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Causes of Childhood conditions

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Childhood conditions Causes: Book Excerpts

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As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Childhood conditions may be found in:

Causes of Childhood conditions: Online Medical Books

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Seizures – Childhood: Differential Diagnosis
(In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)

Febrile seizure
Cerebral dysgenesis: Disorders of neuronal migration, heterotopias, lissencephaly
Epilepsy syndromes
–Childhood absence
–Juvenile absence
–Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)
–Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE)
Meningitis/encephalitis (e.g., HSV)
Cerebral abscess
Postinfectious (e.g., ADEM)
Hyponatremia
Hypernatremia
Hypocalcemia
Hypoglycemia
Toxins: Ingestions or sedative withdrawal
Trauma
Pyridoxine deficiency
Neoplasm
Degenerative
–Alpers disease
–Rett syndrome
–Unterricht-Lundborg disease
–Lafora disease
–Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Genetic
–Angelman syndrome
–Aicardi syndrome

Metabolic
–Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCAD)
–Myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibers syndrome (MERRF)
–Sialidosis
–Glucose transporter deficiency
–Urea cycle defects

Vascular: Stroke, hemorrhage, vasculitis
Hashimoto encephalitis
Seizure mimics
–Breath-holding spells
–Syncope, convulsive syncope
–Gastroesophageal reflux
–Cardiac arrhythmia
–Movement disorder
–Migraine
–Benign paroxysmal vertigo
–Parasomnia
–Pseudo-seizure
–Rage attack

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Source: In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms, 2007

Hypothyroidism in children: Causes
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

In infants, cretinism usually results from defective embryonic development that causes congenital absence or underdevelopment of the thyroid gland. The next most common cause can be traced to an inherited enzymatic defect in the synthesis of thyroxine (T₄) caused by an autosomal recessive gene. Less frequently, antithyroid drugs taken during pregnancy produce cretinism in infants. In children older than age 2, cretinism usually results from chronic autoimmune thyroiditis.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005