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- Title:
- SMA Type III Mimics Muscular Dystrophy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the National Neuroscience Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, report a series of 8 patients with type III spinal muscular atrophy who were referred with a diagnosis of muscular dystrophy.
- Keyword:
- Hypertrophy, Muscle Biopsy, Muscular Dystrophy
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-5-3
- Title:
- Coats Syndrome in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy Type 1
- Abstract:
- Investigators at University of Rochester Medical Center, NY; Hopital Archet-CHU de Nice, France; and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, studied the frequency of Coats syndrome and its association with D4Z4 contraction size in 408 patients identified with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1).
- Keyword:
- Coats Disease, Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy, Exudative Retinitis
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-5-2
- Title:
- Headache and Vascular Events with Brain Tumors
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, performed a retrospective study of 265 children with brain tumors who received cranial irradiation and developed severe recurrent headache.
- Keyword:
- Neurovascular Event, Stroke-like Migraine After Radiation Therapy, Brain Tumors
- Subject: MESH:
- Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Infant, Child Development, Child, Neurosurgery, Headache Disorders, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-5-11
- Title:
- Childhood Migraine and Infantile Colic
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Robert Debre Hospital, Paris, and other centers in France and Italy report a case-control study of 208 consecutive children aged 6 to 18 years presenting to the ED and diagnosed with migraine and controls with minor trauma.
- Keyword:
- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome, Childhood Migraine, Infantile Colic
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Headache Disorders, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-5-10
- Title:
- Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy and Pain Syndromes
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, tested the hypothesis that acquired small-fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) contributes to unexplained widespread pain syndromes in children and adolescents.
- Keyword:
- Autoimmune Disorder, Burning Feet Syndrome, Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-5-1
- Title:
- PUFAs, A Dietary Supplement and Seizure Threshold
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the University of Toronto, Canada studied the effects of chronic dietary supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derived from fish oil on seizure thresholds in the amygdala as well as on blood and brain PUFA levels in 60-day-old rats.
- Keyword:
- Eicosapentaenoic Acid, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Docosahexaenoic Acid
- Subject:
- Antiepileptic Drugs and Diet
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child, Infant, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-9
- Title:
- Fetal AED Exposure and Cognitive Outcome at Age 6
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Emory University, Atlanta, GA and multiple centers in the USA and UK conducted a prospective study of the effects of antiepileptic drug (AED) monotherapy (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, or valproate) on the intelligence quotient (IQ) at 6 years of age (age-6 IQ).
- Keyword:
- Antiepileptic Drug, Valproate, Intelligence Quotient
- Subject:
- Antiepileptic Drugs and Diet
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Child, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-8
- Title:
- Genetics of Benign Familial Infantile Epilepsies
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Instituto G Gaslini, Genova, Italy and multiple other centers in Italy studied the genetics of benign familial epilepsies of the first year of life and assessed the extent of the genetic overlap between neonatal and infantile seizure syndromes.
- Keyword:
- Benign Familial Neonatal-Infantile Seizures, Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures, Benign Familial Infantile Seizures
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child, Neurology, Pediatrics, Child Development, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-7
- Title:
- Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Infants
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Paediatric Neurology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, and other centers in the UK and USA carried out a population-based study of children, 1-24 months of age, with new-onset epilepsy, ascertained over 13 months from 15 boroughs of North London.
- Keyword:
- Chromosomal Abnormalities, Intractable Seizures, Brain Abnormalities
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-6
- Title:
- Frontal Lobe Connectivity and Cognitive Impairment in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Maastricht University Medical Center, and Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, The Netherlands, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), studied the relationship between brain activation, functional connectivity, and cognitive functioning in 32 children aged 8-13 years with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and 41 healthy age-matched controls.
- Keyword:
- Cognitive Impairment, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-5
- Title:
- Epileptiform EEG Discharges and Risk of Epilepsy Following Febrile Seizure
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Kangnam and Masan Samsung Changwon Hospitals, Korea, studied the relation between epileptiform discharges on the EEG after febrile seizures (FS) and the risk of developing epilepsy and recurrence of FS.
- Keyword:
- Epileptiform Discharges, Paroxysmal Abnormalities, Febrile Seizures
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Child Development, Neurology, Child, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-4
- Title:
- Concordance of MRI and EEG Focal Slowing in Nonsyndromic Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Kangwon National University, Korea, and The Epilepsy Center, Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, USA studied the correlation and significance of EEG focal slowing and focal MRI abnormalities in 253 children with nonsyndromic epilepsy.
- Keyword:
- Nonsyndromic Epilepsy, Interictal Epileptiform Discharge, EEG Focal Slowing
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Child, Neurology, Pediatrics, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-3
- Title:
- Chorea Associated with HHV-6 Encephalitis
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Brown University, Providence, RI and other centers in the US and Canada report a 14-month old child with multiple episodes of febrile status epilepticus, followed by chorea and developmental regression, caused by human herpes virus-6 encephalitis.
