[Neuropsychiatric abnormalities and continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep syndrome: a case report].

Unlabelled: Continuous spikes and waves during slow wave sleep syndrome (CSWS) is a seldom form of epilepsy which may manifest by neurocognitive and/or psychiatric abnormalities, with or without clinical seizures.

Case Report: A 5-year-old child was presented with a language disorder and behaviour abnormalities. A standard electroencephalograph (EEG) showed left tempororolandic spikes waves without any electrical discharges.

[Cardiac consequences of adolescent anorexia nervosa].

Cardiac complications are common in adolescent anorexia nervosa and are the cause of a third of deaths. Some workers have reported prolongation of the QT interval and cases of sudden death in these patients. The aim of this study was two-fold: to assess the cardiac complications of anorexic adolescents and to determine the outcome after renutrition in the hospital setting.

[Disorder of gender identity in a child with asymmetric gonadal dysgenesis with complex karyotype abnormality].

Background: Gender identity is influenced by genetic and hormonal factors and also by the sex of rearing.

Case Report: A child was born with ambiguous genitalia. Male sex assignment was made.

Preliminary observations of the significance of monitoring tricyclic antidepressant plasma levels in the pediatric patient.

Plasma concentrations of clomipramine and desmethylclomipramine were monitored together with clinical effects over a period of 1--9 months in children and young adolescents (5--19 years of age) receiving clomipramine because of depressive features or enuresis. Data indicate that in the child, clomipramine is rapidly absorbed while its disposition rate is age dependent, as indicated by the significantly lower level:dose ratio (p less than 0.01) observed in the younger groups (5--10; 10--15 years).