Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Brett, Edward M.

Description

1. xii, 924 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Subject

1. Nervous System Diseases > Child
2. Pediatric neurology

Contents

1. 1. Neurology of the Newborn / E. M. Brett and A. M. Kaiser -- 2. Normal development and neurological examination beyond the newborn period / E. M. Brett -- 3. Neuromuscular disorders: I. Primary muscle disease and anterior horn cell disorders / E. M. Brett and B. D. Lake -- 4. Neuromuscular disorders: II. Peripheral neuropathy / E. M. Brett -- 5. Progressive neurometabolic brain diseases / E. M. Brett and B. D. Lake -- 6. Phenylketonuria and its variants and some other amino acid disorders / E. M. Brett and I. Smith -- 7. Inherited metabolic disease: urea cycle disorders, organic academias, non-ketotic hyperglycinaemia, Leigh's syndrome and some related disorders / J. V. Leonard and E. M. Brett -- 8. Spinocerebellar degenerations and some related conditions / E. M. Brett -- 9. Ataxia / E. M. Brett -- 10. Some syndromes of involuntary movements / E. M. Brett --
2. 11. Cerebral palsy, perinatal injury to the spinal cord and brachial plexus birth injury / E. M. Brett and D. Scrutton -- 12. Epilepsy and convulsions; The surgical treatment of epilepsy in childhood / E. M. Brett and B. G. R. Neville -- 13. Mental retardation, infantile autism and related disorders / E. M. Brett and R. Goodman -- 14. Psychological assessment; cultural, social, educational implications / M. E. Lobascher -- 15. Specific learning disorders: Motor skills, language and behaviour / N. Gordon -- 16. Myelomeningocele / D. M. Forrest -- 17. Hydrocephalus and congenital anomalies of the nervous system other than myelomeningocele / E. M. Brett and B. N. Harding -- 18. Intracranial and spinal cord tumours / E. M. Brett and B. N. Harding -- 19. Vascular disorders of the nervous system in childhood / E. M. Brett -- 20. Headache in childhood / J. Wilson -- 21. Neurocutaneous syndromes / E. M. Brett -- 22. Infections of the nervous system / M. Levin and S. Walters --
3. 23. Acute encephalopathy of childhood and intensive care / R. C. Tasker and G. F. Cole -- 24. Neurological aspects of childhood leukemias, lymphomas and some other medical diseases / E. M. Brett -- 25. Clinical neurophysiology of the central nervous system / S. G. Boyd and A. Harden -- 26. Clinical electromyography in infancy and childhood / J. Payan -- 27. Imaging in child neurology / D. P. E. Kingsley.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.