Related Conditions and Treatments
AP-4-Associated Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (AP-4-HSP)
Condition
AP-4-associated hereditary spastic paraplegia (AP-4-HSP) is a group of slowly-progressing neurodegenerative disorders. Learn more from Boston Children's Hospital.
Learn more about AP-4-Associated Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (AP-4-HSP)
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Condition
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) involves a brief but intense attack of inflammation (swelling) in the brain and spinal cord that damages the brain's myelin.
Learn more about Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
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Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a neurologic condition that can cause muscle weakness and possible paralysis. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Acute Transverse Myelitis
Condition
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) involves a brief, intense attack of swelling in the spinal cord that damages myelin.
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Condition
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare genetic condition that causes the buildup of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) in the brain.
Anencephaly
Condition
Learn more about Anencephaly symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Anencephaly with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Apert Syndrome
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Learn more about Apert Syndrome symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Apert Syndrome with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6309.
Apnea of Prematurity
Condition
Learn more about Apnea of Prematurity symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Apnea of Prematurity with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children
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Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Condition
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental issue where people have trouble paying attention and controlling impulses. Learn more.
Learn more about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT)
Condition
Learn more about Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (ATRT) with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Condition
Learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorders symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Autism Spectrum Disorders with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-7025.
Autoimmune Diseases
Condition
If your child has an autoimmune problem, much depends on figuring out what it is and treating it aggressively, both of which we specialize in at BCH.
Bacterial Meningitis
Condition
Learn more about Bacterial Meningitis symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Bacterial Meningitis with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6832.
Basilar Invagination
Condition
Basilar invagination is a rare condition in which the top of the spine compresses the brain stem. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis)
Condition
Nocturnal enuresis, better known as bedwetting, occurs when a sleeping child cannot hold his or her urine at night. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies
Condition
Learn more about Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Birth Defects and Congenital Anomalies with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-3896.
Bowlegs
Condition
Learn more about Bowlegs symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Bowlegs with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Brain Cavernous Malformations
Condition
Learn how Cavernous malformation, a small mass consisting of an abnormally expanded thin-walled blood vessel, is treated at Boston Children Hospital.
Brain PET/CT
Treatment
A brain PET/CT scan is a safe, effective and non-invasive diagnostic imaging technique that provides highly detailed images of the brain.
Brain Scan
Treatment
A brain scan is a diagnostic imaging technique that provides images of blood flow in the brain. It can detect changes in blood flow within the brain that cannot be seen with other imaging methods.
Brain Tumors
Condition
Childhood brain tumors can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous), but both types can be life-threatening. Learn more from Boston Children's Hospital.
Bullying
Condition
Learn more about Bullying symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Bullying with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
CDKL5 Disorder
Condition
An overview of CDKL5 disorder, its major symptoms and how Boston Children’s cares for children with CDKL5.
Cat Scratch Disease
Condition
Learn more about Cat Scratch Disease symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Cat Scratch Disease with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Cerebral Arteriopathies in Children
Condition
Learn more about Neonatal herpes simplex symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Neonatal herpes simplex with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Condition
At Boston Children's Hospital's Cerebral Palsy Program, our focus is to maximize your child’s functional independence, stability and quality of life.
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Children
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Choroid Plexus Brain Tumor
Condition
While all brain tumors are life-threatening, most children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with one survive into adulthood. Learn more.
Concussions
Condition
Learn more about Concussions symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Concussions with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 1-617-355-6388.
Congenital Toxoplasmosis
Condition
Learn more about Congenital Toxoplasmosis symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Congenital Toxoplasmosis with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
Condition
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic condition that affects development and growth. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Craniopharyngioma
Condition
Learn more about Craniopharyngioma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Craniopharyngioma with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Deep Brain Stimulation
Treatment
Deep brain stimulation therapy uses a small device similar to a pacemaker to send mild electrical pulses to the parts of the brain that are responsible for the involuntary movements.
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
Condition
Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas are highly aggressive and difficult-to treat-brain tumors found at the base of the brain. See how we treat them.
