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Dystonia is a common disorder of movement and tone, characterised by sustained or intermittent muscle contractions causing abnormal movements, postures or both. Children and young people with dystonia ...

A boy presented after his gross motor development plateaued at around 1 year of age. He sat unsupported at 8 months, cruised and could stand unsupported at 12 months with minimal progression ...

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Lack of sleep in children is a very difficult stress factor, especially in the case of children with disabilities. This can have severe detrimental effects on the family, particularly when already ...

Correspondence to Dr A P J Parker, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Box 107, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; alasdair.parker{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk We aim to provide a concise, ...

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Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic ...

Objective: Trauma accounts for a large proportion of childhood deaths. No data exist about injury patterns within paediatric trauma in the UK. Identification of specific high-risk injury patterns may ...

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and ...

Correspondence to Dr Ben McNaughten, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, 180-184 Falls Road, Belfast BT12 6BE, UK; bmcnaughten095{at}hotmail.com Pica is defined as the persistent ingestion of ...

Approaching discussions and introducing the idea of dysmorphology to parents and families can be perceived as difficult and even daunting by health professionals resulting in uneasiness in how best to ...