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A great deal is now known about neurofibromatosis type 1, particularly as a result of the identification of its causative gene by positional cloning. However, effective treatments for its resulting cosmetic disfigurement, impaired cognitive performance and even life-threatening malignancy remain elusive. As Dr. Korf remarks in his Foreword: "this book's cogent and thorough description of neurofibromatosis in children will take its place alongside other major clinical studies of the disorder. Dr. North] has tackled some of the more challenging issues, such as the basis for learning...

The field of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children is one in which there has been much recent research activity, leading to new clinical perspectives. This book for the first time summarises the ?state of the art? in this field. A team of eminent clinicians, neurologists and researchers provide an up-to-the-minute account of all aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children, ranging from a historical perspective to future directions, through epidemiology, the latest neuroimaging techniques, neurodevelopment, co-morbidities, diagnosis and treatment. The authors? practical...

Movement Disorders in Children brings the combined expertise and experience of two world-known authorities to the systematic and practical study of movement disorders in infancy and childhood. Emilio Fernandez-Alvarez and Jean Aicardi cover not only the well-known diseases, but also the less well-known conditions, such as "transient" and "paroxysmal" movement disorders. For the first time all the available information has been brought together in one volume and specifically directed towards the care of children with movement disorders.

This book is an authoritative synthesis of the role of vitamin treatments in children with neurological disorders. It covers all the conditions seen in pediatric neurology that are treatable by vitamin supplementation and consists of up-to-date, concise reviews by an international group of experts in their specific fields. They cover biotinidase deficiency; the role of vitamins in the developing nervous system, mitochondrial disorders and autism; homocysteinuria; conditions responsive to vitamin E or riboflavin; disorders of folic acid and vitamin B12 metabolism; folinic acid responsive...