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Book Synopsis

Congenital or early-onset disorders of the nervous system have a profound and lifelong impact on the lives of children and their families. Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood provides up-to-date information on the full range of these neurological disorders, from fetal and neonatal neurology to adolescence.

Movement disorders, epilepsies and seizure disorders, metabolic diseases, auditory and visual disorders, and genetic anomalies are among the many topics covered in this text. Extensive reference lists at the end of each chapter guide the clinician to further relevant reading.

This fourth edition retains the patient-focussed, clinical approach of its predecessors. The international team of editors and contributors has honoured the request of the late Jean Aicardi, that his book remain ‘resolutely clinical’, which distinguishes Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood from other texts in the field.

This edition:

  • Is completely revised and updated
  • Includes latest developments in genetic advances
  • Contains new chapters on basal ganglia diseases and psychogenic disorders
  • Has an easy-to-use one volume format with full-colour illustrations


Table of Contents

Jean Aicardi (1926–2015)

Jean Aicardi: A Brief Curriculum Vitae

About the Editors

Authors’ Appointment

Preface to Third Edition

Preface to Fourth Edition

Acknowledgements

PART 1: FETAL AND NEONATAL NEUROLOGY

1. Fetal Neurology

Adré J Du Plessis and Michael V Johnston

2. Neurological Diseases in the Perinatal Period

Miriam Martinez-Biarge and Linda S de Vries

PART 2: BRAIN MALFORMATIONS, NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES, GENETIC ANOMALIES and DYSMORPHIC SYNDROMES

3. Developmental Brain Malformations

Nadia Bahi-Buisson and Nathalie Boddaert

4. Neurocutaneous Diseases and Syndromes

Eleni Panagiotakaki and Alexis Arzimanoglou

5. Genetic Anomalies and Dysmorphic Syndromes

Karine Pelc and Bernard Dan

PART 3: NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PRENATAL, PERINATAL AND EARLY POSTNATAL INTERFERENCE WITH BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

6. Osseous Malformations of the Skull and Craniovertebral Junction

Richard Hayward and Dominic Thompson

7. Hydrocephalus and Non-traumatic Pericerebral Collections

Andrew Whitelaw and Christian Sainte-Rose

8. Cerebral Palsy and Related Movement Disorders

Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann

PART 4: METABOLIC AND HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

9. Metabolic Diseases

Linda De Meirleir

10. Heredodgenerative Disorders

Victoria San Antonio, Jaume Campistol Plana, Alexis Arzimanoglou and Robert Ouvrier

PART 5: POSTNATAL EXTRINSIC INSULTS

11. Infectious Diseases

Michael Eyre, Alasdair Bamford and Cheryl Hemingway

12. Parainfectious and Other Inflammatory Disorders of Immunological Origin

Marc Tardieu and Michael Johnston

13. Accidental and Non-Accidental Injuries by Physical and Toxic Agents

Karen Barlow, Robert Forsyth and Robert Minns

PART 6: TUMOURS AND VASCULAR DISORDERS

14. Tumours of the Central Nervous System, Other Space-Occupying Lesions and Pseudotumour Cerebri

Colin Kennedy, Aabir Chakraborty and David Walker

15. Cerebrovascular Disorders

Gabrielle deVeber and Adam Kirton

PART 7: PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS

16. Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders

Alexis Arzimanoglou and Michael S Duchowny

17. Headache Disorders in Children

Kenneth J Mack

18. Sleep Disorders

Patricia Franco

PART 8: MOVEMENT DISORDERS

19. Basal Ganglia Disorders and Movement Disorders

Paddy Grattan-Smith, Russell C Dale and Emilio Fernandez-Alvarez

20. Tics and Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Robert Ouvrier and Russell C Dale

21. Non-Epileptic Paroxysmal Movement Disorders

Paddy Grattan-Smith, Russell C Dale and Emilio Fernandez-Alvarez

PART 9: DISORDERS OF THE OCULOMOTOR, VISUAL, AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS

22. Disorders of Visual and Oculomotor Functions

Carey Matsuba

23. Disorders of Auditory and Vestibular Functions

Anne O’Hare

PART 10: NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

24. Diseases of the Motor Neuron

Mariacristina Scoto and Francesco Muntoni

25. Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves

Manoj Menezes and Robert Ouvrier

26. Muscle Disorders

Monique M Ryan, Francesco Muntoni and Kathryn N North

PART 11: NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES

27. Electrolyte and Acid-Base Metabolism Disturbances, Nutritional Disorders and Other Systemic Diseases

Peter Baxter

PART 12: DEVELOPMENTAL AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD

28. Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and their Management

Bruce K Shapiro

29. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic-Like Conditions

Anne O'Hare and Roberto Tuchman

30. Attention-Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder and Co-existing Impairments

Bruce K Shapiro

31. Disorders of Speech, Language and Communication

Anne O'Hare

32. Psychogenic Neurological Disorders

Paddy Grattan-Smith

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      Publisher: Mac Keith Press
      Publication Date: 24/08/2018
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Congenital or early-onset disorders of the nervous system have a profound and lifelong impact on the lives of children and their families. Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood provides up-to-date information on the full range of these neurological disorders, from fetal and neonatal neurology to adolescence.

