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... Use of non-pharmacological drugs with CNS-related adverse effects, e.g. caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, illicit drugs Anxiety or stress Depression or other mental illness Dementia or confusion in older people Other sleep disorders, e.g. restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea, narcolepsy Reassura ...
... Use of non-pharmacological drugs with CNS-related adverse effects, e.g. caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, illicit drugs Anxiety or stress Depression or other mental illness Dementia or confusion in older people Other sleep disorders, e.g. restless leg syndrome, sleep apnoea, narcolepsy Reassura ...
sleep disoders script
... Night terrors usually occur in the first 3rd of the night during NREM deep sleep stage or N3 (4,6). These typically present in children between the ages of 4 and 12 (4). These children present with the parents complaining about their activity during sleep but are otherwise healthy. During the event, ...
... Night terrors usually occur in the first 3rd of the night during NREM deep sleep stage or N3 (4,6). These typically present in children between the ages of 4 and 12 (4). These children present with the parents complaining about their activity during sleep but are otherwise healthy. During the event, ...
Improvement of post-hypoxic action myoclonus with
... Case report According to available medical history data, a 58-yearold male injured in a car-accident (March 2009) experienced anoxia during surgery on his fractured zygomatic bone in a local hospital. For the following five days the patient remained in coma, receiving respiratory support. While in c ...
... Case report According to available medical history data, a 58-yearold male injured in a car-accident (March 2009) experienced anoxia during surgery on his fractured zygomatic bone in a local hospital. For the following five days the patient remained in coma, receiving respiratory support. While in c ...
Current Medical Issues – Power Point
... has been reported, and a possible contribution of GH to these events has not been definitively excluded. One possible factor is the development or worsening of obstructive sleep apnea. • PWSA recommends a sleep study before the start of growth hormone (GH) on infants, children and adults with Prader ...
... has been reported, and a possible contribution of GH to these events has not been definitively excluded. One possible factor is the development or worsening of obstructive sleep apnea. • PWSA recommends a sleep study before the start of growth hormone (GH) on infants, children and adults with Prader ...
Sleep disorders - Jornal de Pediatria
... Objective: the aim of this article is to review and update the knowledge about sleep disorders in childhood. Sources: normal sleep ontogenesis and therapeutics for the most prevalent sleep disorders were reviewed. The text was based on classical articles and books and on Medline (publications from 2 ...
... Objective: the aim of this article is to review and update the knowledge about sleep disorders in childhood. Sources: normal sleep ontogenesis and therapeutics for the most prevalent sleep disorders were reviewed. The text was based on classical articles and books and on Medline (publications from 2 ...
Acute Dizziness with Hearing Loss Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
... potentially treatable cause of chronic fatigue, exercise intolerance and cognitive impairment in adolescents. Pace, 2000. 23: 344-351. Kluge M, Beyenburg S, Fernadez G and Elger C. Epileptic vertigo: Evidence for vestibular representation in human frontal cortex. Neurology, 2000; 55: 1906-8. ...
... potentially treatable cause of chronic fatigue, exercise intolerance and cognitive impairment in adolescents. Pace, 2000. 23: 344-351. Kluge M, Beyenburg S, Fernadez G and Elger C. Epileptic vertigo: Evidence for vestibular representation in human frontal cortex. Neurology, 2000; 55: 1906-8. ...
Garber KB, Visootsak J and Warren ST: Fragile X syndrome. European J of Human Genetics 16, 666-672 (2008).
... for FXS molecular testing3 (Table 1). These checklists, of which several had been devised prior to that of Maes, may increase the diagnostic yield slightly, but because children may not have apparent physical features, it is accepted practice to order fragile X testing in all children with developme ...
... for FXS molecular testing3 (Table 1). These checklists, of which several had been devised prior to that of Maes, may increase the diagnostic yield slightly, but because children may not have apparent physical features, it is accepted practice to order fragile X testing in all children with developme ...
SLEEP DISORDERS
... day sleep may last from a few seconds to several minutes rarely, sleep may last for an hour or more ...
... day sleep may last from a few seconds to several minutes rarely, sleep may last for an hour or more ...
sleep paralysis
... hypocretin 1 (orexin) in the CSF and brain • genetic predisposition – narcolepsy occurs in patients with a specific HLA subtype -the HLA-DR2 (human leucocyte antigens genotype DR2) • the prevalence of narcolepsy is about 0.05-0.1% • it usually begins between the ages of 15 and 35 years ...
... hypocretin 1 (orexin) in the CSF and brain • genetic predisposition – narcolepsy occurs in patients with a specific HLA subtype -the HLA-DR2 (human leucocyte antigens genotype DR2) • the prevalence of narcolepsy is about 0.05-0.1% • it usually begins between the ages of 15 and 35 years ...
