Chapter 48 Autistic Spectrum Disorders Deborah G. Hirtz, Ann Wagner, Pauline A. Filipek The autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) represent a wide continuum of associated cognitive and neurobehavioral deficits, including deficits…
Chapter 80 Bacterial Infections of the Nervous System Martin G. Täuber, Urs B. Schaad The brain is normally a sterile site that is protected from infection by specialized barriers, including…
Chapter 93 Congenital Myopathies Jonathan B. Strober The congenital myopathies are a group of disorders characterized by their histopathologic findings on muscle biopsy. A prevalence of 3.5–5/10,000 children has been…
Chapter 50 Pediatric Epilepsy An Overview Peter R. Camfield, Carol S. Camfield After a first unprovoked seizure in childhood, the risk of a recurrence is about 50 percent, and after…
Chapter 30 Introduction to Genetics William B. Dobyns, Susan L. Christian, Soma Das In the broadest sense, genes are simply units of hereditary information; the genome is the totality of…
Chapter 22 Disorders of Neural Tube Development Nalin Gupta, M. Elizabeth Ross Introduction Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most frequently encountered congenital anomalies involving the central nervous system…
Chapter 101 Neurologic Disorders in Children with Heart Disease Catherine Limperopoulos, Adré J. du Plessis Introduction Neurologic disorders are among the most common complications in children with heart disease. The…
Chapter 76 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Infants and Older Children Ronald M. Perkin, Stephen Ashwal Cardiac arrest in childhood is often a catastrophic event that is associated with mortality or poor…
Chapter 4 Neurologic Examination of the Term and Preterm Infant Kenneth F. Swaiman The Term Infant Fetal monitoring during the labor process is difficult, but certain variables can be studied….
Chapter 44 Cognitive and Motor Regression David J. Michelson, Stanford K. Shu Introduction Diseases in which there is a gradual loss of cognitive function can be described as progressive encephalopathies…
