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Patients' Supernatural Beliefs on Cause of Multiple Sclerosis 患者对多发性硬化症病因的超自然信仰
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-12-23 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57006
H. Çaksen
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common nontraumatic disabling neurological disorders to affect young adults. It is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system presented with multifocal clinical findings modulated by various external factors.1,2 The cause of MS is unknown, but it has historically been classified as an organspecific T-cell mediated autoimmune disease. Additionally, many genes may increase disease susceptibility in addition to several well-defined environmental factors such as low serum levels of vitamin D, smoking, ultraviolet B light exposure, childhood obesity, and infection with the Epstein–Barr virus.1 However, considerably less attention is focused on supernatural causes in MS.3 Herein, we discussed patients’ supernatural beliefs on cause of MS to attract attention to the importance of plausible supernatural causes in MS. “Supernatural” refers to a phenomenon or entity that is beyond the laws of nature. It is featured in folklore and religious contexts. It can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to nonphysical entities, such as angels, demons, gods, and spirits.4 Frequent supernatural causes linked to illness in many cultures are fate (qadar), Allah’s will, a gift from Allah, test from Allah, punishment from Allah, Nazar (evil eye), Sihr (magic or sorcery), Jinn possession, lack of faith, payback for things done wrong, disobeying family, sinful acts, sinful thoughts, etc.5,6 Koffman et al3 explored meanings of illness causation amongMSpatients. Three central themes emerged from their interviews: uncertainty, logical and scientific, and supernatural explanations. The supernatural theme comprised of three subcategories: “my challenge, my test,” “punishment,” and “fate, destiny, or just bad luck.” The belief that MS could be associated with a “challenge” or “test” was deeply embedded within religious belief system of black Caribbeanparticipants. The categoryof fate, destiny, or bad luck was also specific to black Caribbean participants, a number of whom drew on biblical phrases to help convey their thoughts. They provided accounts where theirMSwas viewed an inevitable part of Allah’s life plan for them. Punishment was characterized by wrongdoing that in some instances justified as a retribution. It was voiced by participants across both black CaribbeanandwhiteBritish ethnic groupswhoeither perceived their punishment as being justified, leveled at them personally or more widely at humankind. Most of the participants in both groups were Christian.3 Obiwuru et al7 noted that of Hispanic Americans participants more than half expressed sociocultural factors such as supernatural events (a gift from Allah) and experiencing strong emotions (fright and sadness) as the perceived cause of MS. Chen et al8 found a negative connection between spirituality and disability in MS patients on the following items: “I be
