@article {10488, title = {Adolescent Admissions to Emergency Departments for Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors.}, journal = {PLoS One}, volume = {12}, year = {2017}, month = {2017}, pages = {e0170979}, abstract = {

The objective of the present study was to describe the incidence and the characteristics of Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors (SITBs), among adolescents aged 11-18 admitted, over a two year period, to all the Emergency Departments of a Region of North-eastern Italy through a comprehensive analysis of medical records. A two-step search was performed in the regional ED electronic database. First, we identified the cases that had been clearly diagnosed as SITBs by an Emergency Department physician. Secondly, suspect cases were detected through a keyword search of the database, and the medical records of these cases were hand screened to identify SITBs. The mean annual incidence rate of SITBs was 90 per 100,000 adolescents aged 11-18 years. Events were more frequent in females. Drug poisoning was the most frequently adopted method (54\%). In 42\% of cases a diagnosis of SITB was not explicitly reported by the physician. In 65\% of cases adolescents were discharged within hours of admission. Only 9\% of patients started a psychiatric assessment and treatment program during hospital stay. This research confirms the high incidence of SITBs among adolescents and highlights the difficulty in their proper diagnosis and management. Such difficulty is confirmed by the fact that only a few patients, even among those with a clear diagnosis, were sent for psychiatric assessment. Correct identification and management of SITB patients needs to be improved, since SITBs are an important public health problem in adolescence and one of the main risk factors for suicide.

}, keywords = {Adolescent, Child, Female, Humans, Incidence, Italy, Male, Medical Records, Patient Admission, Retrospective Studies, Self-Injurious Behavior, Sex Factors, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Attempted}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0170979}, author = {Zanus, Caterina and Battistutta, Sara and Aliverti, Renata and Montico, Marcella and Cremaschi, Silvana and Ronfani, Luca and Monasta, Lorenzo and Carrozzi, Marco} } @article {8024, title = {A brain and heart connection: X-linked periventricular heterotopia.}, journal = {J Pediatr}, volume = {166}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Mar}, pages = {776}, keywords = {Adolescent, Brain, Diagnosis, Differential, DNA Mutational Analysis, Epilepsy, Female, Filamins, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mutation, Periventricular Nodular Heterotopia}, issn = {1097-6833}, doi = {10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.11.037}, author = {Naviglio, Samuele and Bruno, Irene and Zanus, Caterina and Faletra, Flavio and Ventura, Alessandro} } @article {8033, title = {Diagnostic criteria currently proposed for "ictal epileptic headache": Perspectives on strengths, weaknesses and pitfalls.}, journal = {Seizure}, volume = {31}, year = {2015}, month = {2015 Sep}, pages = {56-63}, abstract = {

PURPOSE: When we published the diagnostic criteria for "ictal epileptic headache" in 2012, we deliberately and consciously chose to adopt restrictive criteria that probably underestimate the phenomenon, rather than spread panic among patients and physicians who are reluctant to accept this entity.

METHODS: Here we discuss four intriguing clinical cases to highlight why we believe, to this day, that it is necessary to follow these restrictive diagnostic criteria.

CONCLUSIONS: EEG is not recommended as a routine examination for children diagnosed with headache, but it is mandatory and must be carried out promptly in cases of prolonged headache that does not respond to antimigraine drugs, if epilepsy is suspected or has been diagnosed previously. This is not a marginal or irrelevant question because possible isolated, non-motor, ictal manifestations should be taken into account before declaring that an epileptic patient is "seizure free" so as to ensure that any decision taken to suspend anticonvulsant therapy is safe.

}, issn = {1532-2688}, doi = {10.1016/j.seizure.2015.07.005}, author = {Parisi, Pasquale and Verrotti, Alberto and Costa, Paola and Striano, Pasquale and Zanus, Caterina and Carrozzi, Marco and Raucci, Umberto and Villa, Maria Pia and Belcastro, Vincenzo} } @article {1908, title = {Involuntary movements after correction of vitamin B12 deficiency: a video-case report.}, journal = {Epileptic Disord}, volume = {14}, year = {2012}, month = {2012 Jun}, pages = {174-80}, abstract = {

Involuntary movements can appear before and after initiation of vitamin B12 treatment. The pathogenesis of involuntary movements in vitamin B12 deficiency and their relationship with cobalamin injection remain unclear due to a lack of video-EEG documentation making the electroclinical correlation difficult to ascertain. Here, we report video-EEG and neuroimaging findings of an 11-month-old girl with vitamin B12 deficiency, who acutely developed involuntary movements a few days after initiation of vitamin B12 treatment with normal vitamin plasmatic levels. Abnormal movements were a combination of tremor and myoclonus involving the face, mouth, and left arm, which disappeared after discontinuation of therapy. [Published with video sequences].

}, keywords = {Atrophy, Brain, Dyskinesias, Electroencephalography, Female, Humans, Infant, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Myelin Sheath, Myoclonus, Tremor, Video Recording, Vitamin B 12, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, Vitamins}, issn = {1294-9361}, doi = {10.1684/epd.2012.0507}, author = {Zanus, Caterina and Alberini, Elena and Costa, Paola and Colonna, Franco and Zennaro, Floriana and Carrozzi, Marco} } @article {1982, title = {Stem cells in severe infantile spinal muscular atrophy (SMA1).}, journal = {Neuromuscul Disord}, volume = {22}, year = {2012}, month = {2012 Nov}, pages = {1032-4}, keywords = {Humans, Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood, Stem Cell Transplantation, Stem Cells, Treatment Outcome}, issn = {1873-2364}, doi = {10.1016/j.nmd.2012.09.005}, author = {Carrozzi, Marco and Amaddeo, Alessandro and Biondi, Andrea and Zanus, Caterina and Monti, Fabrizio and Alessandro, Ventura} }