Neurology of Hereditary Metabolic Diseases of Children: Third Edition / Edition 3

by Gilles Lyon, Gregory Pastores, Edwin Kolodny

Overview

Treatment Options for Your Most Challenging Cases! Organized by age groups from neonate to late childhood, each chapter in Neurology of Hereditary Metabolic Diseases of Children, 3e begins by describing symptoms of a neuro-genetic disorder and then guides you through confirming the diagnosis and choosing the appropriate therapy. This is the only book of its kind dealing with these difficult, often baffling group of diseases.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071445085
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/31/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Gilles Lyon, MD is Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine.

Edwin H. Kolodny, MD, is Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Medical Board of the Tisch Hospital and C-Chairman of the Executive Advisory Committee of the General Clinical Research Center.

Gregory M. Pastores, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Member of the New York University Neurology Associates and New York University Neurogenetics Lab.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Table of Contents

1. General Aspects of Hereditary Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System

2. The Neurology of Neonatal Hereditary Metabolic Diseases

3. Early Infantile Progressive Metabolic Encephalopathies: Clinical Problems and Diagnostic Considerations

4. Late Infantile Progressive Genetic Encephalopathies:(Metabolic Encephalopathies of the Second Year of Life)

5. Childhood and Adolescent Hereditary Metabolic Disorders

6. Distinction Between Hereditary Metabolic Diseases and Other Diseases of the Child's Nervous System

7. Visceral and Other Tissue Abnormalities Associated with Hereditary Metabolic Encephalopathies

8. Laboratory Tests for the Diagnosis of Hereditary Metabolic Encephalopathies

9. Treatment and Prevention of Neurometabolic Disorders