MA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to evaluate the cognitive, language, and motor development, after 18 months of life, of nonmicrocephalic children born to mothers with Zika virus infection during pregnancy. Participants were 37 children aged 18-29 months divided into 2 groups: 17 nonmicrocephalic children born to mothers who ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gerzson LR,de Almeida CS,Silva JHD,Feitosa MMA,de Oliveira LN,Schuler-Faccini L

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and tolerability of adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) in pediatric patients (aged 4-17 years) with refractory focal seizures. METHODS:Pooled safety data from patients aged 4-17 years in Study 208 (NCT01527513) and Study 305 (NCT00988156) were analyzed. Both were randomized, doub...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Mintz M,Pina-Garza JE,Wolf SM,McGoldrick PE,Józwiak S,Grinnell T,Cantu D,Costa R,Moreira J,Li Y,Blum D

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric headache patients often experience significant sleep disturbance, which may be a risk factor for poor physical, academic, and emotional functioning, including increased anxiety/fear. The current retrospective cohort study of a clinical sample of youth with persistent headache aimed to examine the impact of s...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Clementi MA,Chang YH,Gambhir R,Lebel A,Logan DE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the etiologic factors, clinical characteristics, seasonal distributions, family history, response to corticosteroid therapy, recurrence and residual paralysis rates, and factors affecting these in pediatric facial palsy. Patients aged <18 years diagnosed with acute peripheral...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Hanci F,Türay S,Bayraktar Z,Kabakuş N

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis onset in youth is increasingly recognized. A systematic review was conducted to assess incidence and prevalence of pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis, focusing on occurrence by age subgroups and disease course. A literature search for the period 1965-2018 was carried out, selecting population-based ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Jeong A,Oleske DM,Holman J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a retrospective chart review of patients with trisomy 21 and infantile spasms in our university-based pediatric epilepsy center between 2002 and 2016 in order to describe the clinical characteristics of children with these diagnoses as well as to evaluate their response to first-line treatments. ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Armstrong D,Said RR

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We present the diagnostic and clinical course of the first multicenter case series of pediatric patients with autoimmune encephalitis associated with N-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies. METHODS:Data from 2 university hospitals were retrospectively reviewed and records of 3 patients with autoimmu...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kornitzer J,Taha F,Segal E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High throughput sequencing is discovering many likely causative genetic variants in individuals with cerebral palsy. Some investigators have suggested that this changes the clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy and that these individuals should be removed from this diagnostic category. Cerebral palsy is a neurodevelopm...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： MacLennan AH,Lewis S,Moreno-De-Luca A,Fahey M,Leventer RJ,McIntyre S,Ben-Pazi H,Corbett M,Wang X,Baynam G,Fehlings D,Kurian MA,Zhu C,Himmelmann K,Smithers-Sheedy H,Wilson Y,Ocaña CS,van Eyk C,Badawi N,Wintle RF,Ja

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since its creation, patients on ketogenic diet are told to avoid liquid medications due to theoretical concerns of "hidden" carbohydrates. However, switching from liquid to tablet formulations can be problematic, especially for infants and young children. We theorized that increasing the daily ketogenic ra...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Haney CA,Charpentier A,Turner Z,Bessone SK,Doerrer SC,Kossoff EH

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intravenous immunoglobulin and plasma exchange are proven treatments for Guillain-Barré syndrome. Despite these treatments, the prognosis for severe Guillain-Barré syndrome is still not satisfactory. This article seeks for a logical timing for plasma exchange-intravenous immunoglobulin synergy, which may impr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kesici S,Tanyıldız M,Yetimakman F,Bayrakci B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard physical examination evaluation for a proprioception abnormality depends upon the patient's ability to follow directions and respond to the examiner, a skill not yet developed in toddlers. This study demonstrates a new proprioception examination method that may allow for better localization of lesions and...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Gray EM,Tomlison KG,Kileny S,Leber SM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the STE20-related kinase adaptor α ( STRADA) gene have been reported to cause an autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by infantile-onset epilepsy, developmental delay, and craniofacial dysmorphisms. To date, there have been 17 reported individuals diagnosed with STRADA mutations, ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Nelson K,Jackman C,Bell J,Shih CS,Payne K,Dlouhy S,Walsh L

