Paediatric neurological disorders with cerebellar involvment : diagnosis and management / / edited by Stefano D'Arrigo, Daria Riva and Enza Maria Valente

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460258803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montrouge, France : , : John Libbey Eurotext, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 2-7420-1410-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Collana: Mariani Foundation Paediatric Neurology Series, , 0969-0301 ; ; 27
• Disciplina: 617.7
• Soggetti: Pediatric neuroophthalmology; Pediatric neurology; Nervous syste - Diseases - Diagnosis; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Francese
• 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: PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS WITH CEREBELLAR INVOLVEMENT - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT; Chapter 1 - Cerebellum - small brain but large confusion: reappraisal 10 years later; Chapter 2 - The role of the cerebellum in higher cognitive and social functions in congenital and acquired diseases of developmental age; Chapter 3 - The cerebellum: semiotics and clinical approach to the patient; Chapter 4 - MRI of cerebellar malformations; Chapter 5 - Foetal MRI; Chapter 6 - Cerebellar malformations in the prenatal period - The pathologist's role; Chapter 7 - Joubert syndrome; Chapter 8 - Update on pontocerebellar hypoplasia: novel subtypes, genes and insights Chapter 9- X-linked disorders with cerebellar involvement; Chapter 10- The ever-expanding spectrum of congenital muscular dystrophies; Chapter 11- Cystic malformations of the posterior fossa; Chapter 12 - Cerebellar strokes in childhood; Chapter 13 - Cerebellar injury in preterm infants; Chapter 14 - Cerebellar tumours; Chapter 15 - Neuroradiological findings in paediatric cerebellar degenerative diseases; Chapter 16 - Ataxia-telangiectasia and ataxias with oculomotor apraxia; Chapter 17 - Infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy: ""PLA2G6""-associated neurodegeneration Chapter 18 - Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay; Chapter 19 - Ataxic disorder in childhood: an approach providing assistance and motor rehabilitation; Chapter 20 - Diagnosis, management and rehabilitation strategies in patients with cerebellar disorders: visual function; Chapter 21 - Patients with cerebellar pathology - Rehabilitation of cognitive functions; Chapter 22 Cognitive-behavioural phenotype of Joubert syndrome Review of the literature and preliminary data from the Italian JSRD study group
• Sommario/riassunto: An update on paediatric neurological disorders with cerebellar involvement in 4 main sections