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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824048503321

Titolo

Pediatric neurology . Part I / / volume editors, Olivier Dulac, Maryse Lassonde, and Harvey B. Sarnat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Elsevier, 2013

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , 2013

ISBN

0-444-62698-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxx, 818, 44 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Handbook of clinical neurology ; ; v. 111 (3rd series)

Pediatric neurology ; ; pt. 1

Disciplina

618.928

Soggetti

Pediatric neurology

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

section 1. General introduction -- section 2. Toxicity and deficiency, fetopathies -- section 3. Cerebral palsy -- section 4. Developmental abnormalities and mental retardation -- section 5. Neuroectodermoses -- section 6. Epilepsy.

Sommario/riassunto

The child is neither an adult miniature nor an immature human being: at each age, it expresses specific abilities that optimize adaptation to its environment and development of new acquisitions. Diseases in children cover all specialties encountered in adulthood, and neurology involves a particularly large area, ranging from the brain to the striated muscle, the generation and functioning of which require half the genes of the whole genome and a majority of mitochondrial ones. Human being nervous system is sensitive to prenatal aggression, is particularly immature at birth and development m