OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Paediatric Neurology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	86
The utility of creatine kinase in status dystonicus and pre-status dystonicus	42
Treatment response in children with relapsing MOG-antibody associated disease	40
Motor imagery ability of children with duchenne muscular dystrophy: Reliability and validity of kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire-10, and its association with cognitive status	38
A life course perspective on mental disorders and psychopharmacologic drug use among persons living with cerebral palsy	35
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) induced favorable neuromodulative outcome in the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain syndrome in children	28
Autoimmune encephalitis in Israeli children – A retrospective nationwide study	26
Neurologic manifestations in children with COVID-19 from a tertiary center in Turkey and literature review	25
Urgent unmet need for pharmaceutical grade vitamin therapy in pyridoxine dependent epilepsies	23
Associations between muscle morphology and spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy	23
Analysis of the relation between cerebrospinal fluid antibody titers and clinical characteristics in pediatric patients with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis	22
Mental health and behaviour in children with dystonia: Anxiety, challenging behaviour and the relationship to pain and self-esteem	21
Quality of life in young adolescents with epilepsy: A case control study	20
‘Focal Seizures in Dystonic Cerebral Palsy (DCP): Rare or common or both?	20
CSF IL-6 in pediatric neuroinflammation: Diagnosing disease or driving therapy?	20
Disruptive lesions can cause developmental anomalies in the fetal brain: Mini-review	20
Pediatric varicella zoster virus associated arterial ischemic stroke – A post-pandemic rise in incidence in Denmark	20
Clinical presentation, MR imaging and outcome in children with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-negative acute disseminated encephalomyelitis	18
“Fidgety-like movements” in extremely preterm infants - A new entity of spontaneous movements	17
Is late diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy still a reality?	17
Comparison of clinical characteristics between cluster and isolated seizures associated with benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis	16
Unmet health care needs over the first 2 years after pediatric traumatic brain injury	16
The added value of multimodal neurophysiological tools in the prognostic assessment of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy	16
Identification of novel pathogenic variants in the GCDH gene and assessment of neurodevelopmental outcomes in 24 children with glutaric aciduria type 1	15
Dysmature patterns of newborn EEG recordings: Biological markers of transitory brain dysfunction or brain injury	15

Acute seizures and the risk of post-stroke epilepsy in children with arterial ischemic stroke	15
The development of checklists and reference charts for activities of daily living of normal developing children	14
Assessing communication, beyond just words	14
Genetic causes of infection induced encephalitis	14
Opioid analgesia and temperature regulation are associated with EEG background activity and MRI outcomes in neonates with mild-to-moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy undergoing therapeutic hypoth	14
Cost-effectiveness of whole-exome sequencing in progressive neurological disorders of children	14
GLUT1DS focus on dysarthria	14
Migraine and epilepsy: Social cognition skills in pediatric population	14
From childhood to adulthood: Long-term assessment of continuous intrathecal baclofen therapy in non-ambulant spastic cerebral palsy	14
Developmental neurobiology of cerebellar and Basal Ganglia connections	13
Safety and recommendations for vaccinations of children with inborn errors of metabolism	13
Prevention of infantile spasms in tuberous sclerosis complex	13
Respiratory function in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy and SELENON-related congenital myopathy, a 1.5-year natural history study	12
CSF IL-6 in children with neuroinflammatory conditions	12
Outcome measurement instruments in Rett syndrome: A systematic review	12
Fatigue, depression, and health-related quality of life in pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis: A comparative study from a tertiary care center	12
The prevalence and clinical relevance of hyperhomocysteinemia suggesting vitamin B12 deficiency in presumed healthy infants	12
Behavioral problems in infants and young children with spinal muscular atrophy and their siblings: A cross-sectional study	12
Dystonia during hand activity in children with spastic unilateral cerebral palsy, an observational study	11
Plant-derived cannabinoids for treatment of spasticity in children and adolescents with severe cerebral palsy: Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	11
Cost-effective diagnosis for children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy phenotype	11
Tumefactive demyelinating lesions: navigating the many faces of mimicry	11