- Keyword:
- HHV-6 Infection, HHV-6 Encephalitis, Febrile Convulsions
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Movement Disorders, Child Development, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-2
- Title:
- MEDNIK Syndrome: A Defect of Copper Metabolism
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Bambino Gesu Childrens Hospital, Rome, and other centers in Italy, Canada and France report an 8-year-old female Sephardic-Jewish patient with MEDNIK syndrome associated with a new AP1S1 homozygous mutation.
- Keyword:
- AP1S1 Mutations, MEDNIK Syndrome, Intrahepatic Cholestasis
- Subject:
- Metabolic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Infant, Child, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-10
- Title:
- Dopamine-Serotonin Transporter Disease
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada report 8 children of a consanguineous Saudi Arabian family who had a similar movement disorder, with autosomal recessive inheritance and a mutation in the SLC18A2 gene that encodes vesicular monoamine transporter 2 [VMAT2].
- Keyword:
- Norepinephrine, Neurologic Examination, Dopamine Agonists
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Movement Disorders, Neurology, Child, Infant, Pediatrics, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-4-1
- Title:
- Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type IIB and Human Papillomavirus
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA tested the hypothesis that human papillomavirus type 16 oncoprotein E6 (HPV16 E6) is present in human focal cortical dysplasia type IIB (FCDIIB) specimens.
- Keyword:
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Focal Cortical Dysplasia, Focal Cortical Malformation
- Subject:
- Developmental Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Infant, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-9
- Title:
- Maternal Folic Acid and Risk of Childhood Autism
- Abstract:
- Researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo; Institute of Child Health, London, UK; and other centers in Norway, UK, and the US examined the association between maternal use of prenatal folic acid supplements (4 weeks before to 8 weeks after start of pregnancy) and risk of autistic spectrum disorders in children derived from the population-based, prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
- Keyword:
- Mother and Child Cohort Study, Autistic Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Subject:
- Attention Deficit and Autistic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-8
- Title:
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of Inhibition and Attention in ADHD
- Abstract:
- Researchers at King's College, London; Kyushu University, Japan; and Barcelona, Spain conducted a meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in ADHD during inhibition and attention tasks, with reference to age and effects of long-term use of stimulant medication.
- Keyword:
- Inhibition Meta-Analysis, Prefrontal Cortex, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Subject:
- Attention Deficit and Autistic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-7
- Title:
- Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Studies and Treatment of Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Autonomous University of Madrid, and other centers in Spain studied the clinical, biochemical, and genetic spectrum of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) in 12 patients with the clinically proven diagnosis.
- Keyword:
- MRI Abnormalities, Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency, Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-6
- Title:
- Prognostic Factors for Refractory Status Epilepticus
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN studied the outcome and identified prognostic factors for refractory status epilepticus (RSE) in 54 adult patients, median age 52 years [range 18-93].
- Keyword:
- Refractory Status Epilepticus, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Suppression-Burst
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Child, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-5
- Title:
- Melatonin and Experimental Perinatal Asphyxia
- Abstract:
- Researchers from University College London, Hopital Robert Debre, and Universite Paris Diderot, Paris assessed the neuroprotective effects of melatonin combined with therapeutic hypothermia after transient hypoxia-ischemia in a piglet model of perinatal asphyxia.
- Keyword:
- EEG Monitoring, Therapeutic Hypothermia, Hypoxia-Ischemia
- Subject:
- Perinatal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-4
- Title:
- Childhood Obesity and Risk of Pediatric MS
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Kaiser Permanente of Southern California studied a possible relation between childhood obesity and pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) or its potential precursor, clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), which encompasses optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis (TM).
- Keyword:
- Clinically Isolated Syndrome, Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis, Transverse Myelitis
- Subject:
- Demyelinating Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Brain Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-3
- Title:
- Long-Term Outcome of Pediatric-Onset MS
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff; and University of Bristol, UK studied the clinical features and disability in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) in a population-based cohort with long-term follow-up, and compared to a cohort of patients with adult-onset (AOMS) disease.
- Keyword:
- Disability Milestones, Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis, Adult-Onset Multiple Sclerosis
- Subject:
- Demyelinating Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Infant, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-2
- Title:
- Ictal Lateralizing Sign in Refractory Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Researchers in Cuba and Columbia studied the frequency of ictal dorsiflexion of the great toe and its lateralizing value for the epileptogenic focus in seizures of patients consecutively evaluated at two tertiary centers for epilepsy surgery.
- Keyword:
- Ictal Dorsiflexion, Hippocampal Sclerosis, Seizures
- Subject:
- Developmental Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Child, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-10
- Title:
- Relation of Trigger Factors to Migraine with Aura
- Abstract:
- Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark studied the relation between natural trigger factors and migraine with aura (MA) in 27 patients who reported that bright or flickering light or strenuous exercise would trigger their attacks.
- Keyword:
- Light Stimulation, Trigger Factors, Premonitory Symptoms
- Subject: MESH:
- Headache Disorders, Brain Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Child Development, Neurosurgery, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-3-1
- Title:
- Unusual Onset of Anti-NMDA-Receptor Encephalitis
- Abstract:
- A 19-year-old female presented with vomiting, diarrhea, emotional lability, auditory hallucinations, expressive dysphasia, and delirium.