多发性硬化症(MS)是影响年轻人最常见的非创伤性致残性神经系统疾病之一。它是一种中枢神经系统慢性自身免疫性疾病,临床表现多灶性,受多种外部因素调节。1,2 MS的病因尚不清楚,但它历来被归类为器官特异性t细胞介导的自身免疫性疾病。此外,除了一些明确的环境因素,如血清维生素D水平低、吸烟、紫外线B照射、儿童肥胖和感染eb病毒等,许多基因可能会增加疾病的易感性然而,MS中对超自然原因的关注要少得多。3在这里,我们讨论了患者对MS病因的超自然信仰,以引起人们对MS中合理的超自然原因的重要性的关注。“超自然”是指超越自然规律的现象或实体。它在民间传说和宗教背景中很有特色。它也可以在更世俗的背景下作为一种解释,比如迷信或对超自然现象的信仰。这个词被认为是指非物质实体,如天使、魔鬼、神和精灵在许多文化中,与疾病相关的常见超自然原因有命运(卡达尔)、安拉的意志、安拉的礼物、安拉的考验、安拉的惩罚、Nazar(邪恶的眼睛)、Sihr(魔法或巫术)、精灵附身、缺乏信仰、做错事的报应、不服从家庭、罪恶的行为、罪恶的想法等。采访中出现了三个中心主题:不确定性、逻辑和科学以及超自然的解释。超自然主题由三个子类组成:“我的挑战,我的考验”,“惩罚”和“命运,宿命,或者只是运气不好”。认为多发性硬化症可能与“挑战”或“测试”有关的信念深深植根于加勒比黑人参与者的宗教信仰体系中。命运、命运或厄运的分类也专门针对加勒比黑人参与者,他们中的许多人利用圣经短语来帮助传达他们的想法。他们提供的说法是,他们的死亡被视为安拉对他们生命计划的不可避免的一部分。惩罚的特点是不法行为,在某些情况下被认为是一种报复。加勒比海黑人和英国白人的参与者都表达了这一观点,他们要么认为自己受到的惩罚是合理的,针对的是他们个人,要么是更广泛地针对人类。两组中的大多数参与者都是基督徒。Obiwuru等人注意到,西班牙裔美国参与者中,超过一半的人将社会文化因素(如超自然事件(来自安拉的礼物)和经历强烈的情绪(恐惧和悲伤))视为MS的感知原因。Chen等人在以下项目中发现MS患者的灵性与残疾之间存在负相关:“我相信我的残疾是对我过去所犯错误的惩罚”,“我相信我的残疾是对我家人所犯错误的惩罚”。他们还在以下项目中发现了精神和残疾之间的积极联系:“我相信,通过我的精神联系,我的残疾可以完全治愈”,“我相信我的残疾是由安拉或精神力量造成的”,“我的家人相信安拉或精神力量可以减少我的残疾”,“我感谢安拉或精神力量使我残疾”,以及“我相信我残疾是有精神原因的”。在这个系列中,大多数参与者(91.6%)是白种人(非西班牙裔),最常见的宗教信仰是新教(62.1%),其次是天主教徒(23.8%)和无神论者(7.9%)四分之一的多发性硬化症患者给出了非医学原因的解释,如机会、命运和超自然原因。在另一个系列中,超过一半的多发性硬化症患者认为超自然原因包括魔法、附身和/或“邪恶之眼”
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Diaphragmatic and Rectus Femoris Muscles Ultrasonography in Relation to Motor and Respiratory Functions in Ambulatory Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 横膈膜和股直肌超声检查与动态男孩杜氏肌营养不良症运动和呼吸功能的关系
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-12-19 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1769477
S. Hassanein, I. Elagouza, H. Sakr, Maha Z Mohammed, Ahmed Rihan, S. Deifalla
Abstract Our aim was to establish correlations between GSGC (Gait, Stairs, Gower, Chair) scores and ultrasonographic (US) findings of rectus femoris muscle (RF) and to study correlation between pulmonary function tests (PFT) and diaphragmatic muscles thickness in ambulatory boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Twenty-four ambulatory boys with DMD were included. Their motor functions were assessed using GSGC scale. All the participants underwent PFT. US was used to assess RF quantitatively (gray scale analysis) and semiquantitatively (modified Heckmatt score) besides assessment of diaphragmatic muscle thickness. Patients with grade IV modified Heckmatt scale had the worst functional performance compared with grade III and II evidenced by having the highest total GSGC score ( p  < 0.01), worst gait, stairs climbing, chair rising scores, and the longest time for rising from floor ( p  < 0.05). A significant positive correlation was detected between forced expiratory volume in 1s/ forced vital capacity and right diaphragmatic muscle thickness. GSGC score positively correlated with RF US findings (quantitative gray scale analysis). GSGC score is a successful tool that could be used for clinical evaluation of patients with DMD. Diaphragmatic US introduces an option for screening and monitoring of restrictive respiratory pattern in patients with DMD after determining the reference values of diaphragmatic muscle thickness in different ages.
