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Authors: Praveen Kumar Ramani, MBBS, University of Arkansas, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD, MBBS, University of Iowa, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City,…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: August 2022 SUMMARY Acute cerebellar ataxia (ACA) is a specific type of…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is most likely an autoimmune disease caused by an infection. It…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon …
Authors: Cara Piccoli, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a rare…
Author: Mohamad A. Mikati, MD; Lyndsey Prange MSN, CPNP, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a brain…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: September 2022 SUMMARY Anencephaly…
Authors: Douglas Nordli, MD, Mayo Clinic Florida/Nemours Jacksonville Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: April 2022 SUMMARY Angelman syndrome…
Authors: Bianca C. Kapoor-Heaphy, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: November 2022 SUMMARY Aphasia is a language disorder. It can cause…
Authors: Diya Chakraborty, MD, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston; Stuart Fraser, MD, Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UTHealth Institute for Stroke and…
Authors: Azara Singh, MBBS, MD , Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV Reviewed: July 2023 SUMMARY An arachnoid cyst is a sac containing fluid. It can…
Author: Alexander Fay, MD, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY Arginase-1 deficiency (ARG1-D) is a genetic disorder caused by lack of an enzyme called arginase-1, or ARG1. ARG1 breaks…
Authors: Mekka R. Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon …
Authors: Kriti Bhayana, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Stuart Fraser, MD, Director, Pediatric Stroke Program, UTHealth Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease, Houston, TX Reviewed:…
Authors: Praveen Kumar Ramani, MBBS, University of Arkansas/Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Geetanjali Rathore, MD, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE Reviewed: December 2022 SUMMARY Ataxia…
Author: Alexis Dallara-Marsh, MD, Neurology Group of Bergen County - Ridgewood, NJ Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can manifest in different ways. In children, it usually appears…
Authors: Alexis Dallara-Marsh, MD, Neurology Group of Bergen County, Ridgewood, NJ Regina M. Troxell, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA/ Cortica, San Diego, CA Reviewed:…
Author: Erika Augustine, MD, MS, Kennedy Krieger Institute Reviewed: February 2022 SUMMARY Batten disease refers to a group of disorders that affect the nervous system.…
Author: Paige Kalika, DO University of Miami Health System Reviewed: March 2022 SUMMARY Bell’s palsy is facial weakness that appears suddenly or rapidly and that…
Authors: Jeffrey Swarz, MD; Angela M. Curcio, MD Division of Pediatric Neurology, Floating Hospital at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Reviewed: May 2022 SUMMARY Brachial…
Author: Sonal Bhatia MBBS, MD Medical University of South Carolina Reviewed: June 2021 SUMMARY Breath-holding spells are short spells of time during which a child stops breathing. They are…
Authors: Rajsekar R. Rajaraman, MD, MS, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Jordan Eisner, BA, UC Davis School of Medicine Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY CDKL5 deficiency disorder…
Author: Kristin Barañano, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Medicine Reviewed: November 2022 SUMMARY Ataxia is a condition where a person lacks muscle coordination. It’s not because…
Author: Geetanjali Rathore, MD; University of Nebraska Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (cerebral ALD, or CALD) is a genetic…
Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL)
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD , Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: September 2022 SUMMARY CADASIL (Cerebral…
Authors: Akash Virupakshaiah, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Reviewed: May 2021 JUMP…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Charcot-Marie-Tooth…
Azara Singh, MBBS, MD Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV Reviewed December 2022 SUMMARY Chiari malformations are a group of conditions. They may occur when…
Author: Adam Kirton, MD, University of Calgary/Alberta Children’s Hospital Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY A stroke happens when blood vessels in the brain get blocked or broken. The result of a…
Authors: Amanda Yaworski, MD; Jenna Klotz, MD, Stanford University Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a disorder that affects the peripheral…
Author: Alexander Fay, MD, PhD UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Reviewed: June 2022 SUMMARY Congenital myopathies (CMs) are genetic diseases of the muscles connected to the…