- Keyword:
- Auditory Hallucinations, Anti-NMDA-Receptor Encephalitis, Expressive Dysphasia
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Child, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-9
- Title:
- N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibodies in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Charite University Medicine Berlin, and other centers in Germany, Spain and the US performed a retrospective analysis of 44 patients with polymerase chain reaction-proven herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) for the presence of onconeuronal and synaptic receptor antibodies.
- Keyword:
- Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Schizophrenia Diagnosis, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Neurology, Child, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-8
- Title:
- Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Cortical Angiogenesis
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Normandy University, and Rouen and Brest Universities, France studied the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on the cortical microvascular and the action of alcohol, glutamate, and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF) on activity, plasticity, and survival of microvessels in mice.
- Keyword:
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Neurological-Epilepsy, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Subject:
- Developmental Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-7
- Title:
- Morphological Variations of Hippocampal Formation in Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Hospital Sao Paulo and other centers in Brazil compared the hippocampal formation (HF) morphology of healthy asymptomatic individuals (n=30) with that of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS)(n=68), of patients with malformations of cortical development (MCD)(n=34), and of patients with morphological HF variations without other structural signs (pure MVHF)(n=12).
- Keyword:
- Hippocampal Sclerosis, Hippocampal Formation, Febrile Seizures
- Subject:
- Developmental Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Child, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-6
- Title:
- Hemimegalencephaly: A Foetal Tauopathy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Canada; and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia studied brain resections from 3 male infants with hemimegalencephaly (HME) and refractory epilepsy.
- Keyword:
- Hemimegalencephaly, Proteus Syndrome, Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Subject:
- Developmental Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant, Child, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-5
- Title:
- Ischemic Stroke and TIA in Young Adults
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA studied retrospectively the risk factors and yield of diagnostic tests, neuroimaging findings, and treatment of ischemic strokes in 215 consecutive young adult patients (aged 18 to 45 years) seen between 2005 and 2010.
- Keyword:
- Ischemic Stroke, Thrombolysis, Childhood Stroke
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Infant, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-4
- Title:
- Cerebral Ischemic Events with Sickle Cell Anemia
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and several additional centers in the US and UK studied the incidence of acute silent cerebral ischemic events (ASCIEs) in MRIs of children with asymptomatic sickle cell anemia (SCA).
- Keyword:
- Intellectual Abilities, Blood Transfusion Therapy, Sickle Cell Anemia
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child, Infant, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-3
- Title:
- Genetic Risk Factors for Perinatal Stroke
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco performed a population-based case-control study of births at Kaiser Permanente Northern California to explore the effect of genetic polymorphisms on the risk of perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS).
- Keyword:
- Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke, Neonatal Stroke, Apolipoprotein
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-2
- Title:
- PRRT2, Infantile Convulsions, Paroxysmal Dyskinesia, and Migraine
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the Institut de Neurobiologie de la Mediterranee (INMED), Marseille, and other centers in France have extended the spectrum of PRRT2 mutations and phenotypes to hemiplegic migraine and other types of migraine.
- Keyword:
- Proline-Rich-Transmembrane Protein, Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia, Infantile Convulsions
- Subject:
- Infantile Seizures
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Child, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-10
- Title:
- Trauma and Infection Risk Factors for Stroke
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University of California at San Francisco (UCSF); Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA; and University of Utah, Salt Lake City performed a casecontrol study of recent exposure to trauma or infection in 126 childhood (<19 years old) cases of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS).
- Keyword:
- Circulating Endothelial Cells, Arterial Ischemic Stroke, Endothelial Injury
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child, Neurosurgery, Infant, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-2-1
- Title:
- Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Type 2C Muscle Fibers
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, evaluated retrospectively clinical, laboratory, and muscle histochemistry and oxidative enzyme characteristics in 49 children with suspected mitochondrial disorders.
- Keyword:
- CoQ10 Deficiency, Type 2C Muscle Fibers, Morphologically Normal Muscle
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Infant, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-9
- Title:
- Spasmodic Muscle Cramps and Wilson Disease
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago report a case of Wilson disease (WD) in a 10-year-old-boy presenting with 3 months of increasingly severe spasmodic muscle cramps and weakness in lower extremities, upper extremities, and cramps in face and chest.
- Keyword:
- Spasmodic Muscle Cramps, Wilson Disease, Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-8
- Title:
- Diagnosis of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, studied the manifestations and time to diagnosis of 70 children with germ cell tumors (GCTs) treated between 1998 and 2012.
- Keyword:
- Nongerminomatous Tumors, Synchronous Tumors, Germ Cell Tumors
- Subject:
- Intracranial Tumors
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Infant, Child, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-7
6239. Prognosis of Epilepsy
- Title:
- Prognosis of Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK, report results of longitudinal cohort studies of prognosis in epilepsy in adults and children and focus particularly on the National General Practice Study of Epilepsy (NGPSE) in 1195 patients initiated in 1983.
- Keyword:
- Anonymized Prognostic Data, Epilepsy Prognosis, National General Practice Study of Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Infant, Child Development, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-6
- Title:
- Subclinical Posttraumatic Seizures Detected by Continuous Video-EEG Monitoring
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA, and University of Colorado, used continuous video-EEG monitoring (cEEG) to study the incidence and risk factors for subclinical early posttraumatic seizures (EPTS) in 87 consecutive, unselected (mild severe), acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients requiring admission to the PICU.
