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Post‐stroke epilepsy in Polish paediatric patients
AimThe aim of this study was to characterize a group of children with early and late remote seizures which occurred after arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS) and to find predictors of post‐stroke seizures. MethodThe study group, recruited in the Department of Neuropediatrics (Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland), comprised 78 patients who had had a stroke: 13 patients had early seizures occurring up to 7 days after the stroke, seven patients had late remote seizures occurring more than 7 days after the stroke, and 58 patients had no seizure. Univariate log‐rank tests and Cox proportional hazard models were us...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - October 5, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Ilona Kopyta, Beata Sarecka‐Hujar Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Neurodevelopmental outcome after neonatal perforator stroke
AimTo assess outcome after neonatal perforator stroke in the largest cohort to date. MethodSurvivors from a cohort of children diagnosed with neonatal perforator stroke using cranial ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging were eligible for inclusion. Recovery and Recurrence Questionnaire score, presence of cerebral palsy (CP), and crude outcome were assessed, specifically (1) the ability to walk independently, (2) participation in regular education, and (3) the presence of epilepsy. ResultsThirty‐seven patients (20 males, 17 females) aged 3 to 14 years (mean age 8y) were included in the study: 14 with isolated single ...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - July 27, 2015 Category: Child Development Authors: Ginette M Ecury‐Goossen, Marit Haer, Liesbeth S Smit, Monique Feijen‐Roon, Maarten Lequin, Rogier C J Jonge, Paul Govaert, Jeroen Dudink Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Prolonged or recurrent acute seizures after pediatric arterial ischemic stroke are associated with increasing epilepsy risk
AimTo determine epilepsy risk factors after pediatric stroke. MethodA cohort of children with arterial ischemic stroke (birth–18y) was enrolled at 21 centers and followed for 1 year. Acute seizures (≤7d after stroke) and active epilepsy (at least one unprovoked remote seizure plus maintenance anticonvulsant at 1y) were identified. Predictors were determined using logistic regression. ResultsAmong 114 patients (28 neonates and 86 children) enrolled, 26 neonates (93%) and 32 children (37%) had an acute seizure. Acute seizures lasted longer than 5 minutes in 23 patients (40%) and were frequently recurrent: 33 (57%) had 2 ...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - July 15, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Christine K Fox, Mark T Mackay, Michael M Dowling, Paola Pergami, Luigi Titomanlio, Gabrielle Deveber, Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Neonatal posterior cerebral artery stroke: clinical presentation, MRI findings, and outcome
AimTo report the clinical presentation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and follow‐up data of newborn infants with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke in the territory of the posterior cerebral artery (PCA). MethodData on 18 newborn infants from three neonatal intensive care units (11 males, seven females) with an MRI‐confirmed PCA stroke were analysed and reported. Infants were born at a mean gestational age of 38.7 weeks (SD 3.4) with a mean birthweight of 3244g (SD 850). ResultsFourteen infants presented with clinical seizures. Five of these had associated hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy, four had hypog...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - January 22, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Niek E Aa, Jeroen Dudink, Manon J N L Benders, Paul Govaert, Henrica L M Straaten, Giorgio L Porro, Floris Groenendaal, Linda S Vries Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The epidemiology of intermittent and chronic ataxia in children in Manitoba, Canada
AimTo determine the epidemiology of chronic ataxia in children in Manitoba, Canada. MethodA retrospective study using multiple sources and disease codes identified children (age 0–16y) with chronic ataxia (>2mo duration or recurrent episodes of ataxia) seen at Winnipeg Children's Hospital from 1991 to 2008. Patients with isolated peripheral nerve diseases, vestibular disorders, or brain tumors were excluded. ResultsWe identified 184 patients (males=females; mean age 15y, SD 7y 8mo) with chronic ataxia. Median age at the presenting symptom onset was 1 year 3 months and at ataxia onset 3 years 1 month. Median durati...
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - February 7, 2013 Category: Child Development Authors: Michael S Salman, Esther J Lee, Anindita Tjahjadi, Bernard N Chodirker Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Performance on the Test of Memory Malingering in children with neurological conditions.
Abstract Despite increasing interest in the use of performance validity tests with youth, relatively little is known about how children and adolescents with neurological diagnoses perform on these measures. The purpose of this study was to examine performance on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in a general pediatric neurologic sample. Data were obtained from 266 consecutive patients (mean age = 13.0, SD = 3.7, range = 5-18) referred for a neuropsychological assessment in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. As part of a broader neuropsychological battery, patients were administered the TOMM. In this sam...
Source: Child Neuropsychology - December 11, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Ploetz DM, Mazur-Mosiewicz A, Kirkwood MW, Sherman EM, Brooks BL Tags: Child Neuropsychol Source Type: research

Epilepsy as the ‘echo’ of acute stroke in children
This commentary is on the original article by Fox et al.
Source: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology - August 12, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Michael J Rivkin Tags: Commentary Source Type: research