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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: differential diagnosis and aetiopathogenesisGiovanni Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, Pavia, Italy
Funct Neurol 18:71-5. 2003..There does not exist, to date, any causal therapy for AGS, although genetic studies, particularly those focusing on interferon-regulating genes, may well provide some therapeutic indications...- Are vascular disorders more prevalent in the relatives of children and adolescents with migraine?G Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Cephalalgia 23:887-91. 2003.... - Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: a description of 21 new cases and a comparison with the literatureGiovanni Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Foundation Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Italy
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 6:A9-22; discussion A23-5, A77-86. 2002..Our follow-up seems to indicate a trend not necessarily towards a worsening, but instead towards a stabilization or even a slight improvement of the clinical picture... 
Prevalence of tic disorders among primary school students in the city of Pavia, ItalyG Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Palestro 3, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Arch Dis Child 89:45-7. 2004..The prevalence of tic disorders in children varies from 1% to 29% depending on the characteristics of the study population, the diagnostic criteria, and the study design and methods...- The natural history of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: follow-up of 11 Italian patientsG Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Neurology 64:1621-4. 2005..Calcifications increased (in number and size) in two of six patients. Serial CSF and serum interferon-alpha measurements (three patients) showed reduced CSF interferon-alpha levels... - Personality traits in childhood and adolescent headacheG Lanzi
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, IRCCS Neurological Institute C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy
Cephalalgia 21:53-60. 2001..These traits do not seem to be correlated with sociodemographic data and the duration of headache: we considered these as characteristic of migrainous patients... - Facial erythema associated with short stature, absent distal phalanx, dental and nail anomalies: case report and neuropsychological profileGiovanni Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy
Clin Dysmorphol 14:105-7. 2005..We discuss the differential diagnosis of this case and conclude that our patient's condition could represent a new syndrome... - Motor impairment on awakening in a patient with an EEG pattern of "unilateral, continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep"Pierangelo Veggiotti
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS Fondazione, Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino, University of Pavia, Italy
Epileptic Disord 7:131-6. 2005..This electrical activity in sleep, may be regarded as a "functional lesion" whose clinical consequences can be correlated with the site of the abnormalities.[Published with video sequences]... - Visual-perceptual impairment in children with periventricular leukomalaciaElisa Fazzi
Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, IRCSS C Mondino Foundation, Via Ferrata, 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Brain Dev 26:506-12. 2004.... - Topiramate efficacy in an infant with partial seizures refractory to conventional antiepileptic drugsPierangelo Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Department, Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Seizure 13:241-3. 2004..TPM succeeded in controlling seizures, even after the other drugs were discontinued. This case suggests that TPM may represent a good choice for the treatment of partial seizures refractory to conventional drugs in infants... - Bilateral putaminal necrosis associated with the mitochondrial DNA A8344G myoclonus epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) mutation: an infantile caseSimona Orcesi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Regional Referral Center for Neuromuscular Disorders in Childhood IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Italy
J Child Neurol 21:79-82. 2006..J Child Neurol 2006;21:79-82)... - The development of visual object recognition in school-age childrenStefania M Bova
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Dev Neuropsychol 31:79-102. 2007.... 
The Rorschach test and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: a pilot case-control studyUmberto Balottin
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Brain Dev 31:657-65. 2009....- Towards improved clinical characterization of Leber congenital amaurosis: neurological and systemic findingsElisa Fazzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Am J Med Genet A 132:13-9. 2005.... - Migraine and tension headache in children under 6 years of ageUmberto Balottin
Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Insubria, Macchi Foundation Hospital, Varese 21100, Italy
Eur J Pain 8:307-14. 2004..To investigate the clinical features of idiopathic headache with early onset, whose presence is probably underestimated by parents and physicians and the influence of environmental and psychological factors on headache in children... - Long-term neuropsychological follow-up and nosological considerations in five patients with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleepPierangelo Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Department, Casimiro Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Epileptic Disord 4:243-9. 2002.... - Pharmacological treatment of anorexia nervosa: a retrospective study in preadolescents and adolescentsG Rossi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 46:806-11. 2007..Combined with a multidisciplinary approach that includes nutritional rehabilitation and psychotherapy, adjunctive pharmacotherapy may be useful in addressing both eating disorder psychopathology and comorbid psychiatric disorders... - Acquired epileptic frontal syndrome as long-term outcome in two children with CSWSP Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Via Palestro 3, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Neurophysiol Clin 31:387-97. 2001.... - Dolicho-vertebrobasilar abnormality and migraine-like attacksC A Zambrino
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, C Mondino Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia
