Meet the New Program Director of the Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence
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Adeline Vanderver, MD, aims to take leukodystrophy gene discovery, therapies, support and advocacy to the next level.
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Adeline Vanderver, MD, aims to take leukodystrophy gene discovery, therapies, support and advocacy to the next level.
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It’s important to remember that stroke doesn’t just strike adults — children, at any age, are also at risk. Make sure you know how to identify the signs of stroke in children, and spread the word!
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The Division of Neurology is currently running an essay contest to select students for its summer 2016 Neurology High School Scholars Program.
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The 2016 Philadelphia Auto Show’s Black Tie Tailgate broke records, with more than 4,800 people helping to raise over $550,000 for the Division of Neurology.
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The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is one of only a handful of pediatric hospitals in the country to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to localize the epileptogenic and sensorimotor cortical regions in order to improve family counseling regarding epilepsy surgery and help surgeons avoid those areas when operating.
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Neurologists at CHOP published a case study of a young patient with MPSI found to have an activating mutation in KCNT1 who showed a dramatic reduction in seizure frequency and improvement in psychomotor and language skills after treatment with quinidine.
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CHOP and HUP are working to develop a simple, clinically useful imaging modality that can be used at the bedside to identify women early in pregnancy who are at highest risk of developing pregnancy complications attributed to abnormal placental morphology, perfusion, and/or oxygenation.
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Neurologists from CHOP have been providing much needed neurology care to children living in world regions where such care would otherwise be nonexistent.
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CHOP's Leukodystrophy Center brings together a multidisciplinary group of caregivers to provide cutting-edge, comprehensive diagnostic testing, clinical care, and the most advanced treatment to infants and children with inherited white matter disease.
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The New Leukodystrophy Center of Excellence will offer multidisciplinary diagnostic and clinical services for children with degenerative inherited white matter diseases, and be dedicated to advancing research for more effective treatments.