Pediatric neurology
Subtitle: essentials for general practice
By: Peter L. Heilbroner, Glenn Y. Castaneda.
Contributors: Castaneda, Glenn Y.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780781769457; 9780781769457
Subjects: Pediatric neurology.; Nervous System Diseases.; Child.; Family Practice.; Infant.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Suggestions for history and physical examination; Headache; School problems and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Abnormal movements; Behavioral and sleep problems; Seizures, epilepsy, and related disorders; Dizziness, fainting, and loss of balance; Delay or regression of motor development associated with low muscle tone; Autism and language disorders; Cerebral palsy (static encephalopathy) and related problems; Abnormalities of cranial size and shape, hydrocephalus, and spinal dysraphism; Common neurological complications of trauma; Stroke, acute paraparesis, and other serious disorders of acute and subacute onset; Other important neurological syndromes.