Inborn errors affecting vitamin B metabolism
... few days of life, and into a late-onset, atypical group presenting thereafter until up to 3 years of age [22]. In the early-onset presentation there may be prenatal seizures from approximately 20 weeks of gestation. There is often (in approximately a third) neonatal encephalopathy with hyperalertnes ...
... few days of life, and into a late-onset, atypical group presenting thereafter until up to 3 years of age [22]. In the early-onset presentation there may be prenatal seizures from approximately 20 weeks of gestation. There is often (in approximately a third) neonatal encephalopathy with hyperalertnes ...
Second consensus statement on the diagnosis of multiple
... with combinations of cerebellar ataxia and parkinsonian features, because this category could be used as a default for any combination of ataxia and parkinsonism, irrespective of the severity of each. Disease onset is defined as the initial presentation of any motor problem, whether parkinsonian or ...
... with combinations of cerebellar ataxia and parkinsonian features, because this category could be used as a default for any combination of ataxia and parkinsonism, irrespective of the severity of each. Disease onset is defined as the initial presentation of any motor problem, whether parkinsonian or ...
Drop attacks
... insufficiency as a common cause of drop attacks; however, a large proportion of older individuals with drop attacks have multiple areas of arterial occlusion, stenosis, or hypoplasia in the regional hindbrain circulation (Welsh et al 2004). Cryptogenic drop attacks are relatively common, represent a ...
... insufficiency as a common cause of drop attacks; however, a large proportion of older individuals with drop attacks have multiple areas of arterial occlusion, stenosis, or hypoplasia in the regional hindbrain circulation (Welsh et al 2004). Cryptogenic drop attacks are relatively common, represent a ...
FDG-PET Findings in Patients With Suspected
... hippocampal areas on FDG-PET coregistered with 3-dimensional MRI.17 Kaiboriboon et al. used serial MRIs and FDGPET scans to follow a 12-year-old patient with pathologically confirmed Rasmussen’s encephalitis for 3 years. An FDGPET scan 6 months after the onset of symptoms was normal. However, althou ...
... hippocampal areas on FDG-PET coregistered with 3-dimensional MRI.17 Kaiboriboon et al. used serial MRIs and FDGPET scans to follow a 12-year-old patient with pathologically confirmed Rasmussen’s encephalitis for 3 years. An FDGPET scan 6 months after the onset of symptoms was normal. However, althou ...
Knuckle Pads Versus Gottron`s Papules
... may be idiopathic or related to repetitive friction or pressure [2, 3] like in our case report. Knuckle pads occur in association with several fibrosing diseases (Dupuytren’s contracture, Ledderhose´s syndrome and Peyronie’s disease) and are part of the autosomal dominant Bart-Pumphrey syndrome [1]. ...
... may be idiopathic or related to repetitive friction or pressure [2, 3] like in our case report. Knuckle pads occur in association with several fibrosing diseases (Dupuytren’s contracture, Ledderhose´s syndrome and Peyronie’s disease) and are part of the autosomal dominant Bart-Pumphrey syndrome [1]. ...
Greater Occipital Nerve Block
... nerves; (2) a stabbing quality pain that occurs in paroxysms, which may ache between paroxysms; (3) the affected nerve is tender to palpate; and (4) the condition is relatively easily treated with local anesthetic. The history and physical examination may elucidate the cause of the occipital neuralg ...
... nerves; (2) a stabbing quality pain that occurs in paroxysms, which may ache between paroxysms; (3) the affected nerve is tender to palpate; and (4) the condition is relatively easily treated with local anesthetic. The history and physical examination may elucidate the cause of the occipital neuralg ...
Case Conference
... A mother brings her 3-year-old daughter in for evaluation. She enrolled her daughter in child care 1 week ago. Over the past 3 days, the child has experienced yellowish rhinorrhea and cough. Her appetite has remained good, and her highest temperature has been 37.3°C. On physical examination, the chi ...
... A mother brings her 3-year-old daughter in for evaluation. She enrolled her daughter in child care 1 week ago. Over the past 3 days, the child has experienced yellowish rhinorrhea and cough. Her appetite has remained good, and her highest temperature has been 37.3°C. On physical examination, the chi ...
The Control of Seizure-Like Activity in the Rat Hippocampal Slice
... indicates that the activity of these slices has a stable limit cycle, also inferred from the sustained, long-term bursting activity at the specific frequency, as shown in the field potential recording of Fig. 1. However, the transition to the SLE is characterized by a more continuous plot with short ...
... indicates that the activity of these slices has a stable limit cycle, also inferred from the sustained, long-term bursting activity at the specific frequency, as shown in the field potential recording of Fig. 1. However, the transition to the SLE is characterized by a more continuous plot with short ...
