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Rett syndrome: clinical and electrophysiologic aspectsSonya Jourdan Moser
Neuropediatric Unit, University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Pediatr Neurol 36:95-100. 2007..Some typical symptoms of Rett patients (hand stereotypies, vacant spells) can be difficult to differentiate from seizures. Therefore application of antiepileptic treatment should be well evaluated, as the clinical course is decisive...- Differences between subtypes of children with ADHD and simple attentional difficulties during an initial assessmentPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Acta Paediatr 96:1511-7. 2007..To examine differences between subtypes of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), simple attentional difficulties and situational ADHD during an initial assessment... - Methylphenidate-induced changes in cerebral hemodynamics measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopyPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Neurology, University Children s Hospital Basel, Roemergasse 9, CH 4005 Basel, Switzerland
J Child Neurol 22:812-7. 2007..Near-infrared spectroscopy is a sensitive tool for measuring pharmacological effects of methylphenidate on the cerebral hemodynamics... - Sudden unexplained death in children with epilepsy: a cohort study with an eighteen-year follow-upPeter Weber
Department of Neuropaediatrics, Basel University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Acta Paediatr 94:564-7. 2005..Sudden unexplained death is a significant cause of mortality in adults with epilepsy. Only a few data exist about this risk in childhood... - Unilateral or asymmetric localization of lambda waves is not a pathologic findingPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
J Child Neurol 20:250-1. 2005..The report documents that asymmetric lambda waves and photic driving might be normal variants, not requiring further investigation... - Cerebral hemodynamic changes in response to an executive function task in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder measured by near-infrared spectroscopyPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Neurology, University Children s Hospital Basel, Römergasse 9, CH 4005 Basel, Switzerland
J Dev Behav Pediatr 26:105-11. 2005.... 
[Anorexia nervosa and nervus peronaeus lesions]Peter Weber
Abteilung Neuropädiatrie, Universitäts kinderspital, beide Basel, Basel
Z Kinder Jugendpsychiatr Psychother 37:469-72. 2009..In association to anorexia nervosa the prognosis of this mononeuropathy seems to be good. Anorectic patients with neurological complications need an interdisciplinary medical treatment...- Complex intracerebral pathology in a child with epidermolysis bullosa hereditariaPeter Weber
University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Dermatol 43:592-5. 2004 - [Visual object and space perception battery: normal values for children from 8 to 12]P Weber
Abteilung für Neuropädiatrie, Universitäts Kinderspital beider Basel
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 221:583-7. 2004..However, no assessment battery for testing the central-visual perception in German-speaking children exists. PROBANDS AND METHOD: In 30 children, aged 8 - 12 years, the Visual Object and Space Perception Test Battery (VOSP) was applied... - Outcome in patients with profound biotinidase deficiency: relevance of newborn screeningPeter Weber
Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Dev Med Child Neurol 46:481-4. 2004.... - Gastrointestinal symptoms and permeability in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritisP Weber
University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Clin Exp Rheumatol 21:657-62. 2003..Examining for gastrointestinal involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an important part of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Only few scientific data are available... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in childhood epilepsy: a neuropsychological and functional imaging studyNina Bechtel
Division of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Medicine, University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Epilepsia 53:325-33. 2012..The aim of the present study is, therefore, to evaluate whether boys with epilepsy-related ADHD and developmental ADHD share a common behavioral, pharmacoresponsive, and neurofunctional pathophysiology... - Structural and functional imaging approaches in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: does the temporal lobe play a key role?Maja Kobel
Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, University of Basel, Missionsstrasse 62a, Basel, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 183:230-6. 2010..Therefore, we postulate that research on ADHD should broaden its scope by including the temporal lobe as a potentially important locus of abnormalities in ADHD... - Effects of methylphenidate on working memory functioning in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderMaja Kobel
Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 13:516-23. 2009..Methylphenidate (MPH) is an effective medication to improve these cognitive difficulties. This study aimed to clarify which effect MPH induces on the underlying functional networks of working memory... - Right prefrontal brain activation due to Stroop interference is altered in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder - A functional near-infrared spectroscopy studySonya Jourdan Moser
