Chapter 20 Perinatal Metabolic Encephalopathies Rebecca N. Ichord Introduction Neurologic disease in the newborn poses great peril and great opportunity. Knowledge of the pathophysiologic basis for neurologic disease of metabolic…
Chapter 19 Injury to the Developing Preterm Brain Intraventricular Hemorrhage and White Matter Injury Laura R. Ment, Janet S. Soul Introduction As newborn intensive care approaches its sixth decade, preterm…
Chapter 91 Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction Srikanth Muppidi, Gil I. Wolfe, Richard J. Barohn Both acquired and inherited disorders of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) are seen in childhood. As…
Chapter 90 Inflammatory Neuropathies John T. Sladky, Stephen Ashwal Although children and adults with peripheral neuropathies exhibit similar clinical and electrophysiologic features, the incidence and nature of the underlying disorders…
Chapter 5 Muscular Tone and Gait Disturbances Kenneth F. Swaiman, Lawrence W. Brown Muscular tone is conventionally separated into phasic and postural types. Phasic tone is the result of rapid…
Chapter 25 Disorders of Brain Size Ghayda Mirzaa, Stephen Ashwal, William B. Dobyns Introduction The two obvious disorders of brain size – microcephaly (too small) and macrocephaly (too large) –…
Chapter 83 Tumors of the Brain and Spine Roger J. Packer, Tobey J. MacDonald, Gilbert Vezina Introduction Primary central nervous system tumors comprise, in total, the second most common form…
Chapter 89 Peripheral Neuropathies Stephen A. Smith, Robert Ouvrier Disorders of peripheral nerves may be considered acute or chronic, divided by the type of peripheral nerve involved (primarily motor, sensory,…
Chapter 105 Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Medicine Michael J. Noetzel Introduction Rehabilitation is the process of restoration following injury or disease, with the goal of maximizing an individual’s ability to function in…
Chapter 45 Developmental Language Disorders Ruth Nass, Doris A. Trauner Introduction Developmental language disorder (DLD; also known as Specific Language Impairment – SLI) is a condition in which a child…
