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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Neurology & Epilepsy Publications

Below are recent PubMed publications by faculty members in the Division of Neurology & Epilepsy in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

  1. Berg AT, Nili AN, Evans L, Paltell KC, Kaiser AJE, Anderson EL, Egan SM, Kaat AJ, Nesbitt G, Myers LS  Assessing Communication Impairments in a Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorder: The SCN2A Clinical Trials Readiness Study.  Neurol Clin Pract  2025 Feb;15(1):e200391. pii:e200391
  2. Kaat AJ, Evans L, Nili AN, Paltell K, Kaiser A, Anderson E, Myers LS, Berg AT  Vineland-3 Growth Scale Values: Psychometric Properties for Clinical Trial Readiness in SCN2A.  J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol  2025 Jan 31;. doi:10.1089/cap.2024.0107
  3. Caligiuri LA, Beslow L, Pardo AC  Providing pediatric neurocritical education across the ages: Bridging of neonatal neurocritical care into pediatric neurocritical care training.  Semin Fetal Neonatal Med  2024 Nov;29(2-3):101552. doi:10.1016/j.siny.2024.101552
  4. Ludwig NN, Wojnaroski M, Suskauer SJ, Slomine BS, Kaiser A, Paltell K, Evans L, Tucker K, Chapman CAT, Conecker G  et al.  Novel approaches to measuring cognition in individuals with severe to profound functional impairment: A pilot study in SCN2A-related disorder.  Epilepsy Behav  2024 Nov;160:109975. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109975
  5. Diehl E, O'Neill M, Gray L, Schwaede A, Kuntz N, Rao VK  Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Individuals With Dystrophinopathy at a Tertiary Care Center in Chicago.  Pediatr Neurol  2024 Sep;158:94-99. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.05.011
  6. Pardo AC, Carrasco M, Wintermark P, Nunes D, Chock VY, Sen S, Wusthoff CJ,   Neuromonitoring practices for neonates with congenital heart disease: a scoping review.  Pediatr Res  2024 Aug 25;. doi:10.1038/s41390-024-03484-x
  7. Berg AT, Thompson CH, Myers LS, Anderson E, Evans L, Kaiser AJE, Paltell K, Nili AN, DeKeyser JL, Abramova TV  et al.  Expanded clinical phenotype spectrum correlates with variant function in SCN2A-related disorders.  Brain  2024 Aug 01;147(8):2761-2774. doi:10.1093/brain/awae125
  8. Mitchell JW, Sossi F, Miller I, Jaber PB, Das-Gupta Z, Fialho LS, Amos A, Austin JK, Badzik S, Baker G  et al.  Development of an International Standard Set of Outcomes and Measurement Methods for Routine Practice for Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Epilepsy: The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Consensus Recommendations.  Epilepsia  2024 Jul;65(7):1938-1961. doi:10.1111/epi.17976
  9. Mitchell JW, Sossi F, Miller I, Jaber PB, Das-Gupta Z, Fialho LS, Amos A, Austin JK, Badzik S, Baker G  et al.  Development of an International Standard Set of Outcomes and Measurement Methods for Routine Practice for Adults with Epilepsy: The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Consensus Recommendations.  Epilepsia  2024 Jul;65(7):1916-1937. doi:10.1111/epi.17971
  10. Hecker J, Conecker G, Chapman C, Hommer R, Ludwig NN, Sevinc G, Te S, Wojnaroski M, Downs J, Berg AT  Patient-advocate-led global coalition adapting fit-for-purpose outcomes measures to assure meaningful inclusion of DEEs in clinical trials.  Ther Adv Rare Dis  2024;18:26330040241249762. pii:26330040241249762
  11. Vernon LE, Gano D, Pardo AC  Fetal stroke- etiopathogenesis affecting the maternal-placental-fetal triad and neonate.  Semin Fetal Neonatal Med  2024 Feb;29(1):101527. doi:10.1016/j.siny.2024.101527
  12. Berg AT, Dixon-Salazar T, Meskis MA, Danese SR, Le NMD, Perry MS  Caregiver-reported outcomes with real-world use of cannabidiol in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome from the BECOME survey.  Epilepsy Res  2024 Feb;200:107280. doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2023.107280
  13. Downs J, Ludwig NN, Wojnaroski M, Keeley J, Schust Myers L, Chapman CAT, Hecker J, Conecker G, Berg AT  What does better look like in individuals with severe neurodevelopmental impairments? A qualitative descriptive study on SCN2A-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.  Qual Life Res  2024 Feb;33(2):519-528. doi:10.1007/s11136-023-03543-6
  14. Berg AT, Ludwig NN, Wojnaroski M, Chapman CAT, Hommer R, Conecker G, Hecker JZ, Downs J  FDA Patient-Focused Drug Development Guidances: Considerations for Trial Readiness in Rare Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies.  Neurology  2024 Jan 09;102(1):e207958. pii:e207958
  15. Munson HE, De Simone L, Schwaede A, Bhatia A, Mithal DS, Young N, Kuntz N, Rao VK  Axonal polyneuropathy and ataxia in children: consider Perrault Syndrome, a case report.  BMC Med Genomics  2023 Nov 06;16(1):278. pii:278
  16. Graf WD, Cohen BH, Kalsner L, Pearl PL, Sarnat HB, Epstein LG,   Fetal anomaly diagnosis and termination of pregnancy.  Dev Med Child Neurol  2023 Jul;65(7):900-907. doi:10.1111/dmcn.15528
  17. Mills MG, Reichhold A, Maciorowski K, Joong A, Kurz J, Pardo AC  Stroke Diagnosis Protocol for Children With Ventricular Assist Devices.  ASAIO J  2023 May 01;69(5):e199-e204. doi:10.1097/MAT.0000000000001858
  18. Berg AT, Gaillard WD  Taming the Wild West of Early Life Epilepsy Care: One Question at a Time.  Neurology  2023 Jan 03;100(1):11-12. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000201285
  19. Krosschell KJ, Brown L, Hoffman K, Zumpf KB, Munson H, Bidwell J, Schulte DP, Schwaede AN, Buehner AN, DiDonato CJ  et al.  Longitudinal Assessment of Timed Function Tests in Ambulatory Individuals with SMA Treated with Nusinersen.  J Neuromuscul Dis  2023;10(3):337-348. doi:10.3233/JND-221519

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