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Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Part of the House Officer Series, Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology, Fourth Edition has been extensively reorganized, thoroughly updated, and includes many algorithms and tables. The new structure presents the book in six sections, and is consistent with the ways in which clinicians approach their patients. The first section offers introductory chapters under the heading of evaluation, and includes neurologic history, neuro exam, and localization. The bulk of the material is in two sections and covers common complaints and specific diseases, while the remaining sections cover drugs and diagnostic and neuropsychological tests.
Contents
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1NEUROANATOMY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6NEUROLOGIC HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27FLOPPY INFANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44BACK PAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56SPINAL CORD DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61NEUROPATHIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66MUSCLE DISEASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78MYASTHENIA GRAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89CEREBRAL PALSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93HEMIPARESIS AND STROKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE . . . . . . . . . 120NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130INFECTIOUS DISEASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144SEIZURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155FEBRILE SEIZURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168NEONATAL SEIZURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173NONEPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . 177SLEEP DISORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181GENETICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197HEADACHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205LARGE HEADS, SMALL HEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215BRAIN TUMORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONSOF LEUKEMIA . . . . . . . . . . 230PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236GAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246CEREBELLAR ATAXIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250MOVEMENT DISORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257OTHER MOVEMENT DISORDERS:MYOCLONUS, TICS, AND TREMORS . . . . . . . . . 264PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS . . . . . . 268ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITYDISORDER . . . . . . . . . . . . 274VERTIGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND CEREBROSPINALFLUID EXAMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283APPENDICESI. KEY DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES . . . . . . . . . . 289II. NEWBORN MATURITY RATINGAND CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . 293III. HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE FORAGE PERCENTILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300V. APGAR SCORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305VI. GLASGOW COMA SCALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