我们的目的是建立GSGC(步态、楼梯、高尔、椅子)评分与动态男孩杜氏肌营养不良症(DMD)的股直肌(RF)超声检查结果的相关性,并研究肺功能检查(PFT)与膈肌厚度的相关性。包括24名患有DMD的流动男孩。采用GSGC量表评定运动功能。所有的参与者都进行了PFT。除评估膈肌厚度外,采用US定量评估射频(灰度分析)和半定量评估(修正Heckmatt评分)。改良Heckmatt评分IV级患者的GSGC总分最高(p < 0.01),步态最差(p < 0.01),爬楼梯评分最差(p < 0.05),从地板上升的时间最长(p < 0.05),功能表现较III级和II级患者差。15秒用力呼气量/用力肺活量与右侧膈肌厚度呈正相关。GSGC评分与RF US结果呈正相关(定量灰度分析)。GSGC评分是一种成功的工具,可用于临床评价DMD患者。在确定不同年龄的膈肌厚度参考值后,膈肌US引入了一种筛选和监测DMD患者限制性呼吸模式的选择。
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Spinal Epidural Collection following Lumbar Puncture in a Patient with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension 特发性颅内高压患者腰椎穿刺后脊髓硬膜外收集
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-12-08 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57012
N. Krothapalli, David S. Hersh, W. Yorns, G. Acsadi, F. DiMario
Abstract Epidural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collections after lumbar puncture are a rare and underdiagnosed entity in the pediatric population. Physicians should maintain vigilance about warning signs of severe progressive back pain extending beyond the puncture site and new neurological symptoms after lumbar puncture. Extensive symptomatic epidural collections, which may be dorsal and compromise the thecal sac, can be secondary to CSF leakage. Early diagnosis with spinal magnetic resonance imaging and prompt treatment is vital in reducing morbidity and mortality. These collections typically resolve with conservative management and no serious sequelae. We report a rare case of spinal epidural collection following a lumbar puncture in a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension that was successfully treated with a blood patch and surgical decompression in the setting of significant neurological deterioration.
摘要:小儿腰椎穿刺后硬膜外脑脊液(CSF)收集是一种罕见且诊断不足的疾病。医生应警惕严重进行性背部疼痛超出穿刺部位的警告信号和腰椎穿刺后新的神经系统症状。广泛的症状性硬膜外积液可继发于脑脊液渗漏,这种积液可能是背侧积液并损害硬膜囊。早期诊断脊髓磁共振成像和及时治疗是至关重要的,以减少发病率和死亡率。这些集合通常以保守的管理解决,没有严重的后遗症。我们报告一个罕见的病例脊髓硬膜外收集后腰椎穿刺患者特发性颅内高压,成功地治疗了血液贴片和手术减压设置显著的神经退化。
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A Case of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis Exacerbated by COVID-19 新冠肺炎加重广泛性重症肌无力1例
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-11-22 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761932
Shingo Kanatani, H. Yamaguchi, Shizuka Oikawa, Shoichi Tokumoto, Kazumi Tomioka, Masahiro Nishiyama, K. Nozu, H. Nagase
Abstract Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, long-term neuromuscular disorder that can affect individuals of any age. In Japan, the Omicron variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) began spreading in 2022, and many cases of neurological symptoms caused by the virus have been reported. Although COVID-19 has been reported to exacerbate MG in adults, there are no reports on the effects of COVID-19 on the MG symptoms of pediatric patients. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl with a 3-year history of MG who presented to our hospital with symptom exacerbation after COVID-19 infection. Four days before admission, she developed fever with a runny nose and cough. Three days before admission, she developed severe bilateral blepharoptosis and progressive limb weakness, and 2 days before admission, she was diagnosed with COVID-19 by SARS-CoV-2 antigen test. Physical examination revealed moderate blepharoptosis and mild bilateral upper and lower limb weakness. We diagnosed her with worsening MG due to COVID-19, and she was administered 400 mg/kg intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) daily for 5 days with continued oral corticosteroids and tacrolimus. The patient's symptoms improved promptly after admission and, at discharge 7 days after admission, her symptoms had significantly improved. During the 1-month outpatient follow-up period, she remained stable and the anti-acetylcholine receptor (AchR) antibody level was reduced to 14.6 nmol/L (from 18.5 nmol/L on admission). Our case suggests that COVID-19 exacerbates MG in both children and adults.
