A Handbook of Neurological Investigations in Children

Mary D King is Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Children's University Hospital, Rotunda Hospital and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Associate Professor in Paediatric Neurology at University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science, Dublin, Ireland. John B.P. Stephenson is Honorary Professor in Paediatric Neurology and Senior Research Fellow, Division of Developmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. He is also Emeritus Consultant in Paediatric Neurology in Fraser of Allander Neurosciences Unit at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland.

Authors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations; 1.1 History highlights; 1.2 Examination essentials; 2.1 Video with audio; 2.2 Electroencephalography; 2.3 Electromyography and nerve conduction; 2.4 Evoked potentials; 2.5 Structural imaging; 2.6 Functional imaging; 2.7 Cerebrospinal fluid; 2.8 Cardiac tests and autonomic function; 2.9 Microscopic examinations: cells and biopsies; 2.10 Microbiology; 2.11 Haematology; 2.12 Immunology; 2.13 Genetic investigations; 2.14 Biochemistry; 2.15 Anti-epileptic drug monitoring; 2.16 Diagnosis by therapeutic trial; 3.1 Neonatal seizures; 3.2 Abnormal neonatal neurology; 3.3 Delayed development; 3.4 Floppy infant; 3.5 Abnormal head size; 3.6 Wobbly-eyed baby; 3.7 "Cerebral Palsy"; 3.8 Peculiar gait; 3.9 Learning disability and mental retardation; 3.10 Speech and language disorders; 3.11 "Psychiatric" disorders; 3.12 Epileptic seizures and epilepsy; 3.13 Febrile seizures; 3.14 Paroxysmal non-epileptic disorders; 3.15 Epileptic and nonepileptic disorders together; 3.16 Acquired neurological deficits; 3.17 Acute encephalopathy; 3.18 Headache; 3.19 Weakness and fatigue; 3.20 Ataxia; 3.21 Movement disorders; 3.22 Progressive loss of skils and dementia; 3.23 Rare treatable disorders; Appendix 1. Predictive value of investigation results; Appendix 2. Some normal values; Appendix 3. List of clinical vignettes.