- Keyword:
- Early Posttraumatic Seizures, Continuous Video-EEG Monitoring, Traumatic Brain Injury
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Infant, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-5
- Title:
- SCN1A and Susceptibility to MTL Epilepsy, Hippocampal Sclerosis and Febrile Seizures
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, and other centers in the UK and Europe conducted a genome-wide association study in 1018 people with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with hippocampal sclerosis and 7552 control subjects, with (n=757) and without (n=803) a history of febrile seizures.
- Keyword:
- Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Hippocampal Sclerosis, Dravet Syndrome
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-4
- Title:
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Children's Hospital of Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, determined the incidence of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in a pediatric critical care unit.
- Keyword:
- Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome, Acute Chest Syndrome, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
- Subject:
- Encephalitis and Encephalopathies
- Subject: MESH:
- Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-3
- Title:
- Diagnostic Algorithm for Encephalitis
- Abstract:
- Diagnostic algorithm for initial evaluation of encephalitis in children is proposed with a consensus statement from the International Encephalitis Consortium, a committee begun in 2010 to serve as a practical aid to clinicians evaluating patients with suspected encephalitis.
- Keyword:
- Encephalopathy Syndrome, Diagnostic Algorithm, Hypertensive Encephalopathy
- Subject:
- Encephalitis and Encephalopathies
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Pediatrics, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-2
- Title:
- Neurophysiological Testing in Normal Children
- Abstract:
- Investigators in Belgrade, Serbia, and Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, reviewed the literature (Ovid Medline, 1948-2012) for citations on repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) and single fiber electromyography (SFEMG) in children.
- Keyword:
- Single Fiber Electromyography, Neurophysiological Testing, Repetitive Nerve Stimulation
- Subject:
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-10
- Title:
- Endovascular Treatment of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK, retrospectively reviewed case notes and imaging in 9 consecutive children (age range 18 months to 16 years) with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) who were treated using endovascular methods after medical therapy with heparin had failed.
- Keyword:
- Endovascular Treatment, Thrombolytic Agent, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-12-1
- Title:
- Diagnostic Algorithm for Microcephaly
- Abstract:
- Investigators from Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK, provide a diagnostic structure to follow when presented with a child with microcephaly.
- Keyword:
- Occipital-Frontal-Circumference, Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, Microcephaly
- Subject:
- Developmental Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Brain Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Infant, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-9
- Title:
- Single Center Experience of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, Adana Medical Research Center; and Division of Child Neurology, Ankara, Turkey, retrospectively evaluated 15 children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in children from the center in Adana.
- Keyword:
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Epstein-Barr Virus, Mycoplasma
- Subject:
- Demyelinating Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Pediatrics, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-8
- Title:
- Hyperekplexia, Apneas, Developmental Delay, and Genetic Correlations
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Swansea University and other centers in the UK, Australia, and Belgium studied the genotype-phenotype correlations in 97 individuals with a clinical diagnosis of hyperekplexia; 61 cases had mutations in GLRA1, 24 cases in SLC6A5 and 12 in GLRB.
- Keyword:
- Hyperekplexia, Recurrent Infantile Apneas, Genotype-Phenotype Correlations
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Infant, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Movement Disorders, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-7
- Title:
- Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care for Dravet Syndrome Patients
- Abstract:
- Investigators from University Hospital of Rennes; Necker Hospital, Paris; and University Paris Descartes, France used a questionnaire to study the transition and transfer from pediatric to adult health-care system in patients with Dravet syndrome and their families.
- Keyword:
- Transfer from Pediatric to Adult Health-Care System, Diagnosis of Dravet Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Infant, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-6
- Title:
- Prognosis of Early Onset Absence Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators from University of Chieti and several other centers in Italy conducted a multicenter retrospective 36-month follow-up study of the electroclinical course of epilepsy in all children with typical absence seizures (TAS) starting in the first 3 years of life.
- Keyword:
- Typical Absence Seizures, Childhood Absence Epilepsy, Pure Early Onset Absence Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Infant, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-5
- Title:
- Rescue Medication in Children at Risk of Prolonged Convulsive Seizures
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and other centers in the UK and Europe, explore the adequacy of treatment of children with prolonged convulsive seizures (defined as seizures lasting more than 5 min) occurring in school to prevent progression to status epilepticus and neurological morbidity.
- Keyword:
- Neurological morbidity, Prolonged Convulsive Seizures, Rescue medication
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Child Development, Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-4
- Title:
- Febrile Seizures and Face Emotion Recognition
- Abstract:
- Investigators at University-Hospital of Parma, Universities of Verona, Modena, and Bologna, Italy; and Epilepsy Clinic Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, studied facial emotion recognition ability in a group of 38 school-aged children with antecedent febrile seizures (FSs) and in an age- and sex-matched control group.
