Developmental disabilities
By: Guest editors, Donald E. Greydanus, Dilip R. Patel and Helen D. Pratt
Series: Pediatric clinics of North America -- v. 55, no. 5; Pediatric clinics of North America -- v. 55, no. 5.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1257
ISBN-13: 9781416063339
Subjects: Developmental disabilities; Autism in adolescents; Cerebral palsied children; Developmentally disabled children; Autism in children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global developmental delay and mental retardation of intellectual disability: conceptualization, evaluation, and etiology  -- Michael Shevell.; title: Role of the dysmorphologic evaluation in the child with developmental delay  -- Helga V. Toriello.; title: Primary care for children and adolescents with Down Syndrome  -- Melissa A. Davidson.; title: Clinical approach to the diagnoses of inborn errors of metabolism  -- Manmohan Kamboj.; title: Autism: definition, neurobiology, screening, diagnosis  -- Isabelle Rapin and Roberto F. Tuchman.; title: Clinical management of adolescents with autism  -- Amit M. Deokar, Marlene B. Huff, and Hatim A. Omar.; title: Speech and language development and disorders in children  -- Helen M. Sharp and Kathryn Hillenbrand.; title: Hearing impairment in children  -- Bharti Katbamna, Teresa Crumpton, and Dilip R. Patel.; title: Cerebral palsy: medical aspects  -- Nancy N. Dodge.; title: Cerebral palsy: orthopedic aspects and rehabilitation  -- A. Nadire Berker and M. Selim Yalcʹin.; title: Use of psychotropic medications in children with developmental disabilities -- Joseph L. Calles, Jr.