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Yitzchak Frank

American physician.

Associated eponyms:
Ter Haar syndrome
A syndrome of bone dysplasia, craniofacial abnormalities, congenital glaucoma, hypertelorism, congenital heart defect, kyphoscoliosis, skeletal dysplasia, and developmental delay.

Biography:
Yitzchak Frank is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, North Shore University Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, USA. He is a specialist in neurodevelopment disabilities and paediatric neurology.

Bibliography:

Y. Frank, M. Ziprkowski, A. Romano, R. Stein, M. B. Katznelson, B. Cohen, R. M. Goodman:
Megalocornea associated with multiple skeletal anomalies: a new genetic syndrome?
Journal de génétique humaine, Geneva, June 1973, 21 (2): 67-72.
Y. Frank, J. Braham, B. E. Cohen:
The Kleine-Levin syndrome. Case report and review of the literature.
American Journal of Diseases of Children, March 1974, 127 (3): 412-413.
M. Alter, Y. Frank, H. Doyne, D. D. Webster:
Letter: Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease after eating bovine brains?
The New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, April 24, 1975, 292 (17): 927.
J. Passwell, D. Katz, Y. Frank, Z. Spirer, B. E. Cohen, M. Ziprkowski:
Fatal disseminated BCG infection. An investigation of the immunodeficiency.
American Journal of Diseases of Children, April 1976, 130 (4): 433-436.
D. Beck, Y. Frank:
[Psychosomatic aspects of migraine (author's translation)]
Praxis. Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, Bern, November 9, 1976, 65 (45): 1407-1410.
K. F. Swaiman, Y. Frank:
Seizure headaches in children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, London, October 1978, 20 (5): 580-585.
Y. Frank, F. Torres:
Visual evoked potentials in the evaluation of "cortical blindness" in children.
Annals of Neurology, August 1979, 6 (2):126-129.
Y. Yodfat, Y. Frank, J. Fidel, C. Cohen, M. Eliakim:
Hypertension and ischemic heart disease in a rural family practice in Israel.
The Journal of Family Practice, Montvale, NJ, September 1979, 9 (3): 419-424.
Y. Frank, R. E. Kravath, K. Inoye, A, Hirano, C. P. Pollak, E. D. Weitzman:
Sleep apnea and hypoventilation syndrome associated with acquired nonprogressive dysautonomia.
Transactions of the American Neurological Association, New York, 1980, 105: 374-377.
Y. Frank, R. E. Kravath, K. Inoue, A. Hirano, C. P. Pollak, R. N. Rosenberg, E. D. Weitzman:
Sleep apnea and hypoventilation syndrome associated with acquired nonprogressive dysautonomia: clinical and pathological studies in a child.
Annals of Neurology, July 1981, 10 (1): 18-27.
Y. Frank, R. E. Kravath, C. P. Pollak, E. D. Weitzman:
Obstructive sleep apnea and its therapy: clinical and polysomnographic manifestations.
Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, May 1983, 71 (5): 737-742.
Y. Frank, R. Zimmerman, M. M. Leeds:
Neurological manifestations in abused children who have been shaken.
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, London, June 1985, 27 (3): 312-316.
Y. Frank, M. Bergman, Y. Tobin:
Stress and intonation in the speech of hearing-impaired Hebrew-speaking children.
Language and Speech, Teddington, October-December 1987, 30 ( Pt 4): 339-356.
Y. Frank Y, Y. Ben-Nun:
Toward a clinical subgrouping of hyperactive and nonhyperactive attention deficit disorder. Results of a comprehensive neurological and neuropsychological assessment.
American Journal of Diseases of Children, February 1988, 142 (2): 153-155.
Y. Frank, S. B. Schwartz, N. E. Epstein, H. R. Beresford:
Chronic dysphagia, vomiting and gastroesophageal reflux as manifestations of a brain stem glioma: a case report.
Pediatric Neuroscience, Basel, 1989, 15 (5): 265-268.
Y. Frank, W. Lim, E. Kahn, P. Farmer, M. Gorey, S. Pahwa:
Multiple ischemic infarcts in a child with AIDS, varicella zoster infection, and cerebral vasculitis.
Pediatric Neurology, January-February 1989, 5 (1): 64-77.
Y. Frank, D. Kurtzberg, J. A. Kreuzer, H. G. Vaughan Jr:
Flash and pattern-reversal visual evoked potential abnormalities in infants and children with cerebral blindness.
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, London, April 1992, 34 (4): 305-315.
Y. Frank, S. M. Vishnubhakat., S. Pahwa:
Brainstem auditory evoked responses in infants and children with AIDS.
Pediatric Neurology, New York, July-August 1992, 8 (4): 262-266.
Visual event related potentials after methylphenidate and sodium valproate in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Clinical Electroencephalography, Chicago, January 1993, 24 (1): 19-24.
Y. Frank, S. Pahwa:
Serial brainstem auditory evoked responses in infants and children with AIDS.
