Recently added articles from Journal of Pediatric Neurology:
Service delivery of care to children who have had strokes: Review of the initial diagnosis and ongoing treatments
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract. Delivery of care during diagnosis and on-going treatment of childhood strokes, which impact 1 in 4000 live births, is not standardized and relies on both parents and medical professionals to be aware of stroke and stroke symptoms in order to ensure timely care. This system does ...
Ghrelin and resistin levels in children with epilepsy on valproic acid
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the weight gain associated with Valproic acid (VPA) use but it is still not clear. We aimed to investigate the effect of VPA on the level of two of the peptides involved in the regulation of the energy balance (ghrelin and ...
Serum concentration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in epileptic children
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract. There are interesting evidences for the involvement of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the mechanism of epileptogenesis. In this study we measured the serum concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in children with epilepsy and age-matched ...
Levetiracetam in Tourette syndrome: A randomized double blind, placebo controlled study
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract. Some drugs currently used to treat tics have drawbacks, including the risk of side effects such as tardive dyskinesia. Therapeutic options with better safety profile are needed. Levetiracetam is an antiepileptic drug with atypical GABAergic effects that might be beneficia for ...
A preliminary study of multimodal evoked potentials in relation to outcome in term infants with post-asphyxial hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Jul 01, 2009; ... Abstract. Prediction of neurological sequelae following hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is difficult. In the present study, the prognostic value of multimodal evoked potentials including visual evoked potentials (VEPs), auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) and somatosensory evoked ...