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Cognitive strengths and deficits in schoolchildren with ADHDUlla Ek
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 96:756-61. 2007..Few studies provide detailed analyses of the various aspects of the entire cognitive profile of children with ADHD...- [Mild mental retardation--time to look over the definition and terminology]Elisabeth Fernell
Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 102:2064-5. 2005 - [Children born with extremely low-birth-weight. American long term follow up shows severe functional limitation]Elizabeth Fernell
Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 102:3774-5. 2005 - Serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in mothers of Swedish and of Somali origin who have children with and without autismElisabeth Fernell
Autism Centre for Young Children, Handicap and Habilitation, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 99:743-7. 2010..To analyse serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in mothers of Somali origin and those of Swedish origin who have children with and without autism as there is a growing evidence that low vitamin D impacts adversely on brain development... - No evidence for a clear link between active intestinal inflammation and autism based on analyses of faecal calprotectin and rectal nitric oxideElisabeth Fernell
Department of Neuropaediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 96:1076-9. 2007.... - Developmental profiles in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders referred for interventionElisabeth Fernell
Autism Centre for Young Children, Handicap and Habilitation and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Res Dev Disabil 31:790-9. 2010..The children's medical characteristics also vary considerably and will be detailed in a further report... - Autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in Stockholm preschoolersElisabeth Fernell
Autism Centre for Young Children, Handicap and Habilitation and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Res Dev Disabil 31:680-5. 2010.... - [Children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. The spectrum of disorders requires a care team with broad competence]Elisabeth Fernell
Lakartidningen 104:1126-7. 2007 - Teenage outcome after being born at term with moderate neonatal encephalopathyKatarina Lindström
Department of Neuropediatrics, Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatr Neurol 35:268-74. 2006..Clinical follow-up, including assessments of cognitive functions before school start, should be considered for all individuals in this high-risk group... - [Children with mild mental retardation in the special schools. "Top of the iceberg"?]Kirsten Holmberg
Neuropediatriska verksamhetsområdet, Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 102:382-5. 2005..With such guidelines and with increasing knowledge and acceptance in the society, more children and families will be offered appropriate measures and support... - The Conners' 10-item scale: findings in a total population of Swedish 10-11-year-old childrenJoakim Westerlund
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 98:828-33. 2009.... - A retrospective study of dental behavior management problems in children with attention and learning problemsMy Blomqvist
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 112:406-11. 2004..In conclusion, the results of this study show that children with attention and learning problems had significantly more dental behavior management problems compared with a control group... - Autism spectrum disorders in children with normal intellectual levels: associated impairments and subgroupsHarald Sturm
Neuropsychiatric Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 46:444-7. 2004..Seventeen percent had another major medical diagnosis or medical syndrome, which highlights the importance of completing a neurological assessment of all children with PDDs... - Oral health, dental anxiety, and behavior management problems in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderMy Blomqvist
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 114:385-90. 2006..In conclusion, children with ADHD exhibited a higher caries prevalence, did not exhibit a higher degree of dental anxiety, and had more BMP than children of a control group... - Prevalence of autism in children born to Somali parents living in Sweden: a brief reportMartina Barnevik-Olsson
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Järva BUP, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:598-601. 2008..All children also had learning disability.* Our findings warrant further investigations of possible aetiological factors behind the increased prevalence of autistic disorders in children of Somali origin found in this area in Sweden... - Developmental data in preschool children born after prolonged pregnancyKatarina Lindström
Department of Neuropaediatrics, Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 94:1192-7. 2005..To evaluate children born post-term (gestational age>or=42 weeks) with respect to developmental data obtained at the ages of 4 and 5.5 y... - How do children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder interact in a clinical dental examination? A video analysisMy Blomqvist
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 4064, SE 141 04 Huddinge, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 113:203-9. 2005..The children with ADHD had particular difficulties staying focused on the examination... - Dental caries and oral health behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderMy Blomqvist