重症肌无力(MG)是一种罕见的、长期的神经肌肉疾病,可影响任何年龄的个体。在日本,2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的欧米克隆变体于2022年开始传播,并报告了许多由该病毒引起的神经系统症状病例。尽管有报道称COVID-19会加重成人MG,但尚未有关于COVID-19对儿科MG症状影响的报道。我们报告一例6岁女童,患有3年MG病史,感染COVID-19后症状加重。入院前4天,她出现发烧、流鼻涕和咳嗽。入院前3天,患者出现严重双侧上睑下垂和进行性肢体无力,入院前2天,经SARS-CoV-2抗原检测诊断为COVID-19。体格检查显示中度上睑下垂和轻度双上、下肢无力。我们诊断她因COVID-19导致MG恶化,她每天静脉注射400 MG /kg免疫球蛋白(IVIG),持续5天,同时继续口服皮质类固醇和他克莫司。患者入院后症状迅速改善,入院后7天出院时症状明显改善。门诊随访1个月,患者病情稳定,抗乙酰胆碱受体(AchR)抗体水平降至14.6 nmol/L(入院时为18.5 nmol/L)。我们的病例表明,COVID-19加重了儿童和成人的MG。
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Preterm Babies: Predicting the Consequences 早产:预测后果
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-11-22 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761933
S. Ostojić
To the Editor: More than 1 in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely every year. Although the survival rates have improved over the past two decades, especially for babies born extremely prematurely, over three-quarters of extremely preterm infants have at least one chronic health condition as adolescents or adults.1 Examples include various neurodevelopment disorders that can make school/work performance more challenging. We need to determine how premature birth leads to these disabilities later in life and ultimately help preterm babies face these complications when they occur. Very preterm birth could be associated with long-standing brainmetabolite alterations, which appear responsible for the deficits reported in executive functions at school age. For instance, very preterm children aged 8 to 13 years exhibit higher choline-to-creatine ratio and myoinositol-to-creatine ratio and lower glutamate plus glutamine-to-creatine ratio in frontal white matter, as compared with term-born peers.2 Lower executive function abilities (including inhibition and interference, working memory, cognitive flexibility, fluency, and planning) were associated with lower frontal glutamate plus glutamine-to-creatine ratios in both groups and higher myoinositol-to-creatine ratio only in children born very preterm.2Assessingbrainmetabolism inpretermbabiesmay thus allow for the early identification of children at risk of developingdeficits and evenprovide avehicle for innovativemetabolic interventions. This approach should blend state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques (such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy [MRS]) to study brainmetabolismwith the expertise of longitudinal neurodevelopmental evaluation. An assessment of crucial brain metabolites (such as creatine, choline, and N-acetyl aspartate) could perhaps become an adjunct component of routine screening in preterm children following clinical findings, biochemical profiling, and other imaging studies. This would lead to developing a diagnostic (and prognostic) testing algorithm in a child born very preterm suspected of having indicative neurodevelopmental findings and impaired brain metabolism. Building an international database that collects metabolic signatures of preterm babies from birth to adulthood, complemented by developmental screening upshots, would enable better predictionof long-termoutcomes after prematurebirth. In addition, data should be made available to navigate future therapeutic regimensandperhaps tacklepossibledisabilitiesof verypretermchildren in later life. Inaperfectworld, allpreterm children should receiveMRS andbe enrolled into this database. This initiative should follow thestepsofneonatalneuroimaging for hypoxic-ischemic injury (and therapeutic hypothermia) in which magnetic resonance imaging with MRS shifted from experimental diagnostics into a critical component of standard practice for this subpopulation andhas already been integrated into routineprotocol, at least in theUnited State
