Vojta Therapy in Neuromotor Development of Pediatrics Patients with Periventricular Leukomalacia: Case Series [PDF]
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: Vojta therapy is used by physiotherapists and is based on stimulation through peripheral pressure that leads to the activation of involuntary motor response patterns, thus triggering patterns of reflex locomotion, hence also ...
Elena De-La-Barrera-Aranda +5 more
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Identification of risk factors of cystic periventricular leukomalacia in preterm infants [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsIntroductionThe neonatal period in very preterm born infants is characterized by high vulnerability of the developing brain. Diffuse or cystic white matter injury—cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL)—is one of the most serious complications leading
Renée Lampe +7 more
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Three-Dimensional Brain Images in Preterm Children With Periventricular Leukomalacia
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2012 To investigate the use of three-dimensional (3D) brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate in preterm children with periventricular leukomalacia.
Hsiao-Feng Chou +3 more
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Cerebral Palsy and Leukomalacia in LBW Infants
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1994 Ultrasound findings and incidence of cerebral palsy in 24 infants < 2500 g with cystic periventricular leukomalacia are reported from Nagoya City University Med School, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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Intranasal IL-4 Administration Alleviates Functional Deficits of Periventricular Leukomalacia in Neonatal Mice [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Background: Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is the major form of brain injury in premature infants. Currently, there are no therapies to treat PVL. Several studies suggested that polarization of microglia, a resident macrophage-like immune cell in the
Lin-chao Yu +17 more
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Glaucoma-simulating cupping in a patient with periventricular leukomalacia: a clinical case report
Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2023 Non-glaucomatous papillary cupping constitutes an important differential diagnosis in daily medical practice. There are patients diagnosed and treated as glaucoma, who do not present the disease and are part of the large group of non-glaucomatous optic ...
Patricia Amaris Tatis +1 more
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2016 A preterm neonate was born in our center, as a part of a diamniotic dichorionic twin pregnancy, complicated with placental abruption with need for urgent cesarean section at 26 weeks of gestation.
Laurent Van Camp, Luc Steyaert
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The Risk Factors of Periventricular Leukomalacia among Very Low Birth Weight Infants [PDF]
Neonatal Medicine, 2020 Purpose Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is an important morbidity in preterm infants. Its reported prevalence in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is 3% to 15% in VLBW infants.
Hyun A Park, Jong Hee Hwang
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Outcome of Preterm Infants with Transient Cystic Periventricular Leukomalacia on Serial Cranial Imaging Up to Term Equivalent Age. [PDF]
J Pediatr, 2018 To determine the outcome of preterm infants whose cystic periventricular leukomalacia "disappeared" on serial screening cranial imaging studies. Infants ≤26 weeks of gestation born between 2002 and 2012 who had cranial imaging studies at least twice, the
Sarkar S +14 more
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Pathophysiology of periventricular leukomalacia: What we learned from animal models
Neural Regeneration Research, 2017 Nahla Zaghloul, Mohamed Ahmed
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