Vitamin Responsive Conditions in Paediatric Neurology / Edition 1

by Peter Baxter

Overview

This book is the first authoritative synthesis of the role of vitamin treatments in children with neurological disorders. It covers all the conditions seen in paediatric neurology that are treatable by vitamin supplementation. Chapters cover biotinidase deficiency; the role of vitamins in the developing nervous system, mitochondrial disorders and autism; homocysteinuria; conditions responsive to vitamin E or riboflavin; disorders of folic acid and vitamin B12 metabolism; folinic acid responsive seizures, and all aspects of pyridoxine-dependent and pyridoxine-responsive seizures.This will be a unique data resource for anyone involved in the care of children with vitamin-responsive neurological disorders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781898683285
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/16/2001
Series:	International Child Neurology Association Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Date of birth: 9 November 1953 MD Cambridge University Secretary, British Paediatric Neurology Association Year in Lyon, France as Medicin Resident Etranger (but not in paediatric neurology) Journals: Nature, Lancet, BMJ, Dev Med Child Neurol, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Neurology Professional associations: International Child Neurology Association; European Paediatric Neurology Society; British Paediatric Neurology Association; Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Society for Research into Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus; International League Against Epilepsy.

Table of Contents

1. Biotinidase deficiency Kim Bartlett; 2. Neural tube defects and childhood brain tumours: the role of maternal vitamin supplementation Carol Bower; 3. Vitamins/minerals and autism Mary Coleman; 4. Homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency Brian Fowler; 5. Riboflavin responsive disorders Barbara Garavaglia; 6. Folinic acid responsive seizures Keith Hyland; 7. Vitamin treatment in mitochondrial cytopathies Robert McFarland, Robert W. Taylor and Douglass M. Turnbull; 8. Vitamin E responsive conditions in paediatric neurology David P. R. Muller; 9. Cobalamin and folate responsive disorders Robert Surtees; 10. Pyridoxine dependent and pyridoxine responsive seizures Peter Baxter; 11. Vitamin responsive conditions in paediatric neurology: a clinical approach Peter Baxter; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"This book represents an impressive effort to compile a comprehensive review of vitamin-responsive conditions, and to the best of my knowledge, is the only such book published in the recent past. The contributors are all internationally recognized experts in their respective fields, and they have provided up-to-date reviews of each group of conditions, including clinical and biochemical features, pathogenesis and treatment." European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

"Valuable" The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

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