致编辑:全世界每年有超过十分之一的婴儿早产。虽然存活率在过去二十年中有所提高,特别是对于极度早产的婴儿,但超过四分之三的极度早产婴儿在青少年或成年时至少有一种慢性健康问题例如,各种神经发育障碍会使学习/工作表现更具挑战性。我们需要确定早产是如何导致以后生活中的这些残疾的,并最终帮助早产儿在出现这些并发症时面对它们。非常早产可能与长期存在的脑代谢物改变有关,这似乎是学龄期执行功能缺陷的原因。例如,与足月出生的同龄人相比,8至13岁的早产儿在额叶白质中表现出较高的胆碱与肌酸比值和肌醇与肌酸比值,以及较低的谷氨酸和谷氨酰胺与肌酸比值较低的执行功能能力(包括抑制和干扰、工作记忆、认知灵活性、流畅性和计划)与两组中较低的额叶谷氨酸和谷氨酰胺与肌酸比值以及仅在非常早产的儿童中较高的肌醇与肌酸比值有关。因此,评估脑代谢异常婴儿可能允许早期识别有发育缺陷风险的儿童,甚至为创新的代谢干预提供工具。这种方法应该结合最先进的神经成像技术(如磁共振波谱[MRS])来研究脑代谢,并结合纵向神经发育评估的专业知识。对关键脑代谢物(如肌酸、胆碱和n -乙酰天冬氨酸)的评估可能会成为早产儿临床发现、生化分析和其他影像学研究后常规筛查的辅助组成部分。这将导致开发一种诊断(和预后)测试算法,用于早产儿疑似有指示性神经发育发现和脑代谢受损。建立一个国际数据库,收集早产儿从出生到成年的代谢特征,并辅以发育筛查结果,将能够更好地预测早产后的长期结果。此外,应该提供数据来指导未来的治疗方案,也许可以解决早产儿在以后的生活中可能出现的残疾。在不完美的世界里,所有的早产儿都应该接受emrs,并被纳入这个数据库。这项倡议应该遵循新生儿缺氧缺血性损伤(和治疗性低体温)的神经成像步骤,其中磁共振成像与MRS从实验性诊断转变为该亚群标准实践的关键组成部分,并且已经纳入常规方案,至少在美国是这样。考虑到早产致残率相对较高以及早产儿健康后果的经济负担较高,这可能具有特殊的公共卫生相关性。早产儿这一脆弱群体需要先进的医疗护理,不仅要改善临床实践,而且要为整个社会的未来应对这些挑战铺平道路。
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Islamic Psychology: Historical Notes from Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) 伊斯兰心理学:赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的历史笔记(1866-1946)
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-11-16 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1758473
H. Çaksen, Feyza Çaksen
Islamic psychology, the science of the nafs (“self” or “psyche”), is the medical and philosophical study of the psyche from an Islamic perspective and addresses topics in psychology, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and psychiatry as well as psychosomatic medicine. There are many studies of many early Muslim and non-Muslim scholars on Islamic psychology. In this article, we present Herbert George Wells' (1866–1946) opinions about Islamic psychology to attract attention to the importance of Islamic psychology on human and community health. Wells wrote the following in his books: Islam was full of the spirit of kindliness, generosity, and brotherhood; it was a simple and understandable religion. Islam appeals to no revelation, no authoritative teaching, and no mystery. The statement it makes is, it declares, a mere statement of what we may all perceive and experience. Islam prevailed because it was the best social and political order the times could offer. It was the broadest, freshest, and cleanest political idea that had yet come into actual activity in the world, and it offered better terms than any other to the mass of mankind. Islam swept for a time across the Mediterranean scene, with very considerable reactions upon medieval science and thought. Islam was never saddled with a creed. With the very name “Islam” (submission to Allah), there is no quarrel for those who hold the new faith. Based on the studies of early Eastern and Western scholars, we strongly believe that Islamic psychology should be integrated with modern medical practices. For this purpose, we think that health professionals should be informed on Islamic psychology and it should raise awareness about the importance of Islamic psychology on human and community health.
