During the first year of life many infants born "at risk" present neurological findings, which vanish by the end of the first year. These neurological symptoms are found by using a neurological examination, which employs the principles of Prechtl 's neurological examination of the newborn. Using this kind of neurological examination, the neurology of transitory findings was studied in 40 infants "at risk" during their first year of life. Only infants "at risk" were selected, who presented finally normal psychomotor development at the end of the first year of life.

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Facial palsy and Lyme borreliosis: long-term follow-up of children with antibiotically untreated "idiopathic" facial palsy.

We report on the follow-up of 28 patients, who were admitted to our hospitals between 1968 and 1984, and who, at that time, were diagnosed as having idiopathic facial palsy. These children were neither tested for Lyme borreliosis (LB) nor did they receive antibiotic treatment. In those days LB was an unfamiliar infection. Today we can assume that approximately 30%-50% of the patients we studied represent actual cases of neuroborreliosis. We, therefore, considered them an appropriate model in studying the spontaneous course of LB in children. the analysis of the questionnaire designed for our study as well as the supplementary clinical and serological reexaminations in some cases provided no evidence that neuroborreliosis led to relevant health disorders in any of the children (follow-up 10 to 26 years, mean 17). The results of our retrospective study led us to conclude that tick-borne facial palsy is relatively benign in children and that neuroborreliosis is insignificantly related to late complications.

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[Cerebral palsy (I)--an analysis of the concept].

A review of the literature reveals that, until now, there is no clear and commonly accepted definition of the term 'cerebral palsy' (CP). The term is used for different kinds of symptomatology and pathogenesis which are actually quite heterogeneous. A detailed analysis of the criteria for defining indicates that a clear definition is impossible. The contradictions inherent in this term arise form the fact that its usage covers a wide range of clinical and pathogenetic essentials which are often incompatible. The term 'CP' is valuable only from the administrative and therapeutic point of view. But as it is often wrongly interpreted as a diagnosis it should no longer be used in medical and scientific communication.

Cerebral Palsy↗

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[Cerebral palsy (II)--clinical symptoms and etiopathogenesis].

In our first report we analysed the criteria for defining the term 'cerebral palsy'. In this paper we deal with the problems arising from this terminology and exemplify this by presenting some case reports. It will be shown that the usage of the term 'CP'--misunderstood as a diagnosis--often hinders the correct analysis of the underlying pathogenesis and aetiology. Thus genetic, therapeutic and forensic implications of the underlying disease or lesion are easily over-looked.

Adolescent↗

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[Milestones in early childhood development--decision-making aids for clinical practice].

Milestones of specific and defined developmental tracks can be used to gain information about an individual child's developmental progress. Milestones are defined as an essential stage during developmental course that have to be passed at a given age. The milestones are defined by the age at which 90-95 per cent of all children in a specific population pass a particular milestone.

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[Contribution to the study of etiologic-pathogenic factors of essential juvenile hypertension].

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