| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
V. 1. Pt. I. Clinical evaluation. General aspects of the patient's neurologic history -- Neurologic examination of the older child -- Neurologic examination after the newborn period until 2 years of age -- Neurologic examination of the term and preterm infant -- Muscular tone and gait disturbances -- Vision loss -- Hearing impairment -- Vertigo -- Taste and smell -- Pt. II. Neurodiagnostic testing. Spinal fluid examination -- Pediatric neuroimaging -- Pediatric neurophysiologic evaluation -- Pt. III. Perinatal acquired and congenital neurologic disorders. Neonatal seizures -- Hypoxic-ischemic cerebral injury in the newborn -- Pathophysiology of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury -- Intraventricular hemorrhage of the preterm neonate -- Neonatal brain injury -- Perinatal metabolic encephalopathies -- Congenital structural defects -- Cerebral palsy -- Pt. IV. Genetic, metabolic, and neurocutaneous disorders. Introduction to genetics -- Chromosomes and chromosomal abnormalities -- Aminoacidemias and organic acidemias -- Inborn errors of urea synthesis -- |
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Diseases associated with primary abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism -- Disorders of glycosylation -- Lysosomal storage diseases -- Mitochondrial diseases -- Peroxisomal disorders -- Diagnosis and treatment of neurotransmitter-related disorders -- Phakomatoses and allied conditions -- Pt. V. Neurobehavioral disorders. Mental retardation and global developmental delay -- Cognitive and motor regression -- Developmental language disorders -- Dyslexia -- Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder -- Tourette syndrome and its associated neurobehavioral problems -- Autistic spectrum disorders -- Neuropsychopharmacology -- Pt. VI. Epilepsy. Pediatric epilepsy: an overview -- Neurophysiology of epilepsy -- Genetics of epilepsy -- Generalized seizures -- Focal and multifocal seizures -- Epileptiform disorders with cognitive symptoms -- Myoclonus, myoclonic seizures, and infantile spasms -- Febrile seizures -- Status epilepticus -- Antiepileptic drug therapy in children -- The ketogenic diet -- Epilepsy surgery in the pediatric population -- Behavioral, cognitive, and social aspects of childhood epilepsy -- |
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V. 2. Pt. VII. Headaches in infants and children -- Breath-holding spells and reflex anoxic seizures -- Syncope and paroxysmal disorders other than epilepsy -- Sleep-wake disorders -- Pt. VIII. The cerebellum and the hereditary ataxias -- Movement disorders -- Pt. IX. Degenerative diseases primarily of gray matter -- Disorders primarily of white matter -- Pt. X. Impairment of conscousness and coma -- Traumatic brain injury in children -- Inflicted childhood neurotrauma -- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in infants and older children -- Increased intracranial pressure -- Spinal cord injury -- Determination of brain death in infants and children -- Pt. XI. Bacterial infections of the nervous system -- Viral infections of the nervous system -- Fungal, rickettsial, and parasitic diseases of the nervous system -- Pt. XII. Tumors of the brain and spinal cord, including leukemic involvement -- Cerebrovascular disease -- Neurologic manifestations of rheumatic disorders of childhood -- |
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Pt. XIII. Normal muscle -- Anterior horn cell and cranial motor neuron disease -- Peripheral neuropathies -- Inflammatory neuropathies -- Diseases of the neuromuscular junction -- Muscular dystrophies -- Congenital myopathies -- Metabolic myopathies -- Inflammatory myopathies -- Channelopathies: myotonic disorders and periodic paralysis -- Pt. XIV. Endocrine disorders of the hypothalamus and pituitary -- Disorders of the autonomic nervous system: autonomic dysfunction in pediatric practice -- Disorders of micturition and defecation -- Pt. XV. Poisoning and drug-induced neurologic diseases -- Neurologic disorders associated with cardiac disease -- Interrelationships between renal and neurologic diseases and therapies -- Neurologic disorders associated with gastrointestinal diseases, nutritional deficiencies, and fluid-electrolyte disorders -- Pt. XVI. Pediatric neurorehabilitation medicine -- Pain management and palliative care -- Ethical issues in child neurology -- The internet and its resources for the child neurologist |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Pediatric neurology.
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| Author |
Swaiman, Kenneth F., 1931-
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Ashwal, Stephen, 1945-
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Ferriero, Donna M.
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| LC no. |
2005043798 |
| ISBN |
0323033652 |
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