伊斯兰心理学,即nafs("自我"或"心灵")科学,是从伊斯兰的角度对心灵进行医学和哲学研究,涉及心理学、神经科学、心灵哲学、精神病学以及身心医学等主题。早期穆斯林和非穆斯林学者对伊斯兰心理学有很多研究。在这篇文章中,我们介绍了赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(1866-1946)关于伊斯兰心理学的观点,以引起人们对伊斯兰心理学对人类和社区健康的重要性的关注。威尔斯在他的书中写道:伊斯兰教充满了仁慈、慷慨和兄弟情谊的精神;这是一种简单易懂的宗教。伊斯兰没有启示,没有权威的教义,也没有神秘。它所做的陈述,它宣称,仅仅是对我们所有人可能感知和体验的陈述。伊斯兰教之所以盛行,是因为它是那个时代所能提供的最好的社会和政治秩序。这是迄今为止在世界上已付诸实践的最广泛、最新鲜、最干净的政治理念,它为人类大众提供了比任何其他政治理念都更好的条件。伊斯兰教一度横扫地中海,对中世纪的科学和思想产生了相当大的影响。伊斯兰教从来没有信条。有了“伊斯兰”这个名字(对安拉的服从),对于那些持有新信仰的人来说就没有争吵了。根据早期东方和西方学者的研究,我们强烈认为伊斯兰心理学应该与现代医学实践相结合。为此目的,我们认为应向保健专业人员介绍伊斯兰心理学,并提高对伊斯兰心理学对人类和社区健康重要性的认识。
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Screening for Pompe Disease in High-Risk Pediatric Patients: Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Rajasthan 高危儿科患者庞贝病筛查:来自拉贾斯坦邦三级医疗中心的经验
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-11-11 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57241
T. Nagpal, Manisha Goyal, P. Mathur, K. K. Agrawal, Ashok Gupta
Abstract A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose rare genetic disorders, such as Pompe disease, with common clinical manifestations in children. There is a need to sensitize physicians regarding cues to early screening and diagnosis of such patients. Minimal epidemiological data are available on Pompe disease in India. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Pompe disease in high-risk pediatric populations and determine the appropriateness of screening dried blood spot (DBS) tests to facilitate the diagnosis of Pompe disease. We screened pediatric patients presented with (1) unexplained hypotonia, respiratory distress, cardiomyopathy, and elevated liver function tests; and (2) unexplained limb girdle muscle weakness through a DBS test for enzyme assay. Those patients found positive underwent acid alpha-glucosidase mutational analysis. This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 45 suspected patients after approval from the institutional ethical committee. Of the 45 suspected patients, 9 (20%) were found to be positive by DBS test. Out of these nine tested, four (44.4%) were positive, two (22.2%) were negative, and three (33.3%) could not be tested for mutation analysis. The prevalence of genetically confirmed Pompe disease in high-risk populations was 8.8%. The results of this study show that clinical suspicion and DBS filter paper test facilitate early diagnosis and management, thereby improving the quality of life in patients. DBS test acts as a robust, rapid first-tier screening test for Pompe disease.
摘要诊断罕见遗传病,如庞贝病等儿童常见的临床表现,需要较高的怀疑指数。有必要提高医生对此类患者早期筛查和诊断线索的敏感性。关于印度庞贝病的流行病学数据很少。本研究的目的是确定Pompe病在高危儿童人群中的患病率,并确定筛查干血斑(DBS)试验的适宜性,以促进Pompe病的诊断。我们筛选出现以下症状的儿童患者:(1)原因不明的张力低下、呼吸窘迫、心肌病和肝功能检查升高;(2)通过DBS酶分析测试,出现不明原因的肢带肌无力。阳性的患者进行酸性-葡萄糖苷酶突变分析。经机构伦理委员会批准,这项前瞻性横断面研究在45名疑似患者中进行。45例疑似患者中,9例(20%)经DBS检查呈阳性。在这9例检测中,4例(44.4%)为阳性,2例(22.2%)为阴性,3例(33.3%)无法进行突变分析。基因证实的庞贝病在高危人群中的患病率为8.8%。本研究结果表明,临床怀疑和DBS滤纸试验有助于早期诊断和管理,从而提高患者的生活质量。DBS试验是庞贝病的一种可靠、快速的一线筛查试验。
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Basal Ganglia Stroke after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Mineralizing Lenticulostriate Vasculopathy 轻度外伤性脑损伤后基底神经节卒中伴矿化纹状体血管病变
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761486
Federico Baltar Yanes, Florencia Birriel, G. G. Rabelino
Abstract Although the association between basal ganglia (BG) stroke and mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is well recognized, its association with lenticulostriate vasculopathy has only recently been described. We present the case of a 6-month-old female infant without personal or familiar relevant records who presented with left-sided hemiparesis and without altered consciousness after a mild TBI. An emergency computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealed bilateral linear calcifications along the course of the lenticulostriate arteries. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an ischemic lesion in the right BG and damage to the posterior limb of the right internal capsule. A few months after the ischemic event, the patient was asymptomatic. Given the clinical, radiological, and evolutionary characteristics of this group of patients, the term mineralizing angiopathy is proposed to define a specific clinical-imaging syndrome in infants who suffer a BG stroke after a mild TBI and present with the calcification of the lenticulostriate arteries.
