Are the “Benign” Childhood Epilepsies Truly Benign?
Cognitive outcome in young adults after resolution of epilepsy in childhood. Megrelia j, et al. Annals Neurol 2025;98: 62-66.3
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Starting Your Path Towards Child Neurology
This webinar is intended to provide guidance to medical students who have an interest in a career in child neurology as they prepare themselves for the upcoming residency recruitment season. Junior…
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Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke
Tenecteplase is being increasingly used to treat adult patients with acute arterial ischemic stroke, but data on its use are limited in children. In this webinar, Dr. Sun will review…
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A new strategy for treatment of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
“Efficacy and Safety of Rituximab Treatment for Anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Without Tumor in Children.” Zhang, Dongqing, et al. Pediatric Neurology, Volume 161, 85 – 90. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.09.001
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A whole new and darker meaning of “neuronal plasticity”
Amato-Lourenço LF, Dantas KC, Júnior GR, et al. Microplastics in the Olfactory Bulb of the Human Brain. JAMA Network Open. 2024;7(9):e2440018. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.40018
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Maternal obesity increases risk for perinatal ischemic stroke
“Maternal overweight and obesity and risk of perinatal ischemic stroke.” Walas, A. et al., Neurology 2025; 104:e213333.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.00000000002133
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Neuroinflammation in Children: Where Are We Now? — Updates from the US Network of Pediatric MS Centers
Pediatric-onset MS, MOGAD and other neuroinflammatory disorders of childhood are believed to represent the earliest manifestations of analogous pathophysiological processes underlying adult-onset forms of these same diseases. Due to the…
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Advances in Genetic Epilepsy –Finding Diagnoses, Improving Treatment
Join neurogenetics expert Dr. Mark P Fitzgerald, Medical Director of the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for this educational webinar focusing on the latest…
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