| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 412 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
International review of child neurology series |
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International review of child neurology.
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| Contents |
Childhood stroke: the unkindest cut of all: a history of cerebrovascular disease in childhood -- Development of the brain circulation -- Epidemiology of childhood stroke -- Clinical and imaging features of childhood stroke -- Risk factors and triggers for cryptogenic (and symptomatic) stroke -- Arterial ischaemic stroke and vascular disease in childhood -- Cerebral sinovenous (venous sinus) thrombosis -- Haemorrhagic stroke -- Neonatal stroke -- Vein of galen aneurysmal malformation -- Sturge-Weber syndrome -- Hempilegic migraine -- Alternating hemiplegia of childhood -- Inborn metabolic disease and acute focal neurology -- Symptomatic stroke -- Acute management -- Recurrence, outcome and rehabilitation -- Future directions |
| Summary |
"The field of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children is one in which there has been much recent research activity, leading to new clinical perspectives. This book for the first time summarises the "state of the art" in this field. A team of eminent clinicians, neurologists and researchers provide an up-to-the-minute account of all aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children, ranging from a historical perspective to future directions, through epidemiology, the latest neuroimaging techniques, neurodevelopment, co-morbidities, diagnosis and treatment. The authors? practical approach to the clinical problems makes this essential reading for practising clinicians. It will also be of interest to researchers in the field"--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cerebrovascular disease in children.
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Cerebrovascular disease.
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Children.
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Infants.
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Stroke
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Cerebrovascular Disorders
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Child
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Infant
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
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Infants
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Children
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Cerebrovascular disease
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Cerebrovascular disease in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ganesan, Vijeya
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Kirkham, Fenella J
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International Child Neurology Association.
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| ISBN |
9781907655357 |
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1907655352 |
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