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 115:186-91. 2007..The intervals between dental examinations of children with ADHD should be shorter than for other children to prevent a higher caries incidence in adolescence because of their oral health behavior... - Deficient coordination of associated postural adjustments during a lifting task in children with neurodevelopmental disordersAurelija Jucaite
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:731-42. 2003..Results indicate that children with ADHD and DCD show a spectrum of neural dysfunctions underlying poor motor coordination, which are not specific to the clinical disorder... - Reduced midbrain dopamine transporter binding in male adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: association between striatal dopamine markers and motor hyperactivityAurelija Jucaite
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Biol Psychiatry 57:229-38. 2005..The purpose of our study was to examine dopamine transporter (DAT) and dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) binding in adolescents with ADHD and to search for its relationship with cognitive functions as well as locomotor hyperactivity... - Moderate neonatal encephalopathy: pre- and perinatal risk factors and long-term outcomeKatarina Lindström
Department of Neuropaediatrics, Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:503-9. 2008..The aim was to describe pre- and perinatal data and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome (15-19 years) in children born at term with Apgar score <7 at 5 min and moderate neonatal encephalopathy... - Salivary cortisol levels and dental anxiety in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorderMy Blomqvist
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Eur J Oral Sci 115:1-6. 2007..Behavioral expressions of anxiety in children with ADHD may be different from those in other children, not only due to the characteristics of their disorder, but also because of lower stress reactivity... - Diffusion tensor imaging on teenagers, born at term with moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyZoltan Nagy
Department of Woman and Child Health, Neonatal Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital Q2 07, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatr Res 58:936-40. 2005..These results indicate that even in the absence of such major neurologic impairments as cerebral palsy, moderate HIE causes long term white matter disturbances which are not repaired by adolescence... - Preterm children have disturbances of white matter at 11 years of age as shown by diffusion tensor imagingZoltan Nagy
Neonatal Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatr Res 54:672-9. 2003.... - Aberrant amino acid transport in fibroblasts from children with autismElisabeth Fernell
Department of Neuropaediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Neurosci Lett 418:82-6. 2007..This may influence the transport of several other amino acids across the blood-brain-barrier. The significance of the findings has to be further explored... - [Low intellectual level--normal, but not without problems]Ingrid Adolfsson
Psykologavdelningen, Barnens sjukhus, Huddinge Universitetssjukhus
Lakartidningen 99:1820-2. 2002 - Cognitive and behavioural characteristics in blind children with bilateral optic nerve hypoplasiaUlla Ek
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm and Tomteboda Resource Centre, Stockholm
Acta Paediatr 94:1421-6. 2005..To describe cognitive and behavioural characteristics in a group of blind children with bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH)... - The importance of considering children's- and adults'-cognitive functions when discussing living conditions and psychosomatic complaintsElisabeth Fernell
Acta Paediatr 96:322-3. 2007 - Mobius sequence--a Swedish multidiscipline studyKerstin Strömland
Department of Ophthalmology, Goteborg University, Sweden
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 6:35-45. 2002..Awareness of the wide spectrum of manifestations in Mobius sequence will assist in identification of the associated malformations and functional problems that are often seen and result in better care of the children... - [Identification and evaluation of children with autism spectrum disorders. Early diagnosis important for autism]Elisabeth Fernell
, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 105:1171-2. 2008 - Self-esteem in children with attention and/or learning deficits: the importance of genderUlla Ek
Department of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 97:1125-30. 2008.... - Computerized training of working memory in children with ADHD--a randomized, controlled trialTorkel Klingberg
Unit of Neuropediatrics, Department Women and Children s Health, Karolinska Institute, 17176 Stockholm, Sweden
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:177-86. 2005..During 2002 to 2003, the authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled, double-blind trial to investigate the effect of improving WM by computerized, systematic practice of WM tasks... - Long-term follow-up of children with bacterial meningitis with emphasis on behavioural characteristicsStefan Berg
Department of Paediatrics, The Queen Silvia Children s Hospital, SE 41685 Goteborg, Sweden
Eur J Pediatr 161:330-6. 2002..Children who appear well after bacterial meningitis have more non-specific symptoms like headache, and more signs and symptoms indicating inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness than their siblings...