- Provides a valuable resource for all physicians who deal with childhood neurological disorders
- Covers the management of the full range of disorders based on current scientific evidence
- Spans neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases as well as neurogenetic diagnostic and management algorithms
- Includes didactic videos for epileptic and movement disorders
This book, which will hold global appeal, adopts a problem-based approach to childhood disorders of the nervous system with the aim of supporting practicing child neurologists, pediatricians, and residents in training in their management of children with neurological disorders.
Throughout, the practical assistance that it offers is based firmly on the best available current scientific evidence. The various pediatric neurologic diseases and organ systems are covered by pediatric neurologists and scientists from leading university hospitals and health centers in both the developed and the developing world.
In addition to the full range of more frequent disorders, the book spans the neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases and neurogenetic diagnostic and management algorithms utilizing the power of emerging DNA technology. A further feature is the inclusion of didactic videos relating to epileptic and movement disorders. As an open access publication with a strong clinical focus, the book will be a handy and valuable reference and resource for all practitioners who deal with childhood neurological disorders.
Table of Contents- Neurological Evaluation of Infants and Children
- Neurological Disorders in the Neonate
- Cranial Nerve Disorders
- Childhood Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders
- Movement Disorders in Childhood
- Assessment and Management of the Child with Cerebral Palsy
- Approach to Rehabilitation in the Child with Neurodisability
- Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability
- Communication Disorders in Pediatrics
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- ADHD: Clinical Management
- A Diagnostic Approach for Neurogenetic Disorders in the Genome Era
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Neurometabolic Disorders
- Inherited Neurotransmitter Disorders
- Neuroendocrine Disorders
- Neurology of Nutritional Disorders
- Neuroinfections and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
- Immune-Mediated Encephalidities
- Neuroinflammatory and Demyelinating Disorders of Childhood
- Childhood Stroke
- Classification of Childhood Epileptic Seizures
- Common Childhood Epilepsy Mimics
- Febrile Seizures
- Pediatric Status Epilepticus
- Approach to a Child with Epilepsy
- Antiepileptic Drugs
- Infantile and Early Childhood Epileptic Syndromes
- Childhood and Adolescent Epileptic Syndromes
- Treatable Metabolic Epilepsies
- The Epileptic Encephalopathy with Continuous Spike and Waves During Slow-Wave Sleep
- Management of Refractory Childhood Epilepsy and Epilepsy Surgery
- Disorders of Head Shape and Size
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Disorders of Intracranial Pressure in Children
- Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Headache in Childhood
- Spinal Cord Disorders and Paraplegias
- Approach to Motor Unit Diseases and the Floppy Infant Syndrome
- Anterior Horn Cell Diseases
- Plexopathies and Radiculopathies
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Neuromuscular Transmission Disorders
- Hereditary and Acquired Myopathies
- Myotonic Dystrophy and Periodic Paralyses
Metabolic Myopathies - Inflammatory Myopathies
- Ethical Issues in Clinical Child Neurology