- Keyword:
- Febrile seizures, Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Facial Emotion Recognition
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-3
- Title:
- Narcolepsy/Cataplexy and Occult Neuroblastoma
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; University Hospital Southampton, UK; and Kiev Paediatric Hospital, Ukraine, report three children with narcolepsy and cataplexy subsequently diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
- Keyword:
- Occult Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, Narcolepsy/Cataplexy
- Subject:
- Sleep Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Child Development, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-2
- Title:
- Narcolepsy and ROHHAD Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, and Sleep Medicine Centre, Heeze, Netherlands, report a 7-year-old girl with rapid-onset obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD syndrome).
- Keyword:
- Secondary Narcolepsy and Cataplexy, Autonomic dysregulation, Hypothalamic dysfunction
- Subject:
- Sleep Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Infant, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Child, Neurology, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-11-1
- Title:
- Immunomodulatory Therapy for Rasmussen Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the National Epilepsy Center, Shizuoka, Gifu University, Tokyo Womens Medical University, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and Okayama University School of Medicine, Japan, examined seizure, cognitive, and motor outcomes in 49 patients referred with Rasmussen encephalitis (RS) and recently had received initial immunomodulatory therapy: regular IV immunoglobulin (IVIg) at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day, methylprednisolone steroid pulse therapy at a dose of 30 mg/kg/day (children) for 3 days, and tacrolimus 0.1 mg/kg/day.
- Keyword:
- Functional Hemispherectomy, Rasmussen Encephalitis, IV Immunoglobulin
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Infant, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Encephalitis, Child Development, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-9
- Title:
- Joubert Syndrome, A Ciliopathy
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Neurogenetics Unit, Mendel Laboratory, Rome, and University of Salerno, Italy, review the clinical features and genetic basis of Joubert syndrome, overlap with other ciliopathies, and the multifaceted roles of primary cilia in CNS development.
- Keyword:
- Heterogeneous Disorders, Prenatal Abnormal Features, CNS Defects
- Subject:
- Developmental Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurosurgery, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-8
- Title:
- Williams-Beuren Syndrome with Brain Dysplasia
- Abstract:
- Investigators from Jichi and Yokohama City Universities, Japan, report a patient with the common Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) deletion in 7q11.23 who presented with severe cerebral and cerebellar dysplasia and progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Keyword:
- Williams-Beuren Syndrome, Neurologic Symptoms, Facial Characteristics
- Subject:
- Developmental Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Neurology, Child Development, Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-7
- Title:
- Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and centers in Philadelphia and Salt Lake City, propose updated criteria for the diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri (PTCS) and its variations.
- Keyword:
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Neuroimaging Abnormalities, Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Subject:
- Intracranial Pressure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Infant, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-6
- Title:
- Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, evaluated 24 children (18 girls, 6 boys) with spontaneous intracranial hypotension, seen 2001-2012.
- Keyword:
- Dural Ectasia, Postural Headache, Marfan Syndrome
- Subject:
- Intracranial Pressure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Infant, Child, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-5
- Title:
- Electroclinical Subtypes of Cingulate Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the Cleveland Clinic, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, studied consecutive cases of cingulate gyrus epilepsy identified retrospectively from their epilepsy databases from 1992 to 2009.
- Keyword:
- Posterior Cingulate Seizures, Hypermotor/Hyperkinetic Seizures, Simple Motor Seizures
- Subject:
- Paroxysmal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Pediatrics, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-4
- Title:
- Management of Reflex Anoxic Seizures
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Roald Dahl EEG Unit, Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation, Liverpool, UK, review the definition, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of reflex anoxic seizures (RAS) in children.
- Keyword:
- Anoxic Epileptic Seizure, Cardiac Pacing, Reflex Anoxic Seizures
- Subject:
- Paroxysmal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Child, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-3
- Title:
- Changes in T-Cell Homeostasis in Multiple Sclerosis
- Abstract:
- Investigators at University Hospital, Heidelberg, and other centers in Germany, studied the composition of the peripheral T-cell compartment and regulatory T cell (Treg) function in 30 pediatric MS patients by multicolor flow cytometry and proliferation assays.
- Keyword:
- Immunomodulatory Drugs, MS Pathogenesis, T-cell Compartment
- Subject:
- Demyelinating Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Child, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-2
- Title:
- MRI Biomarker for Early Diagnosis of Autism
- Abstract:
- In order to identify early risk markers for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), investigators at University of California Davis School of Medicine and Davis Childrens Hospital conducted a longitudinal brain MRI study of infant siblings in conjunction with behavioral assessments leading to an outcome classification at 24 months or later (mean age 32.5 months).
- Keyword:
- Eyeblink Conditioning, Autism Spectrum Disorder, MRI Biomarker
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-10-1
- Title:
- Hemi-Chorea and Brainstem Glioma
- Abstract:
- A case-report from Baroda Medical College, India, concerns a 9-year-old girl who complained of difficulty in walking and involuntary movements of the left upper and lower limbs.
- Keyword:
- Neurological Examination, Pilocystic Astrocytoma, Histopathological Examination
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Movement Disorders, Pediatrics, Child Development, Neurology, Infant, Child, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-9
- Title:
- Thalamic Metabolism and Restless Legs Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University of Bologna, Italy, evaluated medial thalamus metabolism and structural integrity in 23 patients with restless legs syndrome and 19 healthy controls.