Eur Neurol 41:10-4. 1999..In both cases, the pain attacks can be interpreted as a result of compression of the root of the trigeminal nerve caused by an arterial malformation... - Leber's congenital amaurosis: is there an autistic component?E Fazzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Dev Med Child Neurol 49:503-7. 2007.... - Continuous spike-and-wave activity during slow-wave sleep: syndrome or EEG pattern?P Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia, Italy
Epilepsia 40:1593-601. 1999.... - Can protrusion of the tongue stop seizures in Rolandic epilepsy?P Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, Foundation Istituto Neurologico Casimiro Mondino IRCCS, University of Pavia, Italy
Epileptic Disord 1:217-20. 1999..We also examine how a tactile stimulus may provoke the inhibition of an epileptic discharge... - Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus and severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a case report of two Italian familiesP Veggiotti
Child Neuropsychiatry Division, Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino Foundation IRCCS, V Palestro 3, 27100 Pavia Italy
Epileptic Disord 3:29-32. 2001..SMEI could represent the most severe end of the spectrum... - Factors predicting the efficacy of botulinum toxin-A treatment of the lower limb in children with cerebral palsyElisa Fazzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
J Child Neurol 20:661-6. 2005.... - A pilot study of a ketogenic diet in patients with Lafora body diseaseSimonetta Cardinali
Department of Child Neuropsychiatry, Child EEG Unit, Foundation C. Mondino Institute of Neurology Via Mondino 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Epilepsy Res 69:129-34. 2006..The application of this nutritional approach should be further evaluated in larger case series... - Leber's congenital amaurosis: an updateElisa Fazzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Foundation Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Italy
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 7:13-22. 2003..In recent years, genetic advances in the diagnosis of LCA have opened up new horizons, also from a therapeutic point of view. A better understanding of this pathology would be valuable for paediatric neurologists... - Nocturnal sleep and oxygen balance in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A clinical and polygraphic 2-year follow-up studyR Manni
Neurologic Clinic, University of Pavia, Italy
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 240:255-7. 1991..A significant correlation between the degree of oxygen imbalance during sleep and the degree of restrictive thoracic syndrome during wakefulness was shown... - Early-onset occipital idiopathic epilepsy: a syndrome to be treated?Giovanni Lanzi
Child Neuropsychiatry Department, Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino Foundation IRCCS, University of Pavia, Italy
J Child Neurol 18:72-4. 2003..We propose that the introduction of anti-epilepsy drugs be delayed for 6 months following epilepsy onset and be subsequently limited to patients with frequent seizure recurrence... - Visual acuity in the first two years of life in healthy term newborns: an experience with the teller acuity cardsAnna Cavallini
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C. Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Italy
Funct Neurol 17:87-92. 2002.... - A complex chromosome rearrangement with 10 breakpoints: tentative assignment of the locus for Williams syndrome to 4q33----q35.1R Tupler
Biologia Generale e Genetica Medica, University of Pavia, Italy
J Med Genet 29:253-5. 1992..The patient was monosomic for the region 4q33----q35.1 and thus the mapping of the syndrome could tentatively be restricted to this region... - Visual evoked potential abnormalities in dyslexic childrenA Romani
Department of Neurology, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology, Pavia, Italy
Funct Neurol 16:219-29. 2001..These data support the hypothesis of selective magnocellular dysfunction in dyslexia... - The effectiveness of hospitalization in the treatment of paediatric idiopathic headache patientsG Lanzi
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, IRCCS C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Psychopathology 40:1-7. 2007..The idea for this study came from the clinical impression that some paediatric headache patients might benefit more from inpatient than outpatient care... - Relationship between migraine and epilepsy in pediatric agePaolo Piccinelli
Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Insubria, Macchi Foundation Hospital, Varese, Italy
Headache 46:413-21. 2006..01). CONCLUSION: The present study supports the hypothesis of a possible clinical continuum between some types of MWA and epileptic syndromes as entities due to altered neuronal excitability with similar genetic substrates... - Psychopathology in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome: a controlled studyCristiano Termine
Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Insubria, Via F del Ponte 19, 21100 Varese, Italy
Brain Dev 28:69-75. 2006..We conducted a case-control study to verify the reproducibility of the few data published on this topic to date... - Long-term follow-up of an adolescent who had bilateral striatal necrosis secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infectionCristiano Termine
Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, University of Insubria, Via F. del Ponte 19, 21100 Varese, Italy
Brain Dev 27:62-5. 2005.... - Clinical and molecular phenotype of Aicardi-Goutieres syndromeGillian Rice
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
Am J Hum Genet 81:713-25. 2007..Our analysis defines the phenotypic spectrum of AGS and suggests a coherent mutation-screening strategy in this heterogeneous disorder. Additionally, our data indicate that at least one further AGS-causing gene remains to be identified... - Mutations in genes encoding ribonuclease H2 subunits cause Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and mimic congenital viral brain infectionYanick J Crow
Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, LS9 7TF, UK
Nat Genet 38:910-6. 2006..Our findings demonstrate a role for ribonuclease H in human neurological disease and suggest an unanticipated relationship between ribonuclease H2 and the antiviral immune response that warrants further investigation... - Neuropsychological deficits and neural dysfunction in familial dyslexiaSimona Maria Brambati
, Milano, Italy
Brain Res 1113:174-85. 2006..Both the anatomical and the functional study point out a deficit in the posterior areas of the reading network... - The ketogenic diet: from molecular mechanisms to clinical effectsJohn Freeman
The John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
Epilepsy Res 68:145-80. 2006..The results of these will hopefully provide much needed high-quality information to better define the role of the diet in the treatment algorithms in different epilepsy syndromes...