Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, the table of contents has been reorganized, and all cases and references have been updated.
Narcolepsy occurs during childhood in combination with cataplexy in one-third of the subjects.
Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, the table of contents has been reorganized, and all cases and references have been updated.
This new edition has been thoroughly updated to present undergraduate and postgraduate students with the latest developments in the field of paediatric neurology.
Childhood CNS vasculitis is a newly recognized disease entity, which can occur in isolation as a primary disorder – childhood primary angiitis of the CNS (cPACNS)–or secondary to systemic diseases.
Systemic disorders with possible involvement of the nervous system include a variety of diseases with presumed inflammatory and autoimmune pathomechanisms, among them Behçet disease, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile ...
Childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent cause of acquired disability in childhood and can have a serious impact on development across the lifespan.
" Pediatric Neurology serves the need for a quick reference tool to address these perplexing pediatric neurological symptoms and disorders.
The advent of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has contributed to increase the interest and awareness in childhood white matter disorders.
There is ample evidence that many children treated for brain tumors experience long-term neurocognitive deficits.
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a very rare disease characterized by recurrent attacks of loss of muscular tone resulting in hypomobility of one side of the body.
In contrast to popular belief, the vascular stroke syndromes of childhood (arterial ischemic stroke, cerebral sinovenous thrombosis, and nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage) result in appreciable mortality and significant morbidity in ...
Pediatric Neurology: Chapter 86. Headache in pediatric practice