Get the latest evidence-based methods for diagnosing and treating neurologic disorders in infants, children, and adolescents

A practical, up-to-date, well-referenced guide to the wide range of neurological diseases that impact infants, children, and adolescents with detailed descriptions and safe, effective diagnostic procedures and treatments
Nearly 50 chapters covering the full spectrum of pediatric neurologic conditions, including cardinal manifestations of neurologic disease, developmental disorders, pain and other disorders of somatic sensation, epilepsy and disorders of consciousness, major categories of neurologic disease, and diseases of the spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle
Summaries of the latest guidelines and treatment recommendations for all pediatric neurology diseases and disorders
Invaluable for rotations and board exam preparation
Addresses many of the new advances in pediatric neurology, while also remaining relevant to trainees and general practitioners to be used as a quick reference guide on treating patients
Each chapter is written by experts in their own subspecialty
A wealth of tables and figures provides quick access to important information
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Presented in the consistent, easy-to-follow, time-saving CURRENT format: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
Ideal for medical students, residents, pediatricians, and neurologists
Brief overviews, highlighted areas of importance, and multiple choice questions for better board prep review
Strikes the perfect balance between brevity and depth


Part 1-Introduction

Chapter 1 Approach to the child with a neurologic disease

Chapter 2 Special Techniques for Neurologic Diagnosis

Part 2 - Cardinal Manifestations of Neurologic Disease

Section 1-Disorders of Motility

Chapter 3 Motor Paralysis

Chapter 4 Abnormalities of Movement and Posture Due to Disease of the Basal Ganglia

Chapter 5 Incoordination and Other Disorders of Cerebellar Function

Chapter 6 Tremor, Myoclonus, Focal Dystonias, and Tics

Chapter 7 Disorders of Stance and Gait

Section 2 - Pain and Other Disorders of Somatic Sensation

Chapter 8 Pain

Chapter 9 Other Somatic Sensation

Chapter 10 Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains

Chapter 11 Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities

Section3-Disorders of the Special Senses

Chapter 12 Disorders of Smell and Taste

Chapter 13 Disturbances of Vision

Chapter 14 Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function

Chapter 15 Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium

Section4-Epilepsy and Disorders of Consciousness

Chapter 16 Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders

Chapter 17 Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness

Chapter 18 Faintness and Syncope

Chapter 19 Sleep and Its Abnormalities

Section5-Derangements of Intellect, Behavior, and Language Due to Diffuse and FocalCerebral Disease

Chapter 20 Delirium and Other Acute Confusional States

Chapter 21 Dementia and the Amnesic (Korsakoff) Syndrome with Comments on the Neurology ofIntelligence and Memory

Chapter 22 Neurologic Disorders Caused by Lesions in Particular Parts of the Cerebrum

Chapter 23 Disorders of Speech and Language

Section6-Anxiety and Disorders of Energy, Mood, Emotion and Autonomic and

EndocrineFunctions

Chapter 24 Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety, and Depressive Reactions

Chapter 25 The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion

Chapter 26 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Respiration, and

Swallowing

Chapter 27 The Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Disorders

Part 3-Growthand Development of the Nervous System and the

Neurology ofAging

Chapter 28 Normal Development and Deviations in Development of the Nervous System

Chapter 29 The Neurology of Aging

Part 4-MajorCategories of Neurologic Disease

Chapter 30 Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid and its Circulation, Including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes

Chapter 31 IntracranialNeoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders

Chapter 32 Infections of the Nervous System (Bacterial, Fungal, Spirochetal, Parasitic) andSarcoidosis

Chapter 33 Viral Infections of the Nervous System, Chronic Meningitis, and Prion Diseases

Chapter 34 Cerebrovascular Diseases

Chapter 35 Craniocerebral Trauma

Chapter 36 Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Diseases

Chapter 37 Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System

Chapter 38 Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System

Chapter 39 Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System

Chapter 40 Acquired Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System

Chapter 41 Diseases of the Nervous System Due to Nutritional Deficiency

Chapter 42 Alcoholand Alcoholism

Part5-Diseases of Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve and Muscle

Chapter 43 Neuromuscular

Chapter 44 Diseases of the Spinal Cord

Chapter 45 Electophysiologic and Laboratory Aids in the Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disease

Chapter 46 The Inflammatory, Metabolic and Toxic Myopathies

Chapter 47 Diseases of the Cranial Nerves

Chapter 48 Principles of Clinical Myology: Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases of Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction

Chapter 49 The Infectious and Inflammatory Myopathies

Chapter 50 The Muscular Dystrophies

Part6-Psychiatric Disorders

Chapter 51 The Neuroses and Personality Disorders

Chapter 52 The Congenital Neuromuscular Disorders

Chapter 53 Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

Chapter 54 The Periodic Paralyses and Hereditary, Nondystrophic Myotonias (ION

Channel Disorders)

Chapter 55 Disorders of Muscle Characterized by Cramp, Spasm, Pain, and Localized Masses

Chapter 56 The Anxiety Neuroses, Hysteria, and Personality Disorders

Chapter 57 Depression and Manic-Depressive (Bipolar) Disease

Chapter 58 The Schizophrenias and Paranoid States