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The present study aimed to investigate whether the response variability of infants to modified constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual therapy are associated with different types of brain lesions. METHOD:Infants with unilateral cerebral palsy (N = 22) ages 8-15 months (mean = 10.95, standard deviation = 2...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Chamudot R,Parush S,Rigbi A,Gross-Tsur V

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited leukodystrophies are a group of diseases affecting central nervous system myelin that lead to death or significant health problems. Although for most leukodystrophies there are no curative treatments, for a handful of diseases hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT; bone marrow transplant) can stop di...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Bonkowsky JL,Wilkes J,Shyr DC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis is a hereditary disease, and ceroid-lipofuscinosis neuronal protein 5 (CLN5) has been proved to be associated with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Here we report 3 patients from 2 families diagnosed with CLN5 neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Whole genome sequencing of DNAs from 3 patients...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Ge L,Li HY,Hai Y,Min L,Xing L,Min J,Shu HX,Mei OY,Hua L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current guidelines permitting return to play for athletes who have sustained a concussion rely on resolution of cognitive and physical symptoms. Evolving evidence suggest that vascular, radiologic and cerebral metabolic abnormalities persist in some athletes beyond the period of clinical recovery. This commentary addr...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： McAbee GN

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently described, the congenital Zika syndrome caused by the Zika virus has many features of other congenital infections. This case series study reports 22 infants with congenital Zika syndrome in Brazil who developed infantile spasms during their first year of life. The median age of infantile spasms onset was 4.3 ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Alves LV,Mello MJG,Bezerra PG,Alves JGB

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article assessed how Indian providers and mothers value quality of life in pediatric disabilities, hypothesizing lower values with increasing disability, lower values among providers than mothers, and lower values among mothers with versus mothers without a disabled child. We asked 175 participants: "If born tomo...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Spiegel E,Jondhale S,Brajkovic I,Nesbit KC,Allen IE,Bhutani V,Kumar P,Partridge JC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the cognitive profile and scholastic performance of children with parenchymal neurocysticercosis. A total of 500 children with a diagnosis of neurocysticercosis and epilepsy registered in our pediatric neurocysticercosis clinic between January 1996 and December 2002 were enrolled. Patients were evaluated for ...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Singhi P,Malhi P,Suthar R,Deo B,Khandelwal NK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increased necessity to focus research on school-aged athletes with sports-related concussion (SRC). This study assessed differences in symptom reporting and neurocognitive performance in youth athletes who sustained a sports-related concussion. A total of 1345 concussed and 3529 nonconcussed athletes (ages 8-...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Murdaugh DL,Ono KE,Morris SO,Burns TG

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the number of personnel, time to induce and complete sedation using propofol for outpatient magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, and the frequency of serious adverse events (SAEs) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) compared with children without ASD. RESULTS:Baseline charac...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Kamat PP,Karaga MK,Wisniewski BL,McCracken CE,Simon HK,Sidhu R,Grunwell JR

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find out why children born extremely preterm are at heightened risk of executive dysfunctions, the authors assessed 716 children who were 10 years old born extremely preterm whose IQ was ≥ 70. A working memory dysfunction (n = 169), an inhibition dysfunction (n = 360), a switching dysfunction (355), and all 3 (exec...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Leviton A,Joseph RM,Allred EN,O'Shea TM,Taylor HG,Kuban KKC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of upper limb function, kinematic analysis, and dystonia in patients with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and periventricular leukomalacia. Seven children with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and 8 controls underwent upper limb kinematics. Movement duration, average and maximum linear velocity, index of cur...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Pons R,Vanezis A,Skouteli H,Papavasiliou A,Tziomaki M,Syrengelas D,Darras N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dandy-Walker syndrome (DWS) is a rare neurologic multi-entity malformation. This review aimed at reporting its main nonneurologic comorbidities. METHODS:Following PRISMA guidelines, search in Medline was conducted (2000-2014, keyword: dandy-walker). Age, sex, country, DWS type, consanguinity or siblings with...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Stambolliu E,Ioakeim-Ioannidou M,Kontokostas K,Dakoutrou M,Kousoulis AA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple etiologies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of immunocompromised patients with non-central nervous system cancer and viral infections who develop mutism. Acute cerebellitis, caused by infections or by neurotoxicity resulting from chemotherapy; paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration; atypical...

journal_title：Journal of child neurology

authors： Helton K,Patterson AL,Khan RB,Sadighi ZS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00