Experience of nusinersen treatment in advanced spinal muscular atrophy type 1: Characteristics of late responders with delayed treatment efficacy	11
Gene therapy offers promise, but timing is crucial for SMA treatment	11
Genotype variability in early-onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: a single-center study	11
Insights from European Reference Network for rare neurological disorders study surveys on diagnosis, treatment, and management of NKX2-1-related disorders	11
Pediatric Neurotuberculosis: A cases series and review of the literature	10
The association of serum vitamin D concentrations in paediatric migraine	10
Behavioral, neurodevelopmental profile, and epilepsy trajectory in two series of SLC6A1-NDD: A retrospective study with comprehensive assessment, and a participatory database study	10
Letter to the Editor in response to Dr. Josef Finsterer et al. “Intense work-up is required for pediatric COVID-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with RANBP2 variants”	10
Piloting positive psychology resources for caregivers of a child with a genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy	10
Sphenoid dysplasia in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: Clinical features and imaging findings including cerebrospinal fluid alterations	10
Ultra-rare ultra-care: Assessing the impact of caring for children with ultra rare diseases	10
Exploring the connections between basal ganglia and cortex revealed by transcranial magnetic stimulation, evoked potential and deep brain stimulation in dystonia	10
CSF-profile and hypocretin levels in children with narcolepsy type 1 and 2	10
Long term outcome in non-multiple sclerosis paediatric acquired demyelinating syndromes	10
Health-related quality of life in 153 children with neuromuscular disorders in Latin America: is it age, functional dependence or diagnosis?	10
Fat embolism syndrome in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Report on a novel case and systematic literature review	9
Clinical correlation between disease progression and central vein sign in pediatric onset multiple sclerosis: A binational study	9
Vertigo, pediatric migraine, and best treatment	9
Editorial Board	9
Newborn screening in metachromatic leukodystrophy – European consensus-based recommendations on clinical management	9
Frequency of an intrathecal IgM synthesis and MRZ reaction in children with MS	9
Folker Hanefeld, 1937–2022	9
The promise of personalized medicine in pediatric epilepsy – The time has come	9
The choroid plexus as a diagnostic tool in Sturge-Weber syndrome	9
Prognostic significance of ACTN3 genotype in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Findings from an Argentine patient cohort	9
It's easier to relearn gross motor skills than learn them for the first time after injury: Empirical evidence informing the age at injury debate	9
Temporal trends in intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants: A Brazilian multicenter cohort	9
Similar disease progression in nonsense Duchenne muscular dystrophy boys as general natural history: Single Brazilian center 15 years registry view	8

Intense work-up is required for pediatric COVID-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with RANBP2 variants	8
Determinants of long-term health-related quality of life in paediatric traumatic brain injury	8
Pathological gait in Rett syndrome: Quantitative evaluation using three-dimensional gait analysis	8
Movement disorders, cerebral palsy and vaccination	8
Genotype – phenotype correlation of Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the era of disease modifying therapies: A tertiary Indian experience	8
Comprehensive neurological evaluation of a cohort of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 from a single institution	8
Neuro-developmental outcomes in infants with vitamin B12-deficiency and neurologic features	8
Mid- and long-term (at least 12 months) follow-up of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treated with nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec, risdiplam or combination therapies: A systematic rev	8
Reliability and validity of a newly developed PANDAS/PANS questionnaire	8
Provoked seizures might lead to a significant diagnosis delay in CLN2	8
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies: striving to bridge a diagnostic gap	8
Outcomes for patients in the RESTORE registry with spinal muscular atrophy and four or more SMN2 gene copies treated with onasemnogene abeparvovec	8
Epidemiology of paediatric moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in the Netherlands	8
Autonomic risks in Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood	7
Visual outcome measures in pediatric myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD)	7
Deep brain stimulation for phantom limb pain	7
Neurophysiological recordings improve the accuracy of the evaluation of the outcome in perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy	7
Vaccination and childhood epilepsies	7
Ocrelizumab in pediatric patients with MS: Efficacy, tolerability, and safety	7
Is ketogenic diet a ‘precision medicine’? Recent developments and future challenges	7