Department of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Neurology, University Children s Hospital Basel, Römergasse 9, CH 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 173:190-5. 2009..Our study further establishes functional near-infrared spectroscopy as an imaging tool for studies in neurodevelopment and child and adolescent psychiatry... - Neuropsychological, behavioral, and adaptive functioning of Swiss children with congenital central hypoventilation syndromeHelge Ruof
Division of Neuropediatrics, University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
J Child Neurol 23:1254-9. 2008..Adaptive function problems were identified in communication and daily living skills... - Vigabatrin-induced forced normalization and psychosis--prolongated termination of behavioral symptoms but persistent antiepileptic effect after withdrawalPeter Weber
University Children s Hospital Basel, Division of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Medicine, Switzerland
Epilepsy Behav 24:138-40. 2012..However, although the medication was stopped immediately, 3 years later, she shows not only persistent mild increased anxiousness, but also a marked reduction of seizure frequency as well as seizure intensity... - Decreased fractional anisotropy in the middle cerebellar peduncle in children with epilepsy and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a preliminary studyNina Bechtel
Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Epilepsy Behav 15:294-8. 2009..Our results suggest that ADHD seen in epilepsy might have the same cerebellar pathology as in developmental ADHD... - Attention-induced frontal brain activation measured by near-infrared spectroscopyPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Pediatr Neurol 31:96-100. 2004..Further studies are required to examine the significance of this technique in testing differences in children with neurobehavioral disabilities... - Interstitial deletion 1q42 in a patient with agenesis of corpus callosum: Phenotype-genotype comparison to the 1q41q42 microdeletion suggests a contiguous 1q4 syndromeIsabel Filges
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedicine, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Am J Med Genet A 152:987-93. 2010.... - The stroop task: comparison between the original paradigm and computerized versions in children and adultsIris Katharina Penner
a Department of Cognitive Psychology and Methodology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Clin Neuropsychol 26:1142-53. 2012..These findings have important clinical implications on the use and interpretation of computerized Stroop tasks in children and adults... - Pyridoxal phosphate-responsive seizures in a patient with cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) and congenital deafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia and microdontia (LAMM)Patricia Dill
Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Mol Genet Metab 104:362-8. 2011.... - Incidence and diagnosis of unilateral arterial cerebral infarction in newborn infantsSven Schulzke
Department of Neonatology, University Children s Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
J Perinat Med 33:170-5. 2005..We provide new population-based epidemiologic and diagnostic data on all infants diagnosed between 1997 and 2002 in our center with an MRI-confirmed diagnosis of unilateral neonatal ACI... - Acceptance and timeliness of standard vaccination in children with chronic neurological deficits in north-western SwitzerlandBettina Ute Tillmann
Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Children s Hospital, P O Box, 4005 Basel, Switzerland
Eur J Pediatr 164:320-5. 2005..Therefore, vaccination should be promoted as part of the consultation during a routine appointment with the specialist... - Reduced expression by SETBP1 haploinsufficiency causes developmental and expressive language delay indicating a phenotype distinct from Schinzel-Giedion syndromeIsabel Filges
Division of Medical Genetics, University Children s Hospital and Department of Biomedicine, Basel, Switzerland
J Med Genet 48:117-22. 2011..However, the consequence of the SETBP1 loss-of-function has not yet been well described... - Methylphenidate treatmentPeter Weber
University Children's Hospital, Department of Neuropediatrics, P.O. Box, CH-4005, Basel, Switzerland
Pediatr Neurol 26:261-6. 2002..The aim of the present study is to provide a review of this important clinical topic and perhaps to stimulate further controlled investigations... - Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in Swiss childrenSebastian Grunt
Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Children s Hospital, Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland
Dev Med Child Neurol 52:1145-50. 2010..AIMo describe the characteristics of paediatric cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CSVT) in Switzerland... - Levetiracetam in nonconvulsive status epilepticus in a child with Angelman syndromePeter Weber
Division of Neuropediatrics and Developmental Medicine, University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
J Child Neurol 25:393-6. 2010..Our case further supports this treatment regime for a subgroup of children with a special risk of nonconvulsive status epilepticus and developmental delay... - Fast improvement of verbal memory function after left temporal tumour resectionSonya Jourdan Moser
Neuropaediatric Unit, University Children s Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Acta Paediatr 95:1306-9. 2006..Neuropsychological testing brought to light an above-average general intelligence, but the girl performed below average in verbal memory tests and average in figural memory tests... 
