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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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