Progressive Brain Disorders in Childhood - Title page

pp ii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-v

Dedication

pp vi-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Section 1 - Introduction

pp 1-8

Introduction

pp 3-3

Chapter 1 - Principles of Progressive Brain Disorders in Childhood

pp 4-8

Section 2 - Rise and Decline of the Child

pp 9-26

Human Neurological Development

pp 11-14

Chapter 2 - The Developing Child

pp 12-13

Chapter 3 - Language Development

pp 14-14

Assessment of Neural Performance

pp 15-23

Chapter 4 - The Neurological Examination of Newborns, Infants, and Children

pp 16-18

Chapter 5 - Neuropsychological Assessment of Children

pp 19-19

Chapter 6 - Maturation of the Electroencephalogram in Infancy

pp 20-21

Chapter 7 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Developing Brain

pp 22-23

Death and Palliation in Neurodegenerative Disorders

pp 24-24

Chapter 8 - The Declining Child

pp 25-26

Section 3 - Mechanisms of Neurological Loss of Function

pp 27-34

Degeneration in the Central Nervous System

pp 29-31

Chapter 9 - Mechanisms of Neural Cell Death

pp 30-31

Axonal Degeneration

pp 32-32

Chapter 10 - Mechanisms of Axonal Degeneration

pp 33-34

Section 4 - Neurodegenerative and Other Progressive Disorders in Childhood

pp 35-404

Progressive in Utero Disorders

pp 37-40

Chapter 11 - Prenatal Inborn Metabolic Errors

pp 38-39

Chapter 12 - Maternal Phenylketonuria

pp 40-40