Malformations of the nervous system /

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Imprint:Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier, 2008.
Description:xv, 644 p., [28] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Handbook of clinical neurology ; 3rd ser., v. 87
Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 87.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7906842
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Other authors / contributors:Sarnat, Harvey B.
Curatolo, Paolo.
ISBN:9780444518965
0444518967
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Specific malformations using the new integrative classification
  • Revised classification
  • Axes and gradients of the neural tube and gradients for a morphological and molecular genetic classification of nervous system malformations
  • Midline hypoplasias
  • Holoprosencephaly
  • Septo-optic-pituitary dysplasia
  • Rhombencephalosynapsis
  • Embryology and malformations of the forebrain commissures
  • Disorders of segmentation of the neural tube
  • Disorders of segmentation of the neural tube: Chiari malformations
  • Segmentation of the neural tube: agenesis of selective neuromeres
  • Cerebellar hypoplasias
  • Hamartomatous disorders of cellular lineage
  • Tuberous sclerosis
  • Hemimegalencephaly syndrome
  • Disorders of radial neuroblast migration and cerebral cortical architecture
  • Periventricular nodular heterotopia
  • Gio12
  • Subcortical laminar (band) heterotopia
  • Lissencephaly type I Lissencephaly type II
  • Schizencephaly
  • Disorders of neural crest induction of non-neural tissues
  • Neural tube programming and the pathogenesis of craniofacial clefts: the neuromeric
  • Organization of the head and neck: Part I
  • Neural tube programming and the pathogenesis of craniofacial clefts: the neuromeric organization of the head and neck: Part II
  • The oral-facial-digital syndromes
  • Other dysgeneses
  • Congential vascular malformations in childhood
  • Acquired, induced and secondary malformations of the developing central nervous system
  • Section II. Comparative manifestations of central nervous system malformations
  • Epilepsy in patients with cerebral malformations
  • Neuromuscular disorders associated with cerebral malformations
  • Neuroendocrine complications of central nervous system malformations
  • Cerebral dysgeneses associated with chromosomal disorders
  • Cerebral dysgeneses secondary to metabolic diseases in fetal life
  • Section III. Diagnostic methods
  • Imaging malformations of cortical development
  • Clinical neurophysiology of cortical malformations: magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography
  • Molecular genetic testing and genetic counselling
  • Embryology and neuropathological examination of central nervous system malformations
  • Section IV. Management of central nervous system malformations
  • Medical treatment in children with central nervous system malformations
  • Surgical treatment of central nervous system malformations
  • Neurorehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy
  • Educational, cognitive, behavioral and language development issues