Understanding North Star Ambulatory Assessment total scores and their implications for standards of care using observational data	7
Are atypical knee jerk responses prognostic for cerebral palsy in high-risk infants and children?	7
Predicting respiratory failure and outcome in pediatric Guillain-Barré syndrome	7
A novel family illustrating the mild phenotypic spectrum of TUBB2B variants	7
“Deconstructing” upper limb function in dyskinetic cerebral palsy	7
Reduced elbow muscle strength in children and adolescents with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a case control study	6
Clinical and radiological findings of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children: About 16 children hospitalized in the pediatric department of a Tunisian tertiary care hospital	6
Starting a DBS service for children: It’s not the latitude but the attitude - Establishment of the paediatric DBS centre in Northern Finland	6
Frequency and clinical relevance of MOG-antibodies in CSF in pediatric patients with MOG antibody-associated diseases	6
Melatonin usage in children and young adults, a registry-based cohort study	6
Room to improve: The diagnostic journey of Spinal Muscular Atrophy	6
Long-term monitoring of children with Pseudo Tumor Cerebri Syndrome by transbulbar sonography	6
Neurological and psychiatric phenotype of a multicenter cohort of patients with SETD5-related neurodevelopmental disorder	6
Harmful metabolic acidosis in children treated by ketogenic diet during prolonged general anesthesia for epilepsy surgery: A single center experience	6
Clinical features and outcomes of opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome	6
Neurologic manifestations in children with COVID-19	6
Identification of PMD subgroups using a myelination score for PMD	6
The use of intrathecal baclofen for management of spasticity in hereditary spastic paraparesis: A case series	6
Optimising patient care, expectations and experiences: Healthcare providers’ experiences of delivering sleep medicine services within an Australian tertiary paediatric facility	6
Editorial Board	5
Serum Neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels in children with and without neurologic diseases	5
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (Steinert disease): 29 years of experience at a tertiary pediatric hospital	5
Monocentric retrospective clinical outcome in a group of 13 patients with opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome, proposal of diagnostic algorithm and review of the literature	5
Efficacy and safety of Nusinersen among children with spinal muscular atrophy from North India: A prospective cohort study (NICE-SMA study)	5
Corrigendum to “Pediatric SMA patients with complex spinal anatomy: Implementation and evaluation of a decision-tree algorithm for administration of nusinersen”[ Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol. (2021) 92–10	5
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: A randomised, crossover pilot-trial	5
Education and participation in children and adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Switzerland	5
Outcome of herpes simplex virus encephalitis in children and young people	5
Lesion size and long-term cognitive outcome after pediatric stroke: A comparison between two techniques to assess lesion size	5
Phenotypic expansion of EGP5-related Vici syndrome: 15 Dutch patients carrying a founder variant	5
Deepening the understanding of mechanisms of antiepileptic effects of the ketogenic diet in children with AFG2A-related encephalopathy	5
Bradykinesia assessment in children with cerebral palsy and periventricular leukomalacia	5
Brain morphometry and psychomotor development in children with PCH2A	5
Efficacy and safety of N-acetyl-L-leucine in patients with ataxia telangiectasia: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial	5
Unravelling key pathways in childhood ataxia to guide diagnosis and treatment	5
Deep Brain Stimulation in childhood-onset dystonia due to brain pathology. A long-term study	5
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 56 due to YWHAG variants: 12 new cases and review of the literature	5
Cognitive development after perinatal unilateral infarctions: No evidence for preferential sparing of verbal functions	5
Dystonia following acquired brain injury (ABI) in childhood – Not as common as we might think?	5
Advances in genetics: The start of a new stage for management of focal cortical malformations	5
Reassuring neuropsychological outcome data in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease	5
Approach to childhood tremors: Insights from a pediatric neurologist	5
Prednisolone or tetracosactide depot for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome? A prospective analysis of data embedded within two randomised controlled trials	5
Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis in Greece: A single-center study of the risk factors and a review of the literature	5
Effects of motor imagery adding to physiotherapy and rehabilitation program in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: does it make a difference?	5
Mitochondrial encephalopathies and myopathies: Our tertiary center's experience	5