1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457415603321

Titolo

Comorbidities in developmental disorders [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin C.O. Bax and Christopher Gillberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Mac Keith Press, 2010

ISBN

1-907655-67-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

187

Clinics in developmental medicine ; ; no. 187

Altri autori (Persone)

BaxMartin

GillbergChristopher

Disciplina

618.928588

Soggetti

Comorbidity

Developmental disabilities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR COMORBIDITIES; Terminology; Features associated with intellectual disability; Reasons for psychiatric and psychological comorbidities; Down syndrome: an illustration of a specific aetiological cause of intellectual; Frequent clinical common final pathways; Self-injury; The need for a conceptual shift; Example of multidimensional aetiologically driven developmental and; Conspicuousness by absence; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 2 HETEROGENEITY IN CEREBRAL; Introduction; Terminology; Brain syndromes

Neurological heterogeneity and cerebral palsy Pervasive developmental disorders and cerebral palsy; Conclusions; REFERENCES; 3 GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; Symptoms and diagnosis of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; The comorbidities of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; Relationship between Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and its comorbidities; Management; REFERENCES; 4 COMORBIDITY IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS:; Impact of classification schemes on comorbidity; Associations with other neurodevelopmental problems; Common disorders of mental health; Associations with brain disorders



General conclusions REFERENCES; 5 EARLY LANGUAGE DISORDER AS A FREQUENT COMORBIDITY IN MANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN YOUNG CHILDREN; Preliminary comment regarding comorbidity; Some conditions associated with inadequate language development; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 6 AUTISM AND EPILEPSY: COMORBIDITY, COEXISTENCE OR COINCIDENCE?; Prevalence of epilepsy in autism and of autism in epilepsy; Gender aspects; Diagnostic/differential diagnostic aspects including electroencephalogram;  types of seizures; Electrophysiology; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 7 GENETIC CORRELATES OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY:

Molecular biology of fragile X syndrome Comorbidities of fragile X syndrome; Intellectual disability; Psychosis and fragile X syndrome; Anxiety and fragile X syndrome; Autism and fragile X syndrome; The premutation and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome; Conclusion; REFERENCES; 8 CHANNELOPATHIES; The primary episodic ataxias; Dravet syndrome and other SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies; REFERENCES; 9 INCREASED LONGEVITY AND THE COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED; Comorbidities associated with intellectual and developmental disabilities; Down syndrome; Project

REFERENCES10 COMORBIDITY: CLASSIFICATION ARTEFACT AND CLINICAL REALITY; Comorbidity as a question of definition; On classification and diagnosis; Comorbidity as clinical reality; Future directions; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Comorbidities are the co-occurrence of conditions more frequently than would be expected by chance: one may cause the other,  share a common cause or be a sign of a single condition. Our growing understanding of the mechanisms underlying many comorbidities helps understand the natural history of these conditions and improve their management.



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Record Nr.

UNISA996206133203316

Titolo

Open biology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Royal Society Pub., [2011]-

ISSN

2046-2441

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

574.05

Soggetti

Biology

Molecular biology

Cytology

Developmental biology

Biological Phenomena

Molecular Biology

Cell Physiological Phenomena

Developmental Biology

Periodicals.

Fulltext

Internet Resources.

Periodical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"The Royal Society's fast, open access journal covering biology at the molecular and cellular level. Publishes ... research in cell biology, developmental and structural biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, microbiology and genetics."

Contents are chiefly text; supplementary content may include video podcast.

Refereed/Peer-reviewed