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Antecedents of neonatal encephalopathy in the vermont oxford network encephalopathy registryKarin B Nelson
5524 Charles St, Bethesda, MD 20892
Pediatrics 130:878-86. 2012..Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is a major predictor of death and long-term neurologic disability, but there are few studies of antecedents of NE...
The placenta and neurologic and psychiatric outcomes in the child: study design mattersK B Nelson
Department of Neurology, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Placenta 32:623-5. 2011..A new generation of studies, difficult but potentially enormously rewarding, will be needed for clinical investigations of the placenta and fetal brain development...
Headache and biomarkers predictive of vascular disease in a representative sample of US childrenKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bldg 31, Room 8A03, Bethesda, MD 20892 2450, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:358-62. 2010..To examine the association of childhood headache disorders with markers of risk for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease...
Physical comorbidity of migraine and other headaches in US adolescentsTarannum M Lateef
Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Pediatr 161:308-13.e1. 2012..To examine the pattern and extent to which other physical conditions are comorbid with migraine and other headaches in youth in a representative sample of the US population...
Can we prevent cerebral palsy?Karin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD, USA
N Engl J Med 349:1765-9. 2003
Parent-child agreement in the reporting of headaches in a national sample of adolescentsErin F Nakamura
Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Child Neurol 27:61-7. 2012..In addition, collecting information from both parents and adolescents could be critical to effective treatment and prevention of the severe consequences of migraine...
Perinatal ischemic strokeKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 1447, USA
Stroke 38:742-5. 2007..Maternal and infant thrombophilias, genetic and acquired, play a role. Rarely is >1 child in a sibship affected, and environmental factors-substantially less studied, to date--are likely to be key determinants of risk...
Report of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke workshop on perinatal and childhood strokeJohn Kylan Lynch
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 109:116-23. 2002..The impact of maternal and perinatal factors on risk and outcome of neonatal stroke needs to be studied. This information is essential to identifying significant areas for future treatment and prevention...
Is it HIE? And why that mattersKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Acta Paediatr 96:1113-4. 2007
Ischemic perinatal stroke: summary of a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeTonse N K Raju
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Pediatrics 120:609-16. 2007..This article provides a summary of the workshop...
Is cerebral palsy preventable?Karin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 2540, USA
Curr Opin Neurol 21:129-35. 2008..To use evidence of good medical quality to update information on strategies for prevention of cerebral palsy, and on the success of these preventive efforts to date...
Causative factors in cerebral palsyKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 2540, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 51:749-62. 2008..The contribution of genetic vulnerabilities that interact with environmental stressors is an emerging aspect of our understanding of causative factors in CP...
Thrombophilias, perinatal stroke, and cerebral palsyKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1447, USA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 49:875-84. 2006..This review discusses the clinical entity, perinatal stroke, and its relationship to thrombophilias, inherited and acquired, and to maternal and pregnancy factors...
The epidemiology of cerebral palsy in term infantsKarin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1447, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 8:146-50. 2002..There have not yet been studies examining whether medical interventions directed at infection or coagulation disorder can reduce the frequency of CP...
The risk of mortality or cerebral palsy in twins: a collaborative population-based studyAnn I Scher
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Pediatr Res 52:671-81. 2002..Co-twin death was a strong predictor of CP in surviving twins. This risk was the same for same- and different-sex pairs, and observed both for preterm and term infants...
Neonatal cytokines and cerebral palsy in very preterm infantsKarin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institutes of Neurological Disorder and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Pediatr Res 53:600-7. 2003..Inflammatory cytokines in neonatal blood of very premature infants did not distinguish those with later diagnoses of CP from control children...
Thimerosal and autism?Karin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892 1447, USA
Pediatrics 111:674-9. 2003
Overview: infection during pregnancy and neurologic outcome in the childKarin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1447, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 8:1-2. 2002
Stroke in newborn infantsKarin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1447, USA
Lancet Neurol 3:150-8. 2004..There is much to be learned about the natural history of perinatal stroke, and there are as yet no evidence-based strategies for prevention or treatment...
Genetic polymorphisms and cerebral palsy in very preterm infantsKarin B Nelson
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892 1447, and Children s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, CA 94609 1673, USA
Pediatr Res 57:494-9. 2005..We conclude that further study of genetic factors that may influence susceptibility to CP in very preterm infants is warranted...
Prothrombotic factors in children with stroke or porencephalyJohn Kylan Lynch
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Building 10, Room 5S220, 10 Center Dr, MSC 1447, Bethesda, MD 20892 1447, USA
Pediatrics 116:447-53. 2005..This study compared the frequencies of genetic and functional coagulation abnormalities in children with arterial ischemic stroke or porencephaly with frequencies in previously published studies...
Selected neurotrophins, neuropeptides, and cytokines: developmental trajectory and concentrations in neonatal blood of children with autism or Down syndromePhillip G Nelson
National Institute of Child Health and Development, Building 31, Room 2A25, Bethesda, MD 20892 2426, USA
Int J Dev Neurosci 24:73-80. 2006..We discuss interrelationships of VIP, NT-3 and IL-8 and their potential relevance to features of the neuropathology of autism or Down syndrome...
Biomarkers of brain injury in neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermiaAn N Massaro
Department of Neonatology, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Pediatr 161:434-40. 2012..To determine if early serum S100B and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) levels are associated with neuroradiographic and clinical evidence of brain injury in newborns with encephalopathy...
Placental weight and neurologic outcome in the infant: a reviewJennifer Teng
Neurology, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 25:2082-7. 2012..To review the agreement of published standards on placental weights (PW) and fetal-placental (F/P) ratios, examine factors contributing to PW and ask whether aberrant placental weight is associated with adverse neurologic outcome...
Seizures in acute childhood strokeRani K Singh
Center for Neuroscience, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
J Pediatr 160:291-6. 2012..To describe the risk of seizures in children with acute stroke and identify factors predicting their later risk of epilepsy...
Headache in young children in the emergency department: use of computed tomographyTarannum M Lateef
Department of Neurology, Children s National Medical Center, George WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Pediatrics 124:e12-7. 2009..The goal was to determine whether computed tomographic (CT) scans led to better acute care of young children with headache presenting the emergency department (ED)...
Headache in a national sample of American children: prevalence and comorbidityTarannum M Lateef
Department of Neurology, Children s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D C, USA
J Child Neurol 24:536-43. 2009..Recurrent headache in childhood is common and has significant medical comorbidity. Further research is needed to understand biologic mechanisms and identify more homogeneous subgroups in clinical and genetic studies...
Perinatal arterial stroke: understanding mechanisms and outcomesYvonne W Wu
Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94117, USA
Semin Neurol 25:424-34. 2005..The incidence, clinical presentation, pathogenesis, risk factors, and outcome of this increasingly recognized disorder are reviewed...
Diagnostic value of lumbar puncture in afebrile infants with suspected new-onset seizuresTarannum M Lateef
Department of Neurology, Children s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
J Pediatr 153:140-2. 2008..We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid results in infants and found that lumbar puncture adds little diagnostic value to the evaluation of young, well-appearing infants presenting with possible new-onset seizures...
How common are gastrointestinal disorders in children with autism?Thea Kuddo
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 15:339-43. 2003....
In utero exposure to antiepileptic drugs: teratogenicity and neonatal morbidityTarannum Musvee Lateef
Department of Neurology, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 7:133-8. 2007..This review focuses on AED exposure during pregnancy and how it affects the risks of neonatal morbidity and major congenital malformations...
Neonatal encephalopathy: etiology and outcomeKarin B Nelson
Neuroepidemiology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, USA
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:292. 2005
