Child neurology--from my point of view.

My own way to pediatric neurology started with basic training in pediatrics at a time when neurology barely existed, but certainly not pediatric neurology. By chance, I happened to be involved with a family with interesting muscular symptoms and this awoke my interest in neurology in general, and particularly in muscle diseases and genetically determined diseases. I am deeply indebted to American pediatric neurology, since I got a wonderful chance to study pediatric neurology in the United States, particularly in Boston.

Lyme borreliosis from a patient's view-point.

The paper describes my own case of Lyme borreliosis, thus from the patient's point of view, stressing the clues which might have led to an earlier diagnosis. Intense antibiotic treatment is of value, also when given first some 15 years after the probable time of the infection, as, at least in my case, it stopped the progress of all symptoms and removed some of them, particularly muscle pains and skin abnormalities. Long-standing, well-established neurological symptoms, however, remain unchanged, but their previous slow, steady progress has stopped.

Friedreich's ataxia in 13 children: presentation and evolution with neurophysiologic, electrocardiographic, and echocardiographic features.

Thirteen children with Friedreich's ataxia were reviewed. The clinical presentation and evolution of the disease was compared to that observed in large series--based mainly on adult patients--and the few studies in children. The mean age of onset (5.