Authors: Barry S. Kran, OD, FAAO, Professor, New England College of Optometry, NECO Center for Eye Care at Perkins; Lotfi Merabet, OD, PhD, MPH, Department…
Authors: Lauren Shin, MD; Angela M. Curcio, MD Floating Hospital at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Reviewed: April 2022 SUMMARY Craniosynostosis occurs when one or…
Author: Tristan T. Sands, MD, PhD, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons Reviewed: December 2023 SUMMARY CSNK2B neurodevelopmental disorder is caused by variation…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed:…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon …
Authors: Spoorthi Jagadish, MD, MBBS; Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD, MBBS University of Iowa, Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Dravet syndrome is a severe and rare…
Author: Geetanjali Rathore, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: October 2021 SUMMARY Dysautonomia is a medical…
Authors: Benjamin Joffe Schindel, MD, MPH, Kennedy Krieger Institute; Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD , Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY…
Authors: Krista Grande, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Steve W. Wu, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Reviewed: May 2023 SUMMARY Dystonia is a type…
Authors: Nan Lin, MD,Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Krista Grande, MD, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Reviewed: July 2021 Updated: August 2023 JUMP TO Summary Signs…
Authors: Theresa Estiphan, MD Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan Charuta Joshi, MBBS, MD University of Texas Southwestern – Dallas Children’s Hospital Reviewed: March 2022 …
Author: Howard S. Schub, MD, retired Drawn from the work of: Michael Pranzatelli, MD, PhD Reviewed: June 2021 SUMMARY Essential tremor is a neurological condition that causes hands to…
Authors: Margaret Means, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: January 2022 JUMP TO Summary Description Signs And Symptoms Causes Lab Investigations Treatment Outlook Related…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD - NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD - Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: June 2023 …
Author: Sonal Bhatia MBBS, MD Medical University of South Carolina Reviewed: May 2021 SUMMARY Febrile seizures are the most common type of seizures in healthy children. They…
Authors: Paul Boyd, BS, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Melissa Tsuboyama, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital Reviewed: February 2023 SUMMARY Focal cortical…
Author: Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Robert Csaba Kiss, M4 at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Reviewed:…
Author: David R. Lynch, MD, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited genetic disease. It causes difficulty…
Authors: Jamie Klein; Kathryn Elkins, MD Emory University School of Medicine Jamika L. Hallman-Cooper, MD Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY In functional movement disorder (FMD), a child has abnormal, involuntary body movements. FMD…
Author: Rachit Patil, MD , Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Reviewed: January 2022 SUMMARY Glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome (GLUT-1 DS) disorders are rare…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD , NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD , Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare…
Author: Priscilla Chee, MD, Loma Linda University Reviewed: May 2021 SUMMARY Headaches are very common in childhood. Most of the time, children have headaches for the same reasons adults do. Just as…
Authors: Bianca C. Kapoor-Heaphy, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: October 2022 SUMMARY Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare birth defect. It…
Authors: Swati A Karmarkar, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital Shruti Rane, PhD, Kennedy Kreiger Institute, Baltimore, MD Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Hemiplegia involves paralysis or weakness…
Authors: Michelle R. Christie, MD; Linsley Smith, RN, BSN Scottish Rite for Children – Dallas, Texas Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis/Paraplegia (HSP) causes difficulty walking. In HSP, a person has tight and weak muscles. These tight muscles…
Authors: Michelle R. Christie, MD; Nancy J. Clegg, BSN, MSN, PhD, CCRP, Scottish Rite for Children – Dallas, Texas Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a rare…
Authors: Margaret Means, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: November 2021 JUMP TO Summary Description Signs And Symptoms Causes Lab Investigations Treatment And…
