Pediatric Neurology Part I

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  Pediatric Neurology Part I: Chapter 82. Cognitive outcome of surgery

  By Maryse Lassonde, Isabelle Jambaqué, Anne Gallagher

  Epilepsy surgery is now widely accepted as an effective therapeutic option for carefully selected children with medically refractory epilepsy.

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  Pediatric Neurology Part I: Chapter 73. Cognitive side-effects of antiepileptic drugs in children

  By Albert P. Aldenkamp, Dominique M. Ijff

  Although the causes of cognitive impairment in patients with epilepsy have not been completely elucidated, three factors are clearly involved: the underlying etiology of epilepsy, the effects of seizures or the epileptiform EEG discharges ...

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  Pediatric Neurology Part I: Chapter 3. Pediatric neurology: the diagnostic process

  By Brian G.R. Neville

  Much of this is at an early stage and pediatric neurology is still a young and fast developing specialty.

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  Pediatric Neurology Part I: Chapter 26. Nonverbal learning disability

  By Joanne Volden

  Nonverbal learning disability (NLD) is described as a subtype of specific learning disability where the source of the disability is a difficulty in processing nonverbal information.