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