虽然基底节区(BG)卒中与轻度外伤性脑损伤(TBI)之间的关系已得到广泛认可,但其与纹状体血管病的关系直到最近才被描述。我们提出了一个没有个人或熟悉的相关记录的6个月大的女婴,在轻度TBI后出现左侧偏瘫和没有意识改变。紧急计算机断层扫描(CT)显示沿双侧纹状体动脉的线状钙化。脑磁共振成像(MRI)显示右侧BG缺血性病变和右侧内囊后肢损伤。缺血事件发生几个月后,患者无症状。考虑到这组患者的临床、放射学和进化特征,矿化血管病一词被提议用于定义轻度TBI后BG卒中的婴儿的特定临床影像学综合征,并表现为透镜状纹状动脉钙化。
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Ciliopathies in Children: Clinical and Translational Insights 儿童纤毛病:临床和转化的见解
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1759537
R. Chimenz
The Joubert syndrome (JS), Meckel syndrome (MKS), Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), Alström syndrome (AS), and nephronophthisis (NPH) ciliopathy spectrum could represent one of the major examples for progresses and challenges in pediatric genetics and neurosciences during the last three decades. In fact, advancing in our understanding of these pediatric neurological diseases illustrates many central notions of human genetics. The JS phenotype itself is caused by mutations in at least 40 genes, all encoding critical components associated with the primary cilium. Primary cilia are microtubule-based organelles that play crucial roles in the development and homeostasis of different tissues and organs, within both the central nervous system and also in nearly all other systems. Protruding from the cells, these cellular antennae sense different signals and mediate Hedgehog as well as other important signaling pathways relevant to brain and different organs development and function, such as the Wnt signaling. Importantly, ciliary dysfunction causes several human genetic diseases known as “ciliopathies,” which encompass infantileand childhood-onset syndromes associated with multiple congenital anomalies and broad neurodevelopmental impairment as well as later onset conditions characterized by single-organ failure and less prominent neurological features. Progress of scientific research in the field of the JSMKS-BBS-AS-NPH phenotypic spectrum and its associated molecular mechanisms stimulated extensive functional (cellular and animal) studies that explored the overall crucial role of primary cilia in both humandevelopment and disease. This research shed a new light on the genetic mechanisms underlying the JS-MKS-BBS-AS-NPH spectrum in affected individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in central ciliarelated genes. This also allowed the identification of potentially promising etiologically targeted therapies across the different genetic causes, as well as the generation of a ranges of precision medicine approaches in the field of pediatric ciliopathies. In this special issue, clinicians and scientists from different universities and teaching hospitals contributed a number of original articles and in-depth reviews