Child's Nervous System

The long way

Vadim Byvaltsev, Polina Baradieva, Mikail Rybalko

Pediatric neurosurgical centers

Concezio Di Rocco

Cerebellar mutism after spontaneous intratumoral bleeding involving the upper cerebellar vermis: a contribution to the physiopathogenic interpretation

Paolo Frassanito, Luca Massimi, Massimo Caldarelli, Concezio Di Rocco

Identification of miRNAs associated with tumorigenesis of retinoblastoma by miRNA microarray analysis

Jian-Jun Zhao, Juhua Yang, Jianhong Lin, Nan Yao, Yihua Zhu, Jianlong Zheng, Jianhua Xu, Jin Q. Cheng, Jian-Yin Lin, Xu Ma

Local chemotherapy in the rat brainstem with multiple catheters: a feasibility study

U. W. Thomale, B. Tyler, V. M. Renard, B. Dorfman, M. Guarnieri, H. E. Haberl, G. I. Jallo

Atypical basal ganglia germinoma presenting as cerebral hemiatrophy: diagnosis and follow-up with 11C-methionine positron emission tomography

Jeehun Lee, Bo Lyun Lee, Keon Hee Yoo, Ki Woong Sung, Hong Hoe Koo, Su Jin Lee, Joon Young Choi, Kyung-Han Lee, Jung Il Lee, Hyung-Jin Shin, Ji Hye Kim, Yeon Lim Suh, Ke Hyang Lee, Munhyang Lee

Pediatric glioblastoma cell line shows different patterns of expression of transmembrane ABC transporters after in vitro exposure to vinblastine

Elvis Terci Valera, Maria Angélica Abdalla de Freitas Cortez, Rosane Gomes de Paula Queiroz, Fabio Morato de Oliveira, María Sol Brassesco, Nada Jabado, Damien Faury, Michael S. Bobola, Hélio Rubens Machado, Carlos Alberto Scrideli, Luiz Gonzaga Tone

Modulating effect of apolipoprotein E polymorphisms on secondary brain insult and outcome after childhood brain trauma

T. Y. M. Lo, P. A. Jones, I. R. Chambers, T. F. Beattie, R. Forsyth, A. D. Mendelow, R. A. Minns

Repair process in spontaneous intradural dissecting aneurysms in children: report of eight patients and review of the literature

Dittapong Songsaeng, Kittipong Srivatanakul, Frédérique Toulgoat, Guillaume Saliou, Augustin Ozanne, Pierre Lasjaunias

Paravertebral malignant tumors of childhood: analysis of 28 pediatric patients

Dilek Gunes, Kamer Mutafoglu Uysal, Hilal Cetinkaya, Hande Gazeteci Tekin, Nurullah Yuceer, Faik Sarialioglu, Nur Olgun

Cervical spine instability following cervical laminectomies for Chiari II malformation: a retrospective cohort study

Fred C. Lam, Beverly J. Irwin, Kenneth J. Poskitt, Paul Steinbok

Comparison of shunt infection incidence in high-risk subgroups receiving antibiotic-impregnated versus standard shunts

Scott L. Parker, Frank J. Attenello, Daniel M. Sciubba, Giannina L. Garces-Ambrossi, Edward Ahn, Jon Weingart, Benjamin Carson, George I. Jallo

Comparison of shunt infection incidence in high-risk subgroups receiving antibiotic-impregnated versus standard shunts

G. Tamburrini

Optic nerve sheath ultrasound in the assessment of paediatric hydrocephalus

David McAuley, Anne Paterson, Louise Sweeney

Shortening of ventricular shunt catheter associated with cranial growth: effect of the frontal and parieto-occipital access route on long-term shunt patency

Kuniaki Nakahara, Satoru Shimizu, Satoshi Utsuki, Sachio Suzuki, Hidehiro Oka, Masaru Yamada, Shinichi Kan, Kiyotaka Fujii

Early neurosurgical treatment of cephalhaematomas—personal experience and review of the literature

Eva Brichtová

Sagittal craniosynostosis combined with ossified cephalhematoma—a tricky and demanding puzzle

Georges Louis Kaiser, Valérie Oesch

Infantile spasms in the setting of Sturge–Weber syndrome

Massimo Barbagallo, Martino Ruggieri, Gemma Incorpora, Piero Pavone, Caterina Nucifora, Alberto Spalice, Andrea Domenico Praticò, Agata Polizzi, Lorenzo Pavone, Paola Iannetti

Arachnoid cyst associated with subdural hematoma: report of three cases and review of the literature

Burçak Bilginer, Mehmet Bülent Onal, Kader K. Oguz, Nejat Akalan

Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma presenting with intratumor bleeding, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and subdural hematoma

Chang Sub Lee, Ji Soon Huh, Ki-Bum Sim, Youn Woo Kim

Deep sylvian meningioma: a case report and review of literature

G. Samson Sujit Kumar, Vedantam Rajshekhar

Unusual cause of acute neurologic deficit in childhood: primary central nervous system vasculitis presenting with basilar arterial occlusion

Eren Kale Çekinmez, Nurcan Cengiz, İlknur Erol, Osman Kızılkılıç, Yasemin Uslu

Coexistence of a human tail and congenital dermal sinus associated with lumbosacral lipoma

Kazuhiro Samura, Takato Morioka, Kimiaki Hashiguchi, Fumiaki Yoshida, Yasushi Miyagi, Takashi Yoshiura, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Tomio Sasaki

Seizures continue even after prompt anti-epileptic drug medication in Sturge–Weber syndrome—study from prolonged video electrocoticography, a case report

Hidenori Sugano, Hajime Nakanishi, Madoka Nakajima, Kyoko Tanaka, Kazuaki Shimoji, Konstadin Karagiozov, Hajime Arai

Acknowledgement and welcome