2024
Paediatric hydrocephalus
Kahle K, Klinge P, Koschnitzky J, Kulkarni A, MacAulay N, Robinson S, Schiff S, Strahle J. Paediatric hydrocephalus. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2024, 10: 35. PMID: 38755194, DOI: 10.1038/s41572-024-00519-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptoms of elevated intracranial pressureCerebrospinal fluidCentral nervous system infectionChoroid plexus cauterizationEndoscopic third ventriculostomyNervous system infectionNonsurgical treatment strategiesElevated intracranial pressureLong-term outcomesNeural tube defectsCSF-brain interfaceFetal hydrocephalusUtero treatmentAcquired hydrocephalusCSF secretionSurgical closureCSF shuntingHead circumferenceThird ventriculostomyCongenital hydrocephalusAssociated with blockageGene mutationsCerebral ventricleTreatment strategiesCSF pathways
1995
Quinolinic acid in tumors, hemorrhage and bacterial infections of the central nervous system in children
Heyes M, Saito K, Milstien S, Schiff S. Quinolinic acid in tumors, hemorrhage and bacterial infections of the central nervous system in children. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 1995, 133: 112-118. PMID: 8583213, DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(95)00164-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBacterial InfectionsBiomarkersBiopterinCentral Nervous System DiseasesCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsCerebral HemorrhageChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGuanosine TriphosphateHumansHydrocephalusInfantInfant, NewbornInterleukin-6KynurenineMaleNeopterinQuinolinic AcidTryptophan OxygenaseTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsCentral nervous systemQuinolinic acidImmune activationKynurenine pathwayNervous systemBacterial infectionsLevels of QUINCentral nervous system infectionCSF QUIN levelsNervous system infectionCytokine tumor necrosisCNS inflammationNeurological deficitsSystem infectionNeurologic dysfunctionCSF levelsQUIN levelsQUIN concentrationsInterleukin-6Tumor necrosisCerebrospinal fluidNeurotoxic metabolitesSensitive markerMacrophage activationPatients