{"title":"Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis in Neonates and Children.","authors":"Melissa G Chung","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Erasmus University Hospital in Belgium and Gustave-Dron Hospital and Roger-Salengro Hospital in France studied the clinical and neuroradiologic characteristics of cerebral sinovenous thrombosis (CSVT) in neonates and children. </p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 3","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34718178","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":"Guidelines for Corticosteroid use in Treatment of DMD.","authors":"Vamshi K Rao","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The guideline development subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology has provided an update to the 2005 treatment guidelines for use of corticosteroids (CS) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). </p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 3","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936972/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34719212","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":"Evidence for Resident Memory T cells in Rasmussen Encephalitis.","authors":"Amer Khojah, Marisa Klein-Gitelman","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from University of California Los Angeles studied the presence of different T cell subset population in the brain tissue of 7 patients with Rasmussen encephalitis, a rare neuroinflammatory disorder characterized by intractable seizures and usually associated with progressive hemi cerebral atrophy, who underwent brain surgery and compared them to patients with focal cortical dysplasia. </p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 3","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936973/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34555868","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":"Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis.","authors":"Dragos A Nita, Cecil D Hahn","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Nationwide Children's Hospital performed an observational cohort study of early post-traumatic seizures (EPTS) among 34 children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who received levetiracetam (LEV) prophylaxis following admission to their pediatric intensive care unit. </p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 3","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34555276","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}
Anthony P Kontos, Jaime McAllister-Deitrick, Alicia M Sufrinko
{"title":"Predicting Post-Concussion Symptom Risk in the ED.","authors":"Anthony P Kontos, Jaime McAllister-Deitrick, Alicia M Sufrinko","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from The Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Concussion Team developed a clinical risk score for predicting persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS) at 28 days post injury in a large cohort of children initially evaluated at the emergency department (ED) within 48 hours of injury. </p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 3","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936970/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34652342","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":"Predictive Power of EEG in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis","authors":"Molly Tracy","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-1","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from University of California- Los Angeles and collaborators from across the country report on the use of prospective EEGs in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) to predict evolution to seizures.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 1","pages":"10 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67165053","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}
{"title":"Language after Hemispherotomy in Rasmussen Syndrome","authors":"S. Varadkar, M. Tisdall","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-4","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris report language outcome in children after (left) dominant-hemisphere hemispherotomy for Rasmussen Syndrome.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 1","pages":"13 - 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67165160","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}
{"title":"School-Aged Outcomes After Neonatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke","authors":"T. Czech, A. Pardo","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-7","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from the Accident Vasculaire Cérébral de nouveau-né (AVCnn) Study Group, a multicenter registry in France, examined outcomes at 7 years of age in children previously identified with neonatal arterial ischemic stroke (NAIS).","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 1","pages":"16 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67164761","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}
{"title":"Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Epileptogenic Lesions in TSC","authors":"Divakar S. Mithal, Maura E. Ryan","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-3","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from University of California Los Angeles, studied whether epileptogenic tubers in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) can be identified by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 1","pages":"12 - 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67165114","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}
{"title":"Clinical and Molecular Characterization of ALG1-CDG","authors":"R. Dhamija, Chelsea Chambers","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-2-5","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from the Human Genetics Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California and a large study group utilized a combination of exome sequencing, targeted gene panels, and Sanger sequencing to identify thirty-one pathogenic variants in thirty-nine affected individuals with ALG1-CDG from 32 families.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"30 1","pages":"14 - 14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67165172","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}