Child Neurology

Revised to incorporate the latest advances in the neurosciences and clinical neurology, the Seventh Edition of this classic text provides practical, cost-effective problem-solving approaches to all diseases affecting the developing nervous system. In clinically relevant terms, the book explains how recent developments in molecular biology, genetics, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropathology, and neuroimaging impact on diagnosis and treatment. Chapters focus on specific disorders or groups of disorders and emphasize differential diagnosis, disease course, treatment, and prognosis. This edition has a new chapter on mitochondrial cytopathies.

Contents

1. Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous Sytem
2. Mitochondrial Cytopathies
3. Heredodegenerative Diseases
4. Chromosomal Anomalies and Multiple Gene Syndromes
5. Neuroembryology: Genetic Programming and Malformations of the Nervous System

Part I: The New Embryology

Part II: Malformations of the Central Nervous System

6. Perinatal Asphyxia and Trauma
7. Infections of the Nervous System
8. Autoimmune and Postinfectious Diseases
9. Postnatal Trauma and Injuries by Physical Agents
10. Toxic and Nutritional Disorders
11. Tumors of the Nervous System
12. Neurocutaneous Syndromes
13. Cerebrovascular Disorders
14. Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
15. Non-epileptic Episodic Disorders
16. Diseases of the Motor Unit
17. Neurologic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
18. Disorders of Mental Development