Robert A Avery

Summary

Affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Prediction of Lyme meningitis in children from a Lyme disease-endemic region: a logistic-regression model using history, physical, and laboratory findings
    Robert A Avery
    Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Pediatrics 117:e1-7. 2006
  2. ncbi Patient position during lumbar puncture has no meaningful effect on cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in children
    Robert A Avery
    Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
    J Child Neurol 25:616-9. 2010
  3. ncbi Myopia associated with optic nerve gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1
    Alejandra G de Alba Campomanes
    Division of Ophthalmology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J AAPOS 16:89-91. 2012
  4. ncbi Vitamin B12 optic neuropathy in autism
    Stacy L Pineles
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Division of Neuro ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e967-70. 2010
  5. ncbi Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with optic pathway gliomas
    Robert A Avery
    Division of Ophthalmology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 151:542-9.e2. 2011
  6. ncbi Diagnostic utility of Borrelia burgdorferi cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction in children with Lyme meningitis
    Robert A Avery
    Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Children's Clinic Wilmington, DE 19899, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:705-8. 2005
  7. ncbi Visual and systemic outcomes in pediatric ocular myasthenia gravis
    Stacy L Pineles
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 150:453-459.e3. 2010
  8. ncbi Symptomatic increased intracranial pressure due to arachnoid cysts
    Sashank Prasad
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 44:377-80. 2011
  9. ncbi Predictive model for Lyme meningitis: a reply
    Robert A Avery
    Pediatrics 119:219-20. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Prediction of Lyme meningitis in children from a Lyme disease-endemic region: a logistic-regression model using history, physical, and laboratory findings
    Robert A Avery
    Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Pediatrics 117:e1-7. 2006
    ..No large studies have compared patients with LM to all patients presenting with AM and attempted to define a clinical prediction model...
  2. ncbi Patient position during lumbar puncture has no meaningful effect on cerebrospinal fluid opening pressure in children
    Robert A Avery
    Division of Neurology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 4399, USA
    J Child Neurol 25:616-9. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Myopia associated with optic nerve gliomas in neurofibromatosis type 1
    Alejandra G de Alba Campomanes
    Division of Ophthalmology, The Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
    J AAPOS 16:89-91. 2012
    ..To our knowledge, the association of myopia ipsilateral to the presence or growth of optic nerve gliomas has not been reported...
  4. ncbi Vitamin B12 optic neuropathy in autism
    Stacy L Pineles
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Division of Neuro ophthalmology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e967-70. 2010
    ..Physicians must have a high index of suspicion when evaluating children with autism and visual loss to detect this rare cause of optic atrophy...
  5. ncbi Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in children with optic pathway gliomas
    Robert A Avery
    Division of Ophthalmology, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 151:542-9.e2. 2011
    ..To determine the relationship of high-contrast visual acuity (VA) and low-contrast letter acuity with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in children with optic pathway gliomas...
  6. ncbi Diagnostic utility of Borrelia burgdorferi cerebrospinal fluid polymerase chain reaction in children with Lyme meningitis
    Robert A Avery
    Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Children's Clinic Wilmington, DE 19899, USA
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 24:705-8. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to evaluate Lyme CSF-PCR exclusively in North American children. This commercially available laboratory test is not generally helpful for identifying Lyme meningitis because of its low sensitivity...
  7. ncbi Visual and systemic outcomes in pediatric ocular myasthenia gravis
    Stacy L Pineles
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
    Am J Ophthalmol 150:453-459.e3. 2010
    ..To evaluate visual and systemic outcomes in pediatric patients with purely ocular myasthenia gravis (OMG) treated at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...
  8. ncbi Symptomatic increased intracranial pressure due to arachnoid cysts
    Sashank Prasad
    Neuro Ophthalmology Service, Children s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Pediatr Neurol 44:377-80. 2011
    ..These cases illustrate the potential for arachnoid cysts to outstrip compensatory mechanisms and cause signs and symptoms requiring definitive surgical intervention...
  9. ncbi Predictive model for Lyme meningitis: a reply
    Robert A Avery
    Pediatrics 119:219-20. 2007