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.
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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ... 1 NEUROANATOMY ... 6 NEUROLOGIC HISTORY ... 24 NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION ... 27 FLOPPY INFANT ... 44 BACK PAIN ... 56 SPINAL CORD DISEASE ... 61 NEUROPATHIES ... 66 MUSCLE DISEASES ... 78 MYASTHENIA GRAVIS ... 89 CEREBRAL PALSY ... 93 HEMIPARESIS AND STROKE ... 100 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ... 113 PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE ... 120 NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES ... 130 INFECTIOUS DISEASE ... 144 SEIZURES ... 155 FEBRILE SEIZURES ... 168 NEONATAL SEIZURES ... 173 NONEPILEPTIC PAROXYSMAL EVENTS ... 177 SLEEP DISORDERS ... 181 COMPLICATIONS OF ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS ... 186 GENETICS ... 197 HEADACHES ... 205 LARGE HEADS, SMALL HEADS ... 215 BRAIN TUMORS ...222 NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA ... 230 PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI ... 236 LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS ... 240 GAIT ... 246 CEREBELLAR ATAXIA ... 250 MOVEMENT DISORDERS ... 257 OTHER MOVEMENT DISORDERS: MYOCLONUS, TICS, AND TREMORS ... 264 PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS ... 268 ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ... 274 VERTIGO ... 277 LUMBAR PUNCTURE AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION ... 283 APPENDICES I. KEY DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES ... 289 II. NEWBORN MATURITY RATING AND CLASSIFICATION ... 293 III. HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE FOR AGE PERCENTILES ... 300 IV. AGE OF COPYING FIGURES ... 303 V. APGAR SCORE ... 305 VI. GLASGOW COMA SCALE ... 306 Subject Index ... 325
