Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 34, No. 2

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  • Beneficial effect of pyruvate therapy on Leigh syndrome due to a novel mutation in PDH E1α gene
    February 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 2 | Pages 87-91)

    Yasutoshi Koga, Nataliya Povalko, Koujyu Katayama, Noriko Kakimoto, Toyojiro Matsuishi, Etsuo Naito, Masashi Tanaka

  • Diagnostic accuracy of blood and CSF lactate in identifying children with mitochondrial diseases affecting the central nervous system
    February 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 2 | Pages 92-97)

    Keitaro Yamada, Yasuhisa Toribe, Keiko Yanagihara, Toshiyuki Mano, Mikihiro Akagi, Yasuhiro Suzuki

  • Close monitoring of initial enzyme replacement therapy in a patient with childhood-onset Pompe disease
    February 2012(Vol. 34 | No. 2 | Pages 98-102)

    Keiko Ishigaki, Terumi Murakami, Toshio Nakanishi, Eri Oda, Takatoshi Sato, Makiko Osawa

  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) the story of a vanishing disease
    27 January 2012

    Natan Gadoth

  • Childhood-onset anti-MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis demonstrates a distinct clinical course
    25 January 2012

    Yumi Takahashi, Minako Sugiyama, Yuki Ueda, Tomoshiro Itoh, Kazuyori Yagyu, Hideaki Shiraishi, Yukayo Ukeba-Terashita, Masanori Nakanishi, Tetsuro Nagashima, Tomihiro Imai, Masakatsu Motomura, Shinji Saitoh

  • Molecular diagnostic dilemmas in Rett syndrome
    25 January 2012

    Val Zvereff, Lori Carpenter, Dagny Patton, Huong Cabral, Debra Rita, Ashley Wilson, Kwame Anyane-Yeboa, Larry White, Kenneth J. Friedman

  • Hypoyelination in I-cell disease; MRI, MR spectroscopy and neuropathological correlation
    24 January 2012

    Jun-ichi Takanashi, Masaharu Hayashi, Shota Yuasa, Hiroyuki Satoh, Hitoshi Terada

  • Novel AGTR2 missense mutation in a Japanese boy with severe mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorder, and epilepsy
    24 January 2012

    Eri Takeshita, Eiji Nakagawa, Katsutoshi Nakatani, Masayuki Sasaki, Yu-ichi Goto

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Published by Elsevier since 1993, this is the official English language journal of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology (JSCN). Since 2006 (volume 28), the journal increased its publication to 10 issues from 8 issues per year, and the journal is a well recognised vehicle for pediatric neurologists to publish their research.

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The Japanese Society of Child Neurology (JSCN) was founded in 1961. Publication of its official journal in Japanese, "No To Hattatsu", began in 1969, and its official journal in English, "Brain & Development", was first published in 1979. Since 2007 the society has been reorganized as a limited liability nonprofits mutual benefit corporation for further development.

JSCN is among the largest affiliate societies of the Japan Pediatric Association. The current number of full members is around 3500. These are grouped into nine local chapters (Kyushu, Chugoku-Shikoku, Kinki, Tokai, Hokuriku, Koshin-etsu, Kanto, Tohoku and Hokkaido), each of which holds its own annual meeting once or twice a year. The General Assembly of JSCN is held once a year, usually in May or June. The average number of participants has been around 1500, with approximately 400 free papers, plenary lectures, and invited lectures. The subjects of these papers and lectures encompass almost every aspect of child neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine, and related basic sciences such as molecular biology, neurophysiology, neuropathology, and neuropharmacology.

Since 1971, JSCN has also sponsored the Graduate Seminar of Child Neurology, an annual teaching conference for young pediatric neurologists. Every year, between 100 and 120 young pediatric neurologists attend lectures, case conferences, and symposia that help upgrade their knowledge on pediatric neurology and related fields.