Down Syndrome
Condition
Learn more about Down Syndrome symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Down Syndrome with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)
Condition
Learn more about Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Learn more about Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)
Dyslexia
Condition
Learn more about Dyslexia symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Dyslexia with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Dysphagia in Children
Condition
Dysphagia is a term that means “difficulty swallowing.” It is the inability of food or liquids to pass easily from your child’s mouth, into the throat, and through the esophagus to the stomach during the process of swallowing.
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)
Condition
Learn more about Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Electroencephalograms
Treatment
An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a neurophysiologic technique primarily used in the evaluation of epilepsy.
Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity
Treatment
Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG) are specific tests that help your child’s doctor see how his nerves and muscles are working.
Learn more about Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity
Encephalitis
Condition
Learn more about Encephalitis symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Encephalitis with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Ependymoma
Condition
Learn more about Ependymoma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Ependymoma with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Epilepsy
Condition
Boston Children's Hospital is one of only a few Level 4 Epilepsy Centers in the country entirely dedicated to caring for childhood epilepsy. Learn more.
Evoked Potentials
Treatment
Evoked potentials (EPs) measure electrical activity produced by external stimuli, like light flashes or sound clicks.
Facial Nerve Paralysis
Condition
Learn more about Facial Nerve Paralysis symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Facial Nerve Paralysis with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Condition
Learn more about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Fragile X Syndrome
Condition
Learn more about Fragile X Syndrome symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Fragile X Syndrome with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 1-617-355-4697.
Ganglioglioma
Condition
Learn more about Ganglioglioma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Ganglioglioma with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Genetic Disorders
Condition
Learn more about Genetic Disorders symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Genetic Disorders with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Genetic Testing
Treatment
Learn more about genetic testing from experts at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Giant Cell Tumor
Condition
Learn more about Giant Cell Tumor symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Giant Cell Tumor with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Glioblastoma multiforme
Condition
Information on glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma high-grade glioma brain tumors from Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s
Glioma
Condition
Learn more about Glioma symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Glioma with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Gliomatosis Cerebri
Condition
Learn more about Gliomatosis Cerebri symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Gliomatosis Cerebri with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-632-2680.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Condition
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occurs when the immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Head or Brain Injury
Condition
Learn about the different types of programs and services offered for head and brain injuries at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Headaches
Condition
Our specialists at Children’s Hospital Boston have great expertise in diagnosing and treating children’s headaches. Learn more.
Heat Cramps Exhaustion and Stroke
Condition
Learn more about Heat Cramps Exhaustion and Stroke symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Heat Cramps Exhaustion and Stroke with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Hemifacial Microsomia
Condition
Learn more about Hemifacial Microsomia symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Hemifacial Microsomia with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 1-617-355-6309.
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
Condition
Learn more about Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Infantile Spasms
Condition
Infantile spasms, sometimes called West syndrome, are a type of seizure that occurs in babies.
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Condition
Learn more about Intraventricular Hemorrhage symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Intraventricular Hemorrhage with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Kleefstra Syndrome
Condition
Kleefstra syndrome is a rare condition that can cause developmental delay and intellectual disability. Learn more from Boston Children’s Hospital.
Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Children
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Neuroblastoma
Condition
Neuroblastoma is a cancerous tumor that begins in nerve tissue of young children.
PHACE Syndrome
Condition
PHACE is an associated collection of disorders characterized by a large infantile hemangioma on a child's face, scalp, and neck
Pediatric Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus)
Condition
Learn more about Pediatric Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus)
Pediatric Neurological Examination
Treatment
Learn more about Pediatric Neurological Examination symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments. Request an appointment for Pediatric Neurological Examination with experts at Boston Children's Hospital at 617-355-6000.
Prematurity
Condition
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy is considered premature. Slightly fewer than 12 percent of all babies are premature.
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNET)
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Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Condition
Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare neurological condition that is present at birth and is not hereditary.
Thalamic Astrocytoma and Hypothalamic Astrocytoma
Condition
Learn more about Thalamic Astrocytoma and Hypothalamic Astrocytoma