5493-21818-1-SP
... excitatory amino acid transporters role for keeping extracellular glutamate level less than the neurotoxic levels , the increase of expression of glutamate transporter (GLT-1) by ceftriaxone (Nizzardo, Nardini et al. 2011), according to the evidence, it seems to be reasonable to hypothesize that mo ...
... excitatory amino acid transporters role for keeping extracellular glutamate level less than the neurotoxic levels , the increase of expression of glutamate transporter (GLT-1) by ceftriaxone (Nizzardo, Nardini et al. 2011), according to the evidence, it seems to be reasonable to hypothesize that mo ...
Senior-Loken and other Renal-Retinal Syndromes: A Case Report
... nephritis that progresses eventually to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). NPHP is often a part of a multisystem disorder such as Senior-Loken syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Senior-Boichis syndrome, Saldino-Mainzer syndrome, COACH syndrome, Arima syndrome, Alstrom syndrome, RHYNS syndrome and Jeune’s dys ...
... nephritis that progresses eventually to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). NPHP is often a part of a multisystem disorder such as Senior-Loken syndrome, Joubert syndrome, Senior-Boichis syndrome, Saldino-Mainzer syndrome, COACH syndrome, Arima syndrome, Alstrom syndrome, RHYNS syndrome and Jeune’s dys ...
EEG changes associated with autistic spectrum disorders
... EEG showed a temporo-parietal sharp wave pattern of 5 discharges/second lasting from 1 second to 20 minutes. However, these discharges (even the prolonged ones) were not associated with any clinical signs of epilepsy. While there were no clear correlation between the discharges and particular aberra ...
... EEG showed a temporo-parietal sharp wave pattern of 5 discharges/second lasting from 1 second to 20 minutes. However, these discharges (even the prolonged ones) were not associated with any clinical signs of epilepsy. While there were no clear correlation between the discharges and particular aberra ...
Zellweger syndrome – A Short Review on Peroxisome
... hearing aids, cataract removal in infancy, glasses, vitamin supplementation, primary bile acid therapy, anti-epileptic drugs, and possibly monitoring for hyperoxaluria. The prognosis for infants with Zellweger syndrome is poor, with the majority of infants failing to survive their first six months o ...
... hearing aids, cataract removal in infancy, glasses, vitamin supplementation, primary bile acid therapy, anti-epileptic drugs, and possibly monitoring for hyperoxaluria. The prognosis for infants with Zellweger syndrome is poor, with the majority of infants failing to survive their first six months o ...
"shaken baby syndrome", between child abuse and
... such as Palmgren™, can be revealed. But these changes unfortunately a reality, but considering the social, moral are also nonspecific for traumatic DAI, as they can and legal aspects of this diagnosis, SBS diagnosis should appear in non-traumatic brain injury: cerebral infarction only be made in cer ...
... such as Palmgren™, can be revealed. But these changes unfortunately a reality, but considering the social, moral are also nonspecific for traumatic DAI, as they can and legal aspects of this diagnosis, SBS diagnosis should appear in non-traumatic brain injury: cerebral infarction only be made in cer ...
- Journal of Pediatrics
... enetic disorders influence various aspects of behavior, ranging from cognition and language to adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. It is important to understand the distinctive behavioral features associated with different genetic mental retardation syndromes and to compare behavioral phenotypes bet ...
... enetic disorders influence various aspects of behavior, ranging from cognition and language to adaptive and maladaptive behaviors. It is important to understand the distinctive behavioral features associated with different genetic mental retardation syndromes and to compare behavioral phenotypes bet ...
MDA INFORMATION FACTSHEET – Mitochondrial
... Therapies are sometimes used to increase energy production by the mitochondria and slow down the effects of the condition. Coenzyme q10 and L-carnitine have been beneficial in some patients. Individuals with MELAS should also receive standard childhood vaccinations such as the flu vaccine and pneumo ...
... Therapies are sometimes used to increase energy production by the mitochondria and slow down the effects of the condition. Coenzyme q10 and L-carnitine have been beneficial in some patients. Individuals with MELAS should also receive standard childhood vaccinations such as the flu vaccine and pneumo ...
FULL TEXT PDF - An International Journal of Experimental and
... was shown to take on an activated appearance with its cell body elongated, and its processes thickened and increased in number of branches.[13] In another study, neuropathological changes including neuronal damage and gliosis were investigated in hippocampal regions of mice after the onset of piloca ...
... was shown to take on an activated appearance with its cell body elongated, and its processes thickened and increased in number of branches.[13] In another study, neuropathological changes including neuronal damage and gliosis were investigated in hippocampal regions of mice after the onset of piloca ...