Artificial Intelligence and the detection of pediatric concussion using epigenomic analysis.

Concussion, also referred to as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. Currently concussion is an area ofintensescientific interest to better understand the biological mechanisms and for biomarker development. We evaluated whole genome-wide blood DNA cytosine ('CpG') methylation in 17 pediatric concussion isolated cases and 18 unaffected controls using Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC assay.

Identification of a New Mutation Underlying Regressive Episodic Ataxia Type I.

Episodic ataxia type 1 (EA1), a -like K, is a consequence of genetic anomalies in the gene that lead to dysfunctions in the voltage-gated K channel Kv1. 1. Generally, mutations are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.

Risk factors and motor outcome of paediatric stroke patients.

Background: Childhood stroke causes significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to define the presenting findings, causes, risk factors and motor outcomes of our patients.

Methods: We retrospectively analysed patients aged from 1 month to 18 years who were diagnosed as having the first onset of stroke between January 2006 and December 2015.

Guillain-Barré syndrome in children: subtypes and outcome.

Objective: This study reviews the clinical features, subtypes, and outcomes of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

Methods: Fifty-four children who attended a tertiary care training and research hospital in Turkey were enrolled in the study.

Results: The mean age was 6.

Susac's Syndrome (Retinocochleocerebral Vasculopathy): Follow-up of a Pediatric Patient.

Susac's syndrome (SS) is a triad of encephalopathy, branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO), and sensorineural hearing loss as a result of microvascular occlusions of the brain, retina, and inner ear. It is also a disorder of autoimmune endotheliopathy. SS usually affects young women between the age of 20 and 40 years.

Childhood peripheral facial palsy.

Objective: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics, causes, treatment patterns, outcome, and recurrence of childhood peripheral facial palsy.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 144 peripheral facial palsy patients, under 18 years old in a tertiary care pediatric hospital. Medical charts were reviewed to analyze the age, gender, side of facial nerve paralysis, family history, cause, grading by the House-Brackmann Facial Nerve Grading Scale (HBS), results of diagnostic tests, therapies, outcomes, and recurrence.

Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with headache.

Introduction: The aim was to describe the findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with headache.

Population And Methods: Retrospective review of the medical records of patients who were admitted to our pediatric outpatient neurology clinics with the complaint of headache between January 2013 and December 2014.

Results: A total of 478 patients (273 female, 205 male) were admitted with the complaint of headache.

Epilepsy surgery for epileptic encephalopathy as a sequela of herpes simplex encephalitis: case report.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis can manifest with different clinical presentations, including acute monophasic illness and biphasic chronic granulomatous HSV encephalitis. Chronic encephalitis is much less common, and very rare late relapses are associated with intractable epilepsy and progressive neurological deficits with or without evidence of HSV in the cerebrospinal fluid. The authors report on an 8-year-old girl with a history of treated HSV-1 encephalitis when she was 13 months of age and focal epilepsy when she was 2 years old.

Predictors of recurrence in Sydenham's chorea: Clinical observation from a single center.

Objective: Sydenham's chorea is the most common cause of acquired chorea in children and is the major manifestation for acute rheumatic fever. Despite being known as a benign, self-limiting condition, recurrences and persistence of symptoms can be seen. In this study, we aimed to evaluate retrospectively the clinical and laboratory features of patients with Sydenham's chorea and the rate and the course of recurrences, and to assess the risk of recurrences.

Early-Onset Mild Type Leukoencephalopathy Caused by a Homozygous EARS2 Mutation.

Childhood leukoencephalopathies are a broad class of diseases, which are extremely rare. The treatment and classification of these disorders are both challenging. Nearly half of children presenting with a leukoencephalopathy remain without a specific diagnosis.