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Managing simple febrile seizures without lumbar puncture safe: 15-year study
Researchers studied evaluation and management before and after AAP’s 2011 simple febrile seizure guidelines and found that limiting diagnostic...
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FDA panel votes to approve Pfizer’s vaccine for children
If the FDA follows the recommendation, as it typically does, ...the shots could be available within days.
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DMTs linked to better pediatric MS outcomes
Real-world data show similar benefit to clinical trial comparing fingolimod with interferon.
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Pandemic survey: Forty-six percent of pediatric headache patients got worse
But some fared better when they were stuck at home instead of at school.
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Epidiolex plus THC lowers seizures in pediatric epilepsy
But neurologists caution colleagues to be careful with the intoxicating cannabis component.
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Is genetic testing valuable in the clinical management of epilepsy?
Positive findings from genetic testing helped guide clinical management in 50% of cases and improved patient outcomes in 75%.
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Adolescents who exercised after a concussion recovered faster in RCT
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Quality of Life, Diagnosis, and/or Therapeutics in Pediatric MS
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Case reports underscore risk of cerebral edema, AFCE in children with COVID-19
Neurologists urge colleagues to watch for similar cases in children.
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Maternal SSRI use linked to more encephalopathy in newborns, risk still small
Overall risk remains extremely small, large retrospective study finds.
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More than half of U.S. children under 6 years show detectable blood lead levels
Lead exposure persists in young children, with disparities in regard to race, ethnicity, income, and ZIP code.