Clinical Electroencephalography, October 1993, 24 (4): 160-165.
S. G. Pavlakis, Y. Frank, M. Nocyze, M. Porricolo, I. Prohovnik, A. Wiznia:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and the developing nervous system.
Advances in Pediatrics, 1994, 41: 427-451.
Y. Frank, J. A. Seiden, B. Napolitano:
Event-related potentials to an "oddball" auditory paradigm in children with learning disabilities with or without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Clinical Electroencephalography, October 1994, 25 (4): 136-141.
S. G. Pavlakis, D. Lu, Y. Frank, S. Bakshi, S. Pahwa, T. A. Barnett, M. E. Porricolo, R. J. Gould, M. L. Nozyce, R. A. Hyman:
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in childhood AIDS encephalopathy.
Pediatric Neurology, May 1995, 12 (4): 277-282.
R. D. Cohn, Y. Frank, A. E. Stanek, P. Kalina:
Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the brain and kidney in a child: clinical and pathologic features.
Pediatric Neurology, July 1995, 13 (1): 65-68.
D. Lu, S. G. Pavlakis, Y. Frank, S. Bakshi, S. Pahwa, R. J. Gould, C. Sison, C. Hsu, M. Lesser, M. Hoberman, T. Barnett, R. A. Hyman:
Proton MR spectroscopy of the basal ganglia in healthy children and children with AIDS.
Radiology, Easton, PA, May 1996, 199 (2): 423-428.
V. Scarmato, Y. Frank, A. Rozenstein, D. Lu, R. Hyman, S. Bakshi, S. Pahwa, S. Pavlakis:
Central brain atrophy in childhood AIDS encephalopathy.
AIDS, London : September 1996, 10 (11):1227-31.
Y. Frank, J. Seiden, B. Napolitano:
Visual event related potentials and reaction time in normal adults, normal children, and children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: differences in short-term memory processing.
The International Journal of Neuroscience, New York, November 1996, 88 (1-2): 109-124.
S. G. Pavlakis, Y. Frank, P. Kalina, M. Chandra, D. Lu:
Occipital-parietal encephalopathy: a new name for an old syndrome.
Pediatric Neurology, February 1997, 16 (2): 145-148.
S. S. Baksh, P. Britt, E. Capparelli, L. Mofenson, M. G. Fowler, S. Rasheed, D. Schoenfeld, B. Zimmer, Y. Frank, R. Yogev, E. Jimenez, M. Salgo, G. Boone, S. G. Pahwa:
Evaluation of pharmacokinetics, safety, tolerance, and activity of combination of zalcitabine and zidovudine in stable, zidovudine-treated pediatric patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 190 Team.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Chicago, May 1997, 175 (5): 1039-1050.
Y. Frank, D. Lu, S. Pavlakis, K. Black, P. LaRussa, R. A. Hyman:
Childhood AIDS, varicella zoster, and cerebral vasculopathy.
Journal of Child Neurology, October 1997, 12 (7): 464-466.
S. G. Pavlakis, D. Lu, Y. Frank, A. Wiznia, D. Eidelberg, T. Barnett, R. A. Hyman:
Brain lactate and N-acetylaspartate in pediatric AIDS encephalopathy.
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology, Oak Brook, Illinois, February 1998, 19 (2): 383-385.
J. W. Lazar, Y. Frank:
Frontal systems dysfunction in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities.
The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Washington, spring 1998, 10 (2):160-167
Y. Frank, S. Pavlakis, K. Black, S. Bakshi:
Reversible occipital-parietal encephalopathy syndrome in an HIV-infected child.
Neurology, Philadelphia, September 1998, 51 (3): 915-916.
Y. Frank, J. A. Seiden, B. Napolitano:
Electrophysiological changes in children with learning and attentional abnormalities as a function of age: event-related potentials to an "oddball" paradigm.
Clinical Electroencephalography, October 1998, 29 (4): 188-193.
R. Kovner, C. Budman, Y. Frank, C. Sison, M. Lesser, J. Halperin:
Neuropsychological testing in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a pilot study.
The International Journal of Neuroscience, December 1998, 96 (3-4): 225-235.
Erratum in: The International Journal of Neuroscience, April 1999, 97 (3-4): following 275.
S. G. Pavlakis,, Y. Frank, R. Chusid:
Hypertensive encephalopathy, reversible occipitoparietal encephalopathy, or reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy: three names for an old syndrome.
Journal of Child Neurology, May 1999, 14 (5): 277-281. Review.
S. G. Pavlakis, P. B. Kingsley, R. Harper, S. Buckwald, R. Spinazzola, Y. Frank, I. Prohovnik:
Correlation of basal ganglia magnetic resonance spectroscopy with Apgar score in perinatal asphyxia. Archives of Neurology, Chicago, December 1999, 56 (12): 1476-1481.
Y. Frank, S. G. Pavlakis:
Brain imaging in neurobehavioral disorders.
Pediatric Neurology, October 2001, 25 (4): 278-287. Review
Y. Frank, R.G. Pergolizzi, M. J. Perilla:
Dopamine D4 receptor gene and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Pediatric Neurology, November 2004, 31 (5): 345-348.