Pediatrics
Conference Coverage
Reasons for noncompliance to ketogenic diet explored
HOUSTON – More than one-third of children discontinued the ketogenic diet prior to completion of a 3-month trial because of reported difficulty, a...
Conference Coverage
First visit for tuberous sclerosis complex comes months before diagnosis
HOUSTON – Many patients who eventually receive a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex present with related complaints for months, or even years...
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Add-on fenfluramine reduces seizure frequency in Dravet syndrome
HOUSTON – Low-dose fenfluramine was found to reduce seizures significantly among a small cohort with Dravet syndrome without the appearance of...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warning: General anesthetics may damage young brains
FDA warning says repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic or sedation drugs under age 3 years or in late pregnancy may affect children’s...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: SPIN tests hydroxyurea to prevent pediatric stroke in sickle cell disease
SAN DIEGO - Whether hydroxyurea can avert a first stroke in children with sickle cell disease is a question that may be answered by a soon-to-be-...
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Wide variation seen in treatment of infantile spasms
HOUSTON – The types of diagnostic tests ordered and medication used for treatment of infantile spasms vary considerably, a large study of children...
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Wrist-worn system detected convulsive seizures in home setting
HOUSTON – A wrist-worn device and smartphone-based alert system worn by a patient outside of the epilepsy monitoring unit for 3 months effectively...
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Rate of mosaicism in parents of children with epileptic encephalopathy likely underestimated
HOUSTON – The rate of parental mosaicism in children with sporadic cases of epileptic encephalopathy and an apparent de novo mutation is believed...
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What Do We Know About Pediatric MS?
BALTIMORE—Lack of evidence for disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in children presents a significant challenge in pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS...
Literature Review
Which Treatments Effectively Prevent Pediatric Migraine?
Amitriptyline and topiramate, the most commonly used medications for preventing pediatric migraine, are no more effective than placebo, according...
Conference Coverage
Children’s Drawings of Their Headaches May Indicate Migraine
VANCOUVER—When children depict themselves having a headache, the presence of visual phenomena in their drawings predicts a diagnosis of migraine,...