Author

Menkes, John H.

Sarnat, Harvey B.

Maria, Bernard, L.

Edition

7th edition

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

Hardcover: 1186 p.

Subject

Nervous System/Nervous System Diseases-Children

Nervous System/Nervous System Diseases. Neurology

Abstract

This 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.

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Table Of Contents:

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1: Inherited Metabolic Diseases of

the Nervous Sytem

2: Mitochondrial Cytopathies

3: Heredodegenerative Diseases

4: Chromosomal Anomalies and

Multiple Gene Syndromes

5: Neuroembryology

6: Perinatal Asphyxia and Trauma

7: Infections of the Nervous System

8: Autoimmune and Postinfectious

Diseases

9: Postnatal Trauma and Injuries

10: Toxic and Nutritional Disorders

11: Tumors of the Nervous System

12: Neurocutaneous Syndromes

13: Cerebrovascular Disorders

14: Epilepsy and Other Seizure

Disorders

15: Non-epileptic Episodic Disorders

16: Diseases of the Motor Unit

17: Neurologic Manifestations of

Systemic Disease

18: Disorders of Mental Development

ISBN

9780781751049

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF FM 100 MEN 2006

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