A Marriage of Hematology and Neurology: Studying Sickle Cell Disease in the Pediatric Brain
Summer 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
As we all learned in medical school, sickle cell disease is an inherited hemoglobinopathy, caused by a single base pair mutation in the beta-globin gene. Although sickle cell disease was...One More Problem with Childhood Obesity: Increased Risk of Bell Palsy
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Association of overweight and obesity with Bell palsy in children. V. Breitling, A. Leha, S Schiller, et al. Pediatric Neurology 2023;139:43-48. What the researchers did: Childhood obesity is a substantial...Look Before You Leap: Test for Mimics of Small Vessel Primary Angiitis of the CNS Before Jumping to Brain Biopsy
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Mimics of pediatric small vessel primary angiitis of the central nervous system. CM Stredny, MM Blessing, V Yi, et al. Annals of Neurology 2023;93:109-119. What the researchers did: Primary angiitis...Levetiracetam and Phenobarbital are Equal (and weak) in Efficacy for Neonatal Seizures
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Levetiracetam versus phenobarbital for neonatal seizures: A retrospective cohort study. L. Battig, C. Dunner, D Cserpan et al. Pediatric Neurology 2023;138:62-70. What the researchers did: As all pediatric neurologists know,...Unraveling the Complex Interplay Among Epilepsy, Cognitive Impairment, and Sleep Disruption
Winter 2023 | CNS Connections magazine
Throughout most of medical history, epilepsy has been considered principally a problem of seizures. However, in recent years, the fact has become clear that epilepsy is more than just a...