Child NeurologyJohn H. Menkes, Harvey B. Sarnat, Bernard L. Maria 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
8 Autoimmune and Postinfectious | 557 |
Preface to the First Edition xiii AgustÃn Legido Silvia N Tenembaum Christos D | 659 |
Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies 143 11 Tumors of the Nervous System | 739 |
Heredodegenerative Diseases 163 12 Neurocutaneous Syndromes | 803 |
Chromosomal Anomalies and 13 Cerebrovascular Disorders | 829 |
The New Embryology 259 15 Headaches and Nonepileptic Episodic | 943 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abnormalities acid aciduria Ann Neurol anomalies Arch Neurol asphyxia associated ataxia atrophy autosomal recessive axonal basal ganglia biochemical biopsy birth blood brain brainstem carnitine cause cells cerebellar cerebellum cerebral palsy Child Neurol chromosome Clin clinical picture condition congenital cortex cortical coworkers defect deficiency Dev Med Child diagnosis disease disorders dystonia encephalitis encephalopathy enzyme fetal fibers function gene hemorrhage hereditary holoprosencephaly Hum Genet hydrocephalus hypotonia imaging impaired increased infantile infants infection intracranial involved lesions lissencephaly lysosomal malformations meningitis mental retardation metabolism microcephaly mitochondrial molecular motor muscle mutations myelin neonatal nerve nervous system neural crest neural tube neurologic neuropathy Neurosurg newborn normal occur OMIM onset pathologic patients Pediatr perinatal perinatal asphyxia peripheral periventricular phenotype posterior present progressive protein reflex result seen seizures sensory serum shunt spastic spinal cord studies symptoms syndrome therapy tion tissue treatment ventricle ventricular virus white matter Wilson disease