- Keyword:
- Medial Thalamus, N-acetylaspartate, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Pediatrics, Movement Disorders, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-8
- Title:
- AAN Guideline on Steroids and Antivirals for Bell Palsy
- Abstract:
- The Guideline Development Subcommittee of the AAN provides an update of the 2001 evidence-based practice guideline for the treatment of Bell palsy.
- Keyword:
- Antivirals, Bell Palsy, Steroids
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Brain Diseases, Child, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-7
- Title:
- Brain Abscess from a Peritonsillar Abscess
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, report the case of a 9-year-old immunocompetent girl diagnosed with a left frontal brain abscess accompanied by fever, headache, and weight loss for a 3-month period.
- Keyword:
- Immunocompetent, Peritonsillar Abscess, Brain Abscess
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-6
- Title:
- Subdural Empyema in Bacterial Meningitis
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, evaluated the occurrence, treatment, and outcome of subdural empyema as a complication of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in 28 (2.7%) adults.
- Keyword:
- Dysesthesia, Focal Seizures, Streptococcus Pyogenes
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Child, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-5
- Title:
- Muscular Dystrophy-Dystroglycanopathy and Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators from the University of Catania, and other centers in Europe have identified a novel genetic glycosylation disorder, DPM2-CDG (part of the DPM synthase complex) in 3 infants with severe hypotonia, progressive muscle weakness and wasting, elevated CK, absent psychomotor development, intractable epilepsy with onset at 1 week to 5 months, and early mortality.
- Keyword:
- Hypotonia, Genetic Glycosylation, Early Mortality
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Child, Pediatrics, Infant, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-4
- Title:
- Thalamocortical Structural and Functional Connectivity in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Kings College, Institute of Psychiatry, London and other centers in the UK, US, and Germany discovered changes in an anterior thalamo-cortical bundle during tests of structural connectivity, as measured by diffusion tensor imaging, in a cohort of 28 subjects with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
- Keyword:
- Active Seizures, Anatomical Bundle, Idiopathic Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Infant, Neurology, Child, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-3
- Title:
- CSF in Fever-Associated Status Epilepticus
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Columbia University, NY; and other centers on behalf of the FEBSTAT Study Team assessed CSF findings in 154 (77%) of 200 patients with fever-associated status epilepticus (FSE).
- Keyword:
- Physicians, Febrile Status Epilepticus, Younger Children
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-2
- Title:
- Clinico-Radiological Profile of Pediatric Glioblastoma
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, studied the clinico-radiological profile, pathology, treatment and outcome of 65 pediatric patients (age < 18 years) with histopathologically proven diagnosis of intracranial glioblastoma.
- Keyword:
- Intratumoral Bleeding, Intracranial Glioblastoma, Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- Subject:
- CNS Neoplasms
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Neurology, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-12
- Title:
- Epidermal Nevus Syndrome Associated with Brain Malformations and Medulloblastoma
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Juntendo University and Tokyo Womens Medical University, Japan; and University of California, San Francisco, Ca, report a male infant with epidermal nevus syndrome associated with brainstem and cerebellar malformations and neonatal medulloblastoma.
- Keyword:
- Epidermal Nevus Syndrome, Visceral Malignancies, Cerebellar Malformations
- Subject:
- CNS Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-11
- Title:
- Cowden Syndrome with Cortical Malformation and Epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging, Troina, and University of Naples, Italy report a case of Cowden syndrome presenting with unilateral perisylvian dysplasia and with drug resistant focal seizures.
- Keyword:
- Lhermitte-Duclos Disease, Hamartomatous, Cowden Syndrome
- Subject:
- CNS Malformations
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Child, Infant, Neurology, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-10
- Title:
- EEG Following Febrile Status Epilepticus
- Abstract:
- Investigators at Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY; Columbia University, NY, and 7 additional members of the FEBSTAT study team report the results of a prospective evaluation of the consequences of febrile status epilepticus (FSE) on the EEG of 199 children (median age 15.8 months; range 12-24 months).
- Keyword:
- Hippocampal, Low Peak Temperature, Febrile Status Epilepticus
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Brain Diseases, Neurology, Infant, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2013
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2013-27-1-1
- Title:
- Surfactant and Neonatal Electroencephalogram
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of California San Diego evaluated the effects of endotracheal intubation and surfactant on the neonatal brain using a 3-channel neonatal EEG.
- Keyword:
- Endotracheal Suctioning, Endotracheal Intubation, Heart Rate
- Subject:
- Neonatal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Infant, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-9
- Title:
- Stroke Recurrence in Congenital Heart Disease
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada identified 135 patients with congenital heart disease diagnosed with arterial ischemic stroke during 1992-2008 and registered in the Canadian Pediatric Stroke Registry-Toronto site.
- Keyword:
- Mechanical Valve, Sentinel Stroke, Prothrombotic Condition
- Subject:
- Vascular Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Neurology, Child, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-8
- Title:
- EEG and Seizure Manifestations of Cerebral Folate Deficiency
- Abstract:
- Researchers from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC report the EEG and seizure manifestations in 2 patients with folate receptor autoimmune antibody-mediated primary cerebral folate deficiency.