covering many aspects of the clinical assessment, associated genetic and molecular mechanisms, therapeutic management, and prevention and treatment of ciliopathies and ciliarelated neurodevelopmental conditions in children. In fact, a multidisciplinary approach to ciliopathies across different medical specialties is now essential. Pediatricians, neurologists, geneticists, nephrologists, and ophthalmologists all have valuable roles in clinically assessing and managing children diagnosed with ciliopathies and associated developmental diseases. In the last three decades, the primary cilium was considered to be a vestigial organelle, and ciliopathies were not considered as a coherent group of phenotypically and genetically distinct diseases. Thus, importa
Joubert综合征(JS), Meckel综合征(MKS), Bardet-Biedl综合征(BBS), Alström综合征(AS)和肾盂肾炎(NPH)毛毛病谱系可以代表过去三十年来儿科遗传学和神经科学进展和挑战的主要例子之一。事实上,我们对这些儿童神经系统疾病的理解的进步说明了人类遗传学的许多核心概念。JS表型本身是由至少40个基因的突变引起的,所有这些基因都编码与初级纤毛相关的关键成分。初级纤毛是基于微管的细胞器,在中枢神经系统和几乎所有其他系统的不同组织和器官的发育和稳态中起着至关重要的作用。这些细胞触角从细胞中伸出,感知不同的信号,介导Hedgehog以及其他与大脑和不同器官发育和功能相关的重要信号通路,如Wnt信号。重要的是,纤毛功能障碍会导致几种被称为“纤毛病”的人类遗传疾病,包括与多种先天性异常和广泛的神经发育障碍相关的婴儿和儿童期发病综合征,以及以单器官衰竭和不太突出的神经系统特征为特征的晚发病疾病。JSMKS-BBS-AS-NPH表型谱及其相关分子机制领域的科学研究进展刺激了广泛的功能性(细胞和动物)研究,探索了初级纤毛在人类发育和疾病中的总体关键作用。本研究揭示了携带中央纤毛相关基因致病性突变的患病个体的JS-MKS-BBS-AS-NPH谱的遗传机制。这也允许在不同的遗传原因中识别潜在的有前途的病因学靶向治疗,以及在儿科纤毛病领域产生一系列精确医学方法。在这期特刊中,来自不同大学和教学医院的临床医生和科学家贡献了许多原创文章和深入的综述,涵盖了儿童纤毛病和纤毛相关神经发育疾病的临床评估、相关遗传和分子机制、治疗管理、预防和治疗的许多方面。事实上,对不同医学专业的纤毛病采取多学科方法现在是必不可少的。儿科医生、神经学家、遗传学家、肾病学家和眼科医生都在临床评估和管理被诊断患有纤毛病和相关发育疾病的儿童方面发挥着重要作用。在过去的三十年中,原纤毛被认为是一种退化的细胞器,纤毛病并没有被认为是一组表型和遗传上不同的疾病。因此,孟德尔人类基因组学、成像和基础科学(基于细胞和发育生物学)的重要进展都对我们对JS-MKS-BBS-AS-NPH谱的理解产生了重大影响。这使我们现在能够为最受影响的儿童提供准确的诊断,从而改善基于携带者检测和产前诊断的预后和预防。因此,磁共振成像和下一代测序(NGS)技术的进步在实现更有效和及时的诊断方面处于最前沿
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Streptococcus constellatus -Induced Blindness in a 10-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report 星形链球菌致10岁男童失明1例
IF 0.2 Q4 PEDIATRICS Pub Date : 2022-10-24 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768655
Sixuan Wang, Zhenzhen Dou, W. Feng, B. Hu, Yan-hui Cui, Xiaojian Yang, Li Li, W. Ge, Gang Liu
Abstract In this article, we report a 10-year-old boy with acute bacteremia and left eye blindness. Culture from abscess drainage was positive for Streptococcus constellatus . Infection caused by S. constellatus is rare among children, and to our knowledge, this is the first report of this pathogen causing blindness. The rapidness of progression in this case is alarming. We also summarize other cases of S. constellatus infection.
摘要在这篇文章中,我们报告一个10岁的男孩急性菌血症和左眼失明。脓肿引流液培养星座链球菌阳性。由星状球菌引起的感染在儿童中是罕见的,据我们所知,这是该病原体引起失明的第一次报告。在这种情况下,进展之快令人震惊。我们还总结了其他星座葡萄球菌感染病例。
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