      Movement disorders, epilepsies and seizure disorders, metabolic diseases, auditory and visual disorders, and genetic anomalies are among the many topics covered in this text. Extensive reference lists at the end of each chapter guide the clinician to further relevant reading.

      This fourth edition retains the patient-focussed, clinical approach of its predecessors. The international team of editors and contributors has honoured the request of the late Jean Aicardi, that his book remain ‘resolutely clinical’, which distinguishes Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood from other texts in the field.

      This edition:

      • Is completely revised and updated
      • Includes latest developments in genetic advances
      • Contains new chapters on basal ganglia diseases and psychogenic disorders
      • Has an easy-to-use one volume format with full-colour illustrations


      Table of Contents

      Jean Aicardi (1926–2015)

      Jean Aicardi: A Brief Curriculum Vitae

      About the Editors

      Authors’ Appointment

      Preface to Third Edition

      Preface to Fourth Edition

      Acknowledgements

      PART 1: FETAL AND NEONATAL NEUROLOGY

      1. Fetal Neurology

      Adré J Du Plessis and Michael V Johnston

      2. Neurological Diseases in the Perinatal Period

      Miriam Martinez-Biarge and Linda S de Vries

      PART 2: BRAIN MALFORMATIONS, NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES, GENETIC ANOMALIES and DYSMORPHIC SYNDROMES

      3. Developmental Brain Malformations

      Nadia Bahi-Buisson and Nathalie Boddaert

      4. Neurocutaneous Diseases and Syndromes

      Eleni Panagiotakaki and Alexis Arzimanoglou

      5. Genetic Anomalies and Dysmorphic Syndromes

      Karine Pelc and Bernard Dan

      PART 3: NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF PRENATAL, PERINATAL AND EARLY POSTNATAL INTERFERENCE WITH BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

      6. Osseous Malformations of the Skull and Craniovertebral Junction

      Richard Hayward and Dominic Thompson

      7. Hydrocephalus and Non-traumatic Pericerebral Collections

      Andrew Whitelaw and Christian Sainte-Rose

      8. Cerebral Palsy and Related Movement Disorders

      Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann

      PART 4: METABOLIC AND HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

      9. Metabolic Diseases

      Linda De Meirleir

      10. Heredodgenerative Disorders

      Victoria San Antonio, Jaume Campistol Plana, Alexis Arzimanoglou and Robert Ouvrier

      PART 5: POSTNATAL EXTRINSIC INSULTS

      11. Infectious Diseases

      Michael Eyre, Alasdair Bamford and Cheryl Hemingway

      12. Parainfectious and Other Inflammatory Disorders of Immunological Origin

      Marc Tardieu and Michael Johnston

      13. Accidental and Non-Accidental Injuries by Physical and Toxic Agents

      Karen Barlow, Robert Forsyth and Robert Minns

      PART 6: TUMOURS AND VASCULAR DISORDERS

      14. Tumours of the Central Nervous System, Other Space-Occupying Lesions and Pseudotumour Cerebri

      Colin Kennedy, Aabir Chakraborty and David Walker

      15. Cerebrovascular Disorders

      Gabrielle deVeber and Adam Kirton

      PART 7: PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS

      16. Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders

      Alexis Arzimanoglou and Michael S Duchowny

      17. Headache Disorders in Children

      Kenneth J Mack

      18. Sleep Disorders

      Patricia Franco

      PART 8: MOVEMENT DISORDERS

      19. Basal Ganglia Disorders and Movement Disorders

      Paddy Grattan-Smith, Russell C Dale and Emilio Fernandez-Alvarez

      20. Tics and Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

      Robert Ouvrier and Russell C Dale

      21. Non-Epileptic Paroxysmal Movement Disorders

      Paddy Grattan-Smith, Russell C Dale and Emilio Fernandez-Alvarez

      PART 9: DISORDERS OF THE OCULOMOTOR, VISUAL, AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR SYSTEMS

      22. Disorders of Visual and Oculomotor Functions

      Carey Matsuba

      23. Disorders of Auditory and Vestibular Functions

      Anne O’Hare

      PART 10: NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

      24. Diseases of the Motor Neuron

      Mariacristina Scoto and Francesco Muntoni

      25. Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves

      Manoj Menezes and Robert Ouvrier

      26. Muscle Disorders

      Monique M Ryan, Francesco Muntoni and Kathryn N North

      PART 11: NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES

      27. Electrolyte and Acid-Base Metabolism Disturbances, Nutritional Disorders and Other Systemic Diseases

      Peter Baxter

      PART 12: DEVELOPMENTAL AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD

      28. Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and their Management

      Bruce K Shapiro

      29. Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autistic-Like Conditions

      Anne O'Hare and Roberto Tuchman

      30. Attention-Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder and Co-existing Impairments

      Bruce K Shapiro

      31. Disorders of Speech, Language and Communication

      Anne O'Hare

      32. Psychogenic Neurological Disorders

      Paddy Grattan-Smith

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