- Keyword:
- Gait Difficulty, Hand Wringing, Language Deficits
- Subject:
- Metabolic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Infant, Child, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-7
- Title:
- Cerebral Folate Deficiency & Receptor Mutations
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University Medical Centre Gottingen, other centers in Germany, and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland screened 72 children with low 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) concentrations in the CSF who developed neurological abnormalities after infancy.
- Keyword:
- Multifocal Epileptiform Activity, Cerebellar Atrophy, Ataxia
- Subject:
- Metabolic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Child, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-6
- Title:
- Gene Identification in Alternating Hemiplegia
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Georg Augustus University Gottingen, Germany studied the genetics of alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) in 24 patients aged 8-35 years, using whole-exome sequencing to identify de novo mutations associated with the disease.
- Keyword:
- Emotional Stress, Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Disease-Associated Gene
- Subject:
- Paroxysmal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Pediatrics, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-5
- Title:
- MRI Abnormalities with Febrile Status Epilepticus: The Febstat Study
- Abstract:
- Researchers in the FEBSTAT Study Team at centers in New York, Durham, Virginia, and Chicago, IL report MRI findings in their prospective study of the acute effects of febrile status epilepticus (FSE) in 199 children age 1 month to 5 years.
- Keyword:
- Febrile Status Epilepticus, Including Amygdala, Temporal Lobe Abnormalities
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Neurosurgery, Child Development, Child, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-4
- Title:
- Gait Deterioration in Adolescents with Dravet Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia studied prospectively changes in gait by age in patients with Dravet syndrome. Of 26 patients aged 2 to 34 years, 15 were male and 11 female, mean age 11.6 years; 23 had SCN1A mutations.
- Keyword:
- Lower Limb Muscles, Passive Knee Extension, Hip Extension
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-3
- Title:
- Developmental & Autism Screening in Epilepsy Unit
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the Epilepsy Center, Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago assessed the yield of routine screening for neurodevelopmental delay and autism in all patients, 5 years of age and younger, seen in the monitoring unit or ketogenic diet clinic.
- Keyword:
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Social Communication Questionnaire, Epilepsy Patients
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-2
- Title:
- MRI in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at University of Melbourne, Australia, and St Louis Childrens Hospital, US investigated the effects of hypothermia treatment on MRI patterns of brain injury in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and the prognostic utility of MRI for death or disability at age 2 years.
- Keyword:
- Basal Ganglia, Hypothermia Treatment, Thalami
- Subject:
- Neonatal Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Child Development, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Child, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-10
- Title:
- Syncope-Like Seizures in Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Researchers at St Thomas Hospital, London, and Leeds General Infirmary, UK studied prospectively the clinical features of syncope-like epileptic seizures (SLES) and their frequency in children aged 1 15 years with Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS) who were referred for an EEG.
- Keyword:
- Lying Down, Panayiotopoulos Syndrome, Autonomic Seizure
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurology, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurosurgery, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-9-1
- Title:
- Residents Lumbar Puncture Skills after Simulation-Based Education
- Abstract:
- Researchers in the Departments of Medicine and Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL evaluated the effect of simulation-based mastery learning (SBML) on internal medicine residents lumbar puncture (LP) skills, assessed neurology residents acquired LP skills from traditional clinical education, and compared the results of SBML to traditional clinical education.
- Keyword:
- Lumbar Puncture, Simulation-Based Mastery Learning, PGY1 Internal Medicine
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Child, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-9
- Title:
- GABA-Ergic Dysfunction in Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Clinical Epilepsy and Neurorehabilitation Sections, NIH, Bethesda, MD; Albert Ludwigs University, Freiberg, Germany; and Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to quantify the excitation and inhibition in primary motor cortex in 8 patients (mean age 15.4 years) with succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency.
- Keyword:
- Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Subject:
- Metabolic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Infant, Brain Diseases, Child, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-8
- Title:
- Fenfluramine Add-On Therapy of Dravet Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Antwerp University Hospital and University of Leuven, Belgium report 12 patients, 7 female and 5 male, age range 3-35 years, with a genetically proven diagnosis of Dravet syndrome who received fenfluramine (mean dose 0.34 (0.12-0.90) mg/kg/day) as add-on therapy.
- Keyword:
- Dravet Syndrome, Fenfluramine, Photosensitive Epilepsy
- Subject:
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Subject: MESH:
- Brain Diseases, Child Development, Neurology, Child, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Infant
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-7
- Title:
- Hallucinations after Valproic Acid Withdrawal
- Abstract:
- Child psychiatrists and neurologists in Utrecht, The Netherlands report case histories of 2 girls, ages 4 and 12 years, with a history of epilepsy who developed hallucinations after withdrawal of valproic acid (VPA).
- Keyword:
- Dopaminergic Neurotransmission, Hallucinations, Valproic Acid
- Subject:
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Child, Nervous System Diseases, Neurosurgery, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Child Development, Neurology
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-6
- Title:
- Effects of Topiramate on Cognitive Function
- Abstract:
- Investigators at the Universities of Minnesota and Florida determined the effect of topiramate on linguistic behavior, verbal recall and working memory using a computational linguistics system for automated language and speech analysis (SALSA).
