Overview
A valuable clinical case selection of various pediatric demyelinating diseases
Cases include typical and atypical presentations and those that are responsive or breakthrough on treatment
Helpful resource for neurologists, pediatricians and allied health professionals
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (42 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Diseases That Affect the Brain
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This collection of pediatric clinical cases focus on multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and mimics. Dedicated sections on diseases affecting the brain, brainstem, spinal cord and the optic nerve feature chapters that include the diagnostic work up, therapeutic management and case outcome. Typical and atypical presentations of various pediatric demyelinating diseases also emphasize therapy response and those that breakthrough on treatment. Filling a critical gap in the literature on inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system, all those that treat patients with these rare and challenging disorders will find this book extremely helpful for their daily clinical practice.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Timothy E. Lotze, MD
Associate Professor of Child Neurology
Department of Pediatrics; Division of Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pediatric Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System and Their Mimics
Book Subtitle: A Case-Based Clinical Guide
Editors: Emmanuelle Waubant, Timothy E. Lotze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61407-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61405-2Published: 17 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87074-8Published: 11 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61407-6Published: 07 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 347
Number of Illustrations: 142 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine