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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
    ISBN13: 9781909962804, 978-1909962804
    ISBN10: 1909962805
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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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