Author: Martha Nance, MD Struthers Parkinson’s Center, Golden Valley, MN, and Huntington Disease Society of America HD Center of Excellence, Hennepin HealthCare, Minneapolis, MN Reviewed:…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: June 2022 SUMMARY Hydrocephalus…
Authors: Nathan T. Cohen, MD, FAAP; William D. Gaillard, MD, FAES Children’s National Hospital, Washington DC Reviewed: March 2022 SUMMARY Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a…
Authors: Ariel Heller, MD, MPH, Medical University of South Carolina Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: June 2022 SUMMARY Hypotonia is defined…
Authors: Akash Virupakshaiah, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia , Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Reviewed: June 2021 JUMP TO Summary Causes…
Authors: Musab Al-Yahia, MD; Angela M. Curcio, MD Division of Pediatric Neurology, Floating Hospital at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA Reviewed: May 2022 SUMMARY Idiopathic…
Author: Shaun A. Hussain, MD UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Infantile spasms is a kind of epilepsy. It usually begins in children who are less than…
Authors: Travis R. Larsh, MD; Donald L. Gilbert MD, MS; Steve W. Wu, MD; and Loren D.M. Peña, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center …
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon…
Author: Wendy Kay Chung, MD, Columbia University Medical Center Reviewed: February 2022 SUMMARY KIF1A associated neurological disorder (KAND) is caused by one or more disease-causing…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Klippel-Feil…
Author: Kenneth A. Myers, MD, PhD, FRCPC Research Institute of the McGill University Medical Centre; Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Reviewed: November…
Authors: Jamie Klein; Kathryn Elkins, MD, Emory University School of Medicine; Stephanie R. Keller, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Krabbe disease (KD) is a…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: September 2022 SUMMARY Landau-Kleffner…
Authors: Ibrahim Elsharkawi, MD, Icahn School of Medicine—Mt. Sinai; Peter McGuire, MS, MD, National Institutes of Health (NIH); Shamima Rahman, FRCP, FRCPCH, PhD, UCL Great…
Authors: Shaun Ajinkya, MD; Elaine Wirrell, MD, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe form of epilepsy. Epilepsy is a seizure disorder. LGS usually begins in the preschool years.…
Authors: Amanda Nagy, MD; Catherine Becker, RN, CNP; Florian Eichler, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Reviewed: November 2022 SUMMARY Leukodystrophies are a group of rare genetic…
Authors: Cara Piccoli, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Lissencephaly is a rare birth defect involving an abnormally…
Authors: Margaret Means, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Megalencephaly is a condition in which a child’s brain…
Author: Azara Singh, MBBS, MD - Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV Reviewed: March 2023 SUMMARY Meningitis and encephalitis are two conditions that affect the…
Authors: Margaret Means, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY In microcephaly, a child’s head is significantly small for that child’s age and sex. This is…
Authors: Harshika Satyarthi, MD, MPH; Aliya Frederick, MD, PhD University of California San Diego Reviewed: June 2021 SUMMARY Migraine is a type of headache caused directly by a disorder of…
Author: Geetanjali Rathore, MD University of Nebraska Medical Center Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Omaha, NE Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Molybdenum cofactor deficiency (MoCD) type A is a rare but…
Author: Harvey S. Singer, MD, Professor Emeritus Johns Hopkins Medicine, Clinical Faculty Kennedy Krieger Institute Reviewed: Janaury 2022 SUMMARY The term “motor stereotypies” is used to…
Authors: Lisa R. Sun, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Adam Kirton, MD, University of Calgary/Alberta Children’s Hospital Reviewed: May 2021 SUMMARY Moyamoya disease is a common cause of stroke in children. In moyamoya disease,…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: May 2021 SUMMARY Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon …
Authors: Hillary Eichelberger, MD NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: January 2023 SUMMARY Narcolepsy…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Neurofibromatosis…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: June 2021 SUMMARY Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) is an autoimmune disease that affects the neurons of…
Authors: Cara Piccoli, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: August 2021 SUMMARY Neuronal migration disorders (NMDs) are a group of rare…
Authors: Praveen Kumar Ramani, MBBS, University of Arkansas/Arkansas Children’s Hospital Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: September 2023 SUMMARY NGLY1-CDDG…
Author: Emilie Touma, BA; Sharoon Qaiser, MD, MBBS University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY Reviewed: January 2022 SUMMARY Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a…
