{"title":"Tuberous Sclerosis Complex: Early Diagnosis in Infants.","authors":"Stephen L Nelson, Brittani M Wild","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-12","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Autism Center of Excellence Research conducted two concurrent prospective longitudinal studies to analyze the timing and pattern of clinical presenting symptoms of TSC in infants to facilitate earlier diagnosis and treatment in this specific population.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6192978/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents.","authors":"Zarraf Arefeen, Syed Mosab Kazmi, Safiullah Shareef","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-11","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Boston Children's Hospital, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Montreal, McGill University Health Center, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Calgary, and the University of Ottawa researched the association between early physical activity and persistent postconcussive symptoms (PPCS).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-11","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gut Microbiota, the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy.","authors":"Egidio Spinelli, Robyn Blackford","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-10","DOIUrl":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from the Department of Pediatric Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University assessed the gut microbiome in pediatric patients with intractable non-lesional epilepsy who were treated with the ketogenic diet (KD) comparing differences between responders and non-responders over a period of 6 months.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6149163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36539383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autism & Gluten: The Proof By Regression!","authors":"Hakim Rahmoune, Nada Boutrid","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from different clinical and research centers from Paris, France studied the polymorphisms of the HLA class II loci in an autistic population. Through a case control design, they looked for the distribution of HLA class II alleles, genotypes and haplotypes in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) patients meeting DSM-IV TR criteria versus healthy controls (HC).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36522628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiovascular Risks of Ketogenic Diet for Glut-1 Deficiency.","authors":"Alberto Spalice, Cristiana A Guido","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Children's Hospitals of Aschaffenburg-Alzenau, Germany, and Essen University, Germany reported on long-term cardiovascular risks of ketogenic diet (KD) treatment for Glut1 Deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36486410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Focal Epilepsy and the <i>Clock</i> Gene.","authors":"Roberto Refinetti","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Children's National Medical Center, Wenzhou Medical University, Virginia Tech, University of Colorado, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, University of Maryland, and Brown University performed transcriptome analysis on human epileptogenic tissue and extended the investigation by creating and testing mouse lines with targeted genetic deletions of the <i>Clock</i> gene.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123240/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36486425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pharmacokinetics and Optimal Dosing of Phenobarbital.","authors":"Safiullah Shareef, Murtaza N Ali","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, USA, conducted a <i>retrospective population pharmacokinetic</i> analysis of 355 patients ages less than 19 years of age in the inpatient setting who were initiated on intravenous or oral phenobarbital therapy and had one or more serum phenobarbital concentrations sampled.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36486426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Promising Small Molecule for Vanishing White Matter Disease.","authors":"Divakar S Mithal, Jennifer P Rubin","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Calico Life Sciences LLC and AbbVie report the effects of a novel drug targeting the genetic basis of Vanishing White Matter Disease (VWMD).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115330/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36455218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Movement Disorders in Childhood Thalamic Tumors.","authors":"Rebecca Garcia-Sosa, Joanna Blackburn","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee analyzed movement disorder outcomes in patients with childhood thalamic tumors.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6115331/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36455217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical Features of Essential Tremor in Children","authors":"Arpita Lakhotia","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-2","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from Cleveland Clinic Child Neurology Center reported the clinical features of essential tremor (ET) in the pediatric population.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 1","pages":"2 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47504626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}