Screening in child health: studies of the efficacy and relevance of preventive care practicesPeter Weber
Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children s Hospital Basel
Dtsch Arztebl Int 109:431-5. 2012..Screening is a standard component of pediatric practice in many countries, but its scientific basis is not well known...- Differential diagnoses of nocturnal fear and movement paroxysm: a case reportPeter Weber
Division Neuropediatrics and Developmental Medicine, University Children s Hospital Basel, Spitalstr 33, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Eur J Pediatr 171:1309-15. 2012..In addition, a normal awake EEG or interictal sleep EEG in the diagnostic workup may not exclude an epileptic disorder. In case of nightly stereotypic motor or affective events, an epileptic disorder should be discussed... - Botulinum Toxin Type A for the Treatment of Equinus Deformity in Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIEsmeralda Nava
1Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children s Hospital, Berne, Switzerland
J Child Neurol 27:1611-5. 2012..Botulinum toxin type A injections followed by serial casting are a therapeutic option for contractures in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis. However, the long-term effects and the effect of application in other muscles remain unknown... - Artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy in acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children: a field study regarding neurological and neuropsychiatric safetySarabel G Frey
Division of Neuropaediatrics and Developmental Medicine, University Children s Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Malar J 9:291. 2010..Safety data for neurological and neuropsychiatric side effects of mefloquine and artesunate combination therapy in African children are scarce, although WHO recommends this therapy in Africa... - Early fatal pontocerebellar hypoplasia with simplified cerebral gyration and pseudolissencephaly. A neuroradiological pitfallAdrienne Hoffmann
Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Fetal Diagn Ther 21:161-7. 2006.... - A single ascending dose study of epigallocatechin gallate in healthy volunteersU Ullmann
Roche Vitamins Ltd, Human Nutrition and Health, Research and Development, Basel, Switzerland
J Int Med Res 31:88-101. 2003..h/ml. The according mean Cmax values ranged from 130 to 3392 ng/ml and were observed after 1.3-2.2 h. The mean t1/2z values were seen between 1.9 and 4.6 h. Single oral doses of EGCG up to 1600 mg were safe and very well tolerated... - [Differential diagnosis of visual hallucinations]P Weber
Universitäts Kinderspital beider Basel, Abteilung für Neuropädiatrie, Basel, Schweiz
Klin Padiatr 217:25-30. 2005..Visual hallucinations in children need a differential diagnostic effort... - A simple model to predict blood-brain barrier permeation from 3D molecular fieldsFrederic Ooms
Institut de chimie thérapeutique, Section de Pharmacie, BEP, Universite de Lausanne, CH 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Biochim Biophys Acta 1587:118-25. 2002..The model so obtained sheds light on molecular properties influencing BBB permeation. It can also be used in the virtual screening of new chemicals... - Effect of EGCG on lipid absorption and plasma lipid levels in ratsDaniel G Raederstorff
Roche Vitamins Ltd Department of Vitamin and Nutrition Research, CH 4070 Basel, Switzerland
J Nutr Biochem 14:326-32. 2003..It is suggested that one of the underlying mechanisms by which EGCG affects lipid metabolism is by interfering with the micellar solubilization of cholesterol in the digestive tract, which then in turn decreased cholesterol absorption...