- Keyword:
- System for Automated Language and Speech Analysis, Underlying Brain Dysfunction, Cognitive Functioning
- Subject:
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Subject: MESH:
- Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Child, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-5
- Title:
- Prevalence of Tic Disorders: a Meta-Analysis
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Dublin, Ireland evaluated the prevalence of tic disorders by using MEDLINE and Embase databases to perform a meta-analysis of reports published 1985- 2011.
- Keyword:
- Transient Tic Disorders, MEDLINE and Embase Databases, Prevalence of Tic Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurosurgery, Infant, Brain Diseases, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Neurology, Pediatrics, Movement Disorders
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-4
- Title:
- Reduced Cortical Inhibition and EEG Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in ADHD
- Abstract:
- Investigators at University of Heidelberg and other centers in Germany employed the N100 component of the EEG response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a novel marker for direct assessment of cortical inhibition in children with ADHD.
- Keyword:
- Cortical Inhibition, EEG Potentials, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Subject:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Child, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-3
- Title:
- GABA-ERGIC Deficit in ADHD
- Abstract:
- Neuroradiologists from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine investigated the GABAergic component of ADHD using magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure GABA concentration in somatosensory and motor cortices.
- Keyword:
- GABA-ERGIC, Intracortical Inhibition, Tourette Syndrome
- Subject:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Neurosurgery, Infant, Child, Neurology, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-2
- Title:
- Myotonic Disorders in an EMG Lab Over 12 Years
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the EMG Laboratory, Boston Children's Hospital, MA assessed the spectrum of disorders associated with electrophysiologic myotonia in a pediatric electromyography laboratory.
- Keyword:
- Myotonic Discharges, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Myotonia Congenita
- Subject:
- Muscle Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Pediatrics, Neurology, Infant, Child, Neurosurgery, Nervous System Diseases, Brain Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-11
- Title:
- Risk of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and H1N1 Influenza Vaccination
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Laval University, Department of Pediatric Neurology (Dr Boucher), Quebec University Hospital and other centers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada assessed the risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) following the pandemic influenza vaccination campaign in 2009, mostly using an AS03 adjuvant vaccine.
- Keyword:
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Influenza A (H1N1) Vaccination, Fluvax
- Subject:
- Infectious Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Child Development, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-10
- Title:
- Timing of Stimulant Treatment for ADHD and Effect on Academic Progress
- Abstract:
- Investigators at University of Iceland, Reykjavik, and other centers in Iceland and in USA studied the probability of academic decline (drop of >5.0 percentile points) in ADHD children according to drug exposure and timing of treatment start between National Scholastic Examinations.
- Keyword:
- Individual Education Plan, ADHD, Icelandic Medicines Registry
- Subject:
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Child Development, Nervous System Diseases, Infant, Brain Diseases, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Child
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-8-1
- Title:
- MRI and Infantile-Onset Leukoencephalopathy
- Abstract:
- Researchers at VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam and other international centers reviewed the MRIs of >3000 patients with an unclassified leukoencephalopathy, and 7 patients (3 male) shared similar MRI abnormalities and clinical and laboratory finding
- Keyword:
- Corpus callosum, Acylcarnitine, Loss of milestones
- Subject: MESH:
- Child Development, Child, Infant, Brain Diseases, Neurology, Leukoencephalopathies, Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-7-9
- Title:
- Levodopa Dose-Limiting Dyskinesias in Treatment of Segawa Disease
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the University of Cordoba, and other centers in Spain, Germany and New York report an atypical phenotype of persistent, low-dose levodopa treatment-limiting dyskinesias in 2 members of a family (female child aged 13 years and mother) with prominent brachial dystonia and a novel GCH1 mutation.
- Keyword:
- Trihexyphenidyl, Dyskinesias, Prominent brachial dystonia
- Subject: MESH:
- Child, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Child Development, Infant, Brain Diseases, Movement Disorders, Nervous System Diseases, Pediatrics
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-7-8
- Title:
- Gaba-Ergic Dysfunction in Tourette Syndrome
- Abstract:
- Researchers at the FDA, Silver Spring, MD; Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, PA; National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD; and other centers used a PET study to assess the involvement of the GABA-ergic system in 11 adult Tourette syndrome patients compared to 11 healthy controls.
- Keyword:
- Ventral striatum, Tourette syndrome, Periaqueductal grey
- Subject: MESH:
- Infant, Brain Diseases, Movement Disorders, Child, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-7-7
- Title:
- WISC-IV In Detection of Epilepsy-Related Cognitive Impairments
- Abstract:
- Researchers at Alberta Childrens Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada, and Epilepsy Center, New York University, NY analyzed WISC-IV scores from 212 children, 106 with epilepsy (46 girls, 60 boys; mean age 11 years), and 106 controls matched for age, gender, ethnicity, and parental education.
- Keyword:
- Verbal Comprehension, Parental education, Perceptual Reasoning
- Subject:
- Seizure Disorders
- Subject: MESH:
- Neurology, Infant, Nervous System Diseases, Child Development, Pediatrics, Brain Diseases, Child, Neurosurgery
- Creator:
- Millichap, J. Gordon
- Publisher:
- DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library, Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Date Created:
- 2012
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Original Identifier:
- PNB-2012-26-7-6