Authors: Katherine Xiong, MD; Courtney J. Wusthoff, MD, MS Division of Child Neurology, Stanford University Reviewed: February 2022 SUMMARY Ohtahara syndrome (OS) is a rare…
Authors: Douglas Nordli, MD, Mayo Clinic Florida/Nemours Jacksonville; Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD , Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: October 2021 SUMMARY…
Authors: Hillary Eichelberger, MD NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: December 2022 SUMMARY Parasomnias…
Author: Adam Kirton, MD, University of Calgary/Alberta Children’s Hospital Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Sometimes, blood vessels in the brain get blocked or broken. Stroke is the…
Authors: Jaclyn Tencer, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) is a brain abnormality that occurs following an injury to a specific region of the…
Authors: Katy Phelan, PhD, FACMG, Florida Cancer Specialist & Research Institute, Fort Myers, Florida Kate Still, PhD, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation Scientific Director Reviewed: August 2022…
Author: Jennifer M. Kwon, MD, MPH University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health American Family Children’s Hospital—Madison, WI Reviewed: June 2022 SUMMARY Phenylketonuria…
Author: Jaclyn Tencer, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: April 2021 SUMMARY In porencephaly (or cystic encephalomalacia), a fluid-filled cyst develops in brain tissue. The fluid consists…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: October 2021 SUMMARY Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon Reviewed: August 2022 SUMMARY Prader-Willi…
Author: Rachit Patil, MD Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Reviewed: May 2022 SUMMARY Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is an inflammation of one half of the brain.…
Authors: Mekka Garcia, MD, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD , Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2021 Updated:…
Author: Rana R. Said, MD, FAAN University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children’s Health Dallas Reviewed: November 2021 SUMMARY Ring chromosome 14 syndrome, or r(14), is a rare genetic disorder. Only about 80 cases have been described…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center —Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Schizencephaly is a problem with the early formation…
Authors: Margaret Means, MD; Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: September 2021 SUMMARY Spasticity is a term used to describe a muscle and joint condition in children. In this…
Authors: Crystal Jing Jing Yeo, MD, PhD, MRCP(UK) School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen; LKC School of Medicine-Imperial College London and…
Author: Dave Shahani, MD Cook Children’s Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX Reviewed: March 2022 SUMMARY Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare genetic disorder related to…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon…
Authors: Kimberly Wiltrout, MD; Annapurna Poduri, MD, MPH Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Reviewed: May 2022 SUMMARY SYNGAP1-related disorder is a genetic disorder that…
Authors: Michael Cole, MD; Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MBBS, MD University of Iowa, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA Reviewed: July 2022 SUMMARY Tay-Sachs disease…
Author: Howard S. Schub, MD, retired Reviewed: May 2021 SUMMARY Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that: Causes motor and vocal tics Waxes and wanes over time The…
Author: Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center - Portland, Oregon Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Transverse myelitis (TM) is an inflammatory disease of the spinal cord. It…
Author: Sahar M. Hassanein, MD Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt Reviewed: March 2022 SUMMARY Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is brain damage that comes from…
Authors: Mary Jeno, MD; Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD, MBBS University of Iowa, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA Reviewed: July 2021 SUMMARY Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disorder in which noncancerous tumors grow…
Reviewed: November 2022 SUMMARY Diagnosing a child’s condition can be difficult. Many questions are raised that can’t always be answered. Some neurologic disorders can be…
Authors: Dorottya B. Kacsoh, University of Central Florida College of Medicine Alison L. Christy, MD, PhD, Providence Pediatric Neurology at St. Vincent Medical Center—Portland, Oregon …
Authors: Praveen Kumar Ramani, MBBS, University of Arkansas/Arkansas Children’s Hospital Sonika Agarwal, MBBS, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Reviewed: September 2022 SUMMARY Williams syndrome is…
