Autism Spectrum Disorder. A Clinical Neurophysiology Approach I

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Fig. 4.1 Polysomnography study in a 4-year-old patient with ASD without epileptic seizures. Recordings involve complete electroencephalogram (EEG), chin electromyography, eye movements and electrocardiogram. Note EEG epileptiform abnormality in channels…

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Autism Spectrum Disorder. A Clinical Neurophysiology Approach II

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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Maria de los Angeles Robinson-Agramonte (ed.)Translational Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder10.1007/978-3-319-16321-5_5 5. Autism Spectrum Disorder. A Clinical Neurophysiology Approach II Margarita Minou Baez Martin1  , Lilia María Morales Chacón1   and Ivette Cabrera Abreu1  …

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Autism, Development and Neural Plasticity

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Borrelli E, Nestler EJ, Allis CD, Sassone-Corsi P (2008) Decoding the epigenetic language of neuronal plasticity. Neuron 60:961–974PubMedCentralPubMed Bramham CR, Messaoudi E (2005) BDNF function in adult synaptic plasticity: the…

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Severe Neurosurgical Conditions in Children

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Fig. 7.1 MRI of high thoracic myelomeningocele Fig. 7.2 MRI showing massive hydrocephalus Fig. 7.3 Closure of the defect with rotation flaps and split skin techniques Seven years later, she…

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Privacy and Confidentiality

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Fig. 6.1 The preoperative MRI Fig. 6.2 The postoperative MRI at 7 months Fig. 6.3 The postoperative MRI at 12 months Case 4 (Patient Shares Criminal Intent with the Psychiatrist)…

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Brief History of Bioethics

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Fig. 1.1 Elements of value-based medicine 1. Autonomy, in which the patient has the right to choose or refuse methods for the management of their medical problem. Neurosurgeons and medical…

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International Neurosurgery Collaborations

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Fig. 24.1 Enhanced CT of an 8-year-old boy with subacute blindness and severe headaches who presented to a neurosurgery clinic in a sub-Saharan African city. The figure shows (1) advanced…

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Ethical Decision-Making

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Fig. 12.1 Axial T1-enhanced MRI showing a hemorrhagic metastasis in the right frontal lobe of a 37-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma Fig. 12.2 A smaller second lesion is seen on…

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Neurosurgeons and the Media

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1. What is your name? 2. What is the name of your publication or programme, and who is its target audience? 2. What is your deadline? 3. Is the interview…

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Medicolegal Issues

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Fig. 22.1 Questions a neurosurgeon should ask him-/herself before being an expert witness Pearl Medical expert testimony is crucial in medical malpractice litigation and is a very important part of…

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