{"id":4283,"date":"2025-01-12T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T14:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new1.sctimst.ac.in\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:04:01","slug":"pediatric-neurology-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new1.sctimst.ac.in\/hi\/about-sctimst\/departments-divisions\/hospital-wing\/neurology-department\/pediatric-neurology-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Pediatric Neurology subdivision of the Department of Neurology is involved in the management of childhood neurological disorders. Children with autoimmune, neurometabolic, neurogenetic, neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental disorders are managed in this section. An interdisciplinary team of speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist and social worker are available for the neurodevelopmental assessment and rehabilitation. The services are organised into outpatient and inpatient care. The general neurology out patient clinics on Friday is dedicated to the pediatric neurology patients.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Facilities\"><strong>Facilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprehensive Care Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CCCND) is a separate centre for evaluation and management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. CCCND was inaugurated on 8th August, 2017 and was established with the support of the Federal Bank Ltd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hospital-wing\/cccnd_inauguration.jpg\" alt=\"Inauguration of CCCND.\" width=\"1165\" height=\"370\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Sensory integration unit and pediatric physiotherapy unit are part of CCCND for providing therapy for sensory issues and motor impairment respectively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hospital-wing\/cccnd_sensory_unit.jpg\" alt=\"Sensory integration unit \" width=\"657\" height=\"493\" \/>\nSensory integration unit\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hospital-wing\/cccnd_pediatric_physiotherapy.jpg\" alt=\"Pediatric physiotherapy unit \" width=\"677\" height=\"394\" \/>\nPediatric physiotherapy unit\n<ul>\n<li>Interdisciplinary team consisting of speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist and medical social worker for providing assessments and rehabilitative services<\/li>\n<li>Specialty clinic for children with neurodevelopmental disorders is conducted on first and third Saturday of every month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/hospital-wing\/cccnd_inaguration_autism_clinic.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Asha Kishore, Director, SCTIMST inaugurating Autism Clinic\" width=\"680\" height=\"332\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"Projects\"><strong>Research Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Functional neuroimaging studies in autism spectrum disorder<\/li>\n<li>Barriers in implementing home training programs for autism spectrum disorders<\/li>\n<li>Clinical outcome, literacy skills and academic achievement in autism spectrum disorder: a prospective cohort study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"Publications\"><strong>Recent Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>George J, Sandhya P, Sajitha KV, Sundaram S. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder &#8211; A rare clinical presentation of L-2 \u2011hydroxyglutaric aciduria. BMJ Case Rep 2021;14:e244038. doi:10.1136\/bcr-2021- 244038<\/li>\n<li>Ramanan S, Sundaram S, Gopalakrishnan A, Anija DV, Sandhya P, Jose DS, Baruah SD, Menon S, Dharan BS. Intermediate-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life after arterial switch operation beyond early neonatal period. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jun 21:ezab223. doi: 10.1093\/ejcts\/ezab223.<\/li>\n<li>Tandon V, Lotlikar RS, Nair SS, Sekar S, Sundaram S. Skeletal complications in congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis: a problem to reckon with. Neurol Sci. 2021 Jul;42(7):3023-3026. doi: 10.1007\/s10072-021-05181-7.<\/li>\n<li>Sudhakar K, Bejoy T, Menon R, Nair M, Nair SS, Sundaram S. CErebral dysgenesis, neuropathy, ichthyosis, and keratoderma (CEDNIK) syndrome with brain stem malformation. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, published ahead of print. 2020 DOI: 10.4103\/aian.AIAN_673_20<\/li>\n<li>Karunakaran S, Menon RN, Nair SS, Santhakumar S, Nair M, Sundaram S. Clinical and Genetic Profile of Autism Spectrum Disorder-Epilepsy (ASD-E) Phenotype: Two Sides of the Same Coin! Clin EEG Neurosci. 2020 Nov;51(6):390-398. doi: 10.1177\/1550059420909673.<\/li>\n<li>Nambiar PN, Kumar S S, Menon R, Nair SS, Madhavilatha GK, Sundaram S. Horizontal gaze palsy and progressive scoliosis-a tale of two siblings with ROBO3 mutation. Ophthalmic Genet. 2020;41(1):99\u2010100. doi:10.1080\/13816810.2020.1727537<\/li>\n<li>Vinayagamani S, Nair SS, Sundaram S. Teaching NeuroImages: Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy with generalized dystonia. Neurology. 2020 Jan 21;94(3):e335-e336. doi: 10.1212\/WNL.0000000000008827.<\/li>\n<li>Vedartham V, Sundaram S, Nair SS, Ganapathy A, Mannan A, Menon R. Homozygous sequestosome 1 (SQSTM1) mutation: a rare cause for childhood-onset progressive cerebellar ataxia with vertical gaze palsy. Ophthalmic Genet. 2019 Aug;40(4):376-379. doi: 10.1080\/13816810.2019.1666414.<\/li>\n<li>Nanda S, Tandon V Menon R, Soumya S, Nair M. Clinico-Genotypic Correlation: Recurrent Attacks of Paralysis and Skeletal Muscle SCN4A Mutation (p.Ile693Thr).Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 2019;21(1):42-46<\/li>\n<li>Raina A, Nair SS, Nagesh C, Thomas B, Nair M, Sundaram S. Electroneurography and advanced neuroimaging profile in pediatric-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy. J Pediatr Neurosci 2019;14:70-5. Doi: 10.4103\/jpn.JPN_155_18<\/li>\n<li>Sundaram S, Nair M, Namboodhiri S, Menon RN. Mitochondrial acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase enzyme deficiency in a 9-month old boy: Atypical urinary metabolic profile with a novel homozygous mutation in ACAT1 gene. Neurol India. 2018; 66(6):1802-1804. doi: 10.4103\/0028-3886.246264.<\/li>\n<li>Sivadasan S, Vinayagamani S, Sundaram S. Teaching NeuroImages: Imaging in metabolic leukoencephalopathy, L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria.Neurology. 2018 Oct 16;91(16):e1549-e1550. doi: 10.1212\/WNL.0000000000006362.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Neurologists<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h2><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h2 id=\"Contact Us\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/h2>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sctimst.ac.in\/About%20SCTIMST\/Departments%20and%20Divisions\/Hospital%20Wing\/Pediatric%20Neurology%20&amp;%20Neurodevelopmental%20Disorders\/pneuro@sctimst.ac.in\"><b>pneuro@sctimst.ac.in<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nPhone:\u00a0<b>0471 2524335<\/b>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nOverview The Pediatric Neurology subdivision of the Department of Neurology is involved in the management of childhood neurological&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new1.sctimst.ac.in\/hi\/about-sctimst\/departments-divisions\/hospital-wing\/neurology-department\/pediatric-neurology-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new1.sctimst.ac.in\/hi\/about-sctimst\/departments-divisions\/hospital-wing\/neurology-department\/pediatric-neurology-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4269,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new1.sctimst.ac.in\/hi\/about-sctimst\/departments-divisions\/hospital-wing\/neurology-department\/pediatric-neurology-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"hi_IN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Overview The Pediatric Neurology subdivision of the Department of Neurology is involved in the management of childhood neurological&hellip; 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