Abstract Bacterial meningitis is a serious infection of the central nervous system that affects people all over world. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis are most common pathogens causing meningeal inflammation in Europe. Treatment with standard antibiotics becoming ineffective, not only due to their inability cross blood-brain barrier, but also rising antibiotic resistance. As...

how to cite this article: khoddami m, akbarzadeh a, mordai a, bidari zerehpoush f, alipour h, samadzadeh s, alipour b.diagnostic accuracy of frozen section of central nervous system lesions: a 10-year study. iran j child neurol. 2015 winter;9(1):25-30.   abstract objective definitive diagnosis of the central nervous system (cns) lesions is unknown prior to histopathological examination. to dete...

Background and Objectives: Gliomas are the most prevalent subgroup of primary brain tumors with a relatively high mortality. However, oligodendrogliomas have a better prognosis compared to other subtypes due to their sensitivity to chemotherapy. Considering the low incidence and the resulting lack of information about oligodendrogliomas, particularly i...

A major problem for neuroscientists and clinicians is why the central nervous system shows ineffective regeneration after injury. Injured peripheral nerve fibers reform their connections, whereas those in injured spinal cord never re-grow. Insights into the mechanisms for repair and restoration of function after spinal cord injury have been obtained by experiments showing that injured nerve cel...

UNLABELLED This study aimed to comprehensively describe prevalence and temporal dispensing patterns for medications prescribed to children and adolescents in the United States. Participants were 1.6 million children (49% female) under 18 years old enrolled in a nation-wide, employer-provided insurance plan. All medication claims from 1999-2006 were reviewed retrospectively. Drugs were assigned ...