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Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy in the Midwestern US

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common lifelong motor disability worldwide. Yet, data is limited on how CP manifests in the US. Our objective was to characterize and determine factors affecting functional outcomes in a large population of young people with CP in the Midwestern US.
Susie Kim, Kelsey Steffen, Lauren Gottschalk‐Henneberry, Jennifer Miros, Amy Robichaux‐Viehoever, Karen Taca, Bhooma R. Aravamuthan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal diet during pregnancy is related with the infant stool microbiome in a delivery mode-dependent manner

Microbiome, 2018
The gut microbiome has an important role in infant health and immune development and may be affected by early-life exposures. Maternal diet may influence the infant gut microbiome through vertical transfer of maternal microbes to infants during vaginal ...
S. Lundgren, J. Madan, Jennifer A. Emond, H. Morrison, B. Christensen, M. Karagas, A. Hoen   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The influence of infant irritability on maternal sensitivity in a sample of very premature infants [PDF]

, 2003
The relationship between maternal sensitivity and infant irritability was investigated in a short-term longitudinal study of 29 very preterm infants.
Balleyguier, Beckwith, Bell, Biringen, Brazelton, Crnic, Crockenberg, Crockenberg, De Wolff, Fish, Fish, Gewirtz, Hubbard, Kaye, Lucas, Oberklaid, Seifer, St. James-Roberts, St. James-Roberts, St. James-Roberts, van den Boom, Washington, Wolke, Wolke, Wolke, Zahr   +25 more
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Expanding Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Limits: Biallelic SPAST Variants in Cerebral Palsy Mimics

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP) are rare neurodegenerative disorders marked by spasticity and lower limb weakness. The most common type, SPG4, is usually autosomal dominant and caused by SPAST gene variants, typically presenting as pure HSP.
Gregorio A. Nolasco, Mònica Roldán, Yalda Jamshidi, Ioannis Georvasilis, Rocío Jadraque Rodríguez, Reza Boostani, Ali Shoeibi, Lluís Armengol, Anna Codina, Ehsan Ghayoor Karimiani, Cristina Hernando‐Davalillo, Loreto Martorell, María Luisa Ramírez Almaraz, Jordi Muchart, Carlos Ortez, Andrés Nascimento, Roser Urreizti, Daniel Natera‐de Benito, Mercedes Serrano   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Diastolic Function during the transitional period and infancy using Serial Echocardiography in a tertiary neonatal unit (DiFuSE): a longitudinal prospective observational study protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction There are structural and functional modifications that occur to the neonatal heart immediately after birth. While a number of studies recently have assessed cardiac function in the newborn, there is a dearth of data on diastolic function in ...
Daragh Finn, Vicki Livingstone, Eugene Dempsey, Neidin Bussmann, Iyshwarya Stapleton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insecure attachment during infancy predicts greater amygdala volumes in early adulthood [PDF]

, 2014
Background The quality of the early environment is hypothesized to be an influence on morphological development in key neural areas related to affective responding, but direct evidence to support this possibility is limited.
Ahnert, Ainsworth, Baare, Barros-Loscertales, Baur, Bowlby, Brain Development Cooperative Group, Caetano, Caldji, Campbell, Cassidy, Chen, Cox, Dedovic, Erp, Fearon, Fox, Free, Gerritsen, Groh, Gunnar, Halligan, Hertsgaard, Holmes, Huang, Huot, Kaufman, Ladd, Ladouceur, Luby, Lupien, Lupien, MacMaster, MacMillan, Main, McCrory, Meaney, Mehta, Morey, Moutsiana, Munn, Murray, Murray, Murray, Ono, Pannekoek, Qin, Raineki, Rao, Rao, Romanczuk-Seiferth, Rorden, Rosso, Smith, Smith, Spangler, Spitzer, Spitzer, Tottenham, Videbech, Whalen, Wolff, Woolrich   +62 more
core   +2 more sources

Recommendations for the Use of Disease‐Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Pregnancy and Reproductive Health for Patients With Rheumatic Disease: A Scoping Review

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Autoimmune rheumatic diseases commonly affect individuals of childbearing age, with historically increased adverse pregnancy outcomes in this group. The advent of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has fostered more suitable conditions for pregnancy; however, this is accompanied by challenges in ensuring safe use in reproductive ...
Athena Chin, Alice Terrett, Mihye Kwon, Samuel Whittle, Catherine Hill   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lung abscess in a child secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2014
Lung abscess is a very rare infectious condition in children and is most commonly encountered as a complication of bacterial pneumonia. We present a case of a lung abscess in a child 6-year-old admitted with a history of right hemithorax pain lasting for
E. Ruffini, L. De Petris, P. Candelotti, M. Tulli, M.R. Sabatini, L. Luciani, A. Carlucci   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A key genetic factor for fucosyllactose utilization affects infant gut microbiota development

Nature Communications, 2016
Recent studies have demonstrated that gut microbiota development influences infants’ health and subsequent host physiology. However, the factors shaping the development of the microbiota remain poorly understood, and the mechanisms through which these ...
T. Matsuki, K. Yahagi, Hiroshi Mori, H. Matsumoto, T. Hara, S. Tajima, E. Ogawa, H. Kodama, Kazuya Yamamoto, Takuji Yamada, S. Matsumoto, K. Kurokawa   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The wheezing infant [PDF]

Medicine, 2003
Wheeze is a symptom and not a diagnosis. It is extremely common in infancy; 20-30% of children have experienced recurrent episodic wheezing by the age of 12 months. Wheezing may result from widespread peripheral airway narrowing or, less commonly, from localized central disease.
openaire   +3 more sources