RT Book, Section
A1 Chiriboga, Claudia A.
A1 Patterson, Marc C.
A2 Brust, John C.M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159973812
T1 Neurologic Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Neurology, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835315
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159973812
RD 2024/04/23
AB It  is  sometimes  said  by  adult  practitioners  that  children  are  just  small  adults.  Child  neurologists  recognize  that  adults  are  just  large  children,  albeit  with  lesser  potential.  The  knowledge  of  nervous  system  anatomy  and  physiology  that  is  essential  to  accurate  localization  and  diagnosis  in  adults  must  be  complemented  by  a  thorough  understanding  of  the  sequence  and  variability  of  normal  development  to  attain  the  same  goals  in  children.  The  challenge  and  promise  of  child  neurology  is  that  children  have  extraordinary  potential  for  recovery  and  development  in  the  face  of  insults  that  would  devastate  adults.  They  are  subject  to  all  of  the  groups  of  diseases  that  occur  in  adults,  as  well  as  many  others  that  are  unique  to  the  developing  brain.  This  chapter  focuses  on  the  essentials  of  the  most  prominent  of  these  age-related  encephalopathies.