Paediatric Neurology (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Paediatrics) - Softcover

Forsyth, Rob; Lumsden, Daniel E.; Rodrigues, Filipa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198892640 ISBN 13: 9780198892649

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Paediatric Neurology returns for a fourth edition with all the knowledge and guidance you need to investigate, diagnose, and treat common and rare neurological conditions in paediatrics.

This unique guide has been fully updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, including a more in-depth look at genetic investigations, new material on neuroinflammation and neuromuscular disorders, extensive updates on epilepsy and other neurology conditions affecting children, and a fully revised pharmacopoeia. Vibrant and informative, the text includes diagrams and tables to enhance understanding and learning, while keeping the book firmly grounded in situations you are likely to encounter in real life.

Part of the Oxford Specialist Handbook series that spans the whole of Paediatrics, this unique guide should be at the fingertips of every practising or aspiring paediatric neurologist.

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Rob Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in Child Neurology, Newcastle University, and honorary Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,Daniel E. Lumsden, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist Evelina London Children's Hospital and Adjunct Clinical Senior Lecturer Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences King's College London, UK,Filipa Rodrigues, Paediatric Neurologist, Centro Hospitalar do Baixo Vouga ULS Região de Aveiro, Portugal

Rob Forsyth trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities. His general paediatric training was in Nottingham before moving to Newcastle to complete a PhD in brain energy metabolism. After a fellowship in Vancouver he was appointed as Consultant and Senior Lecturer in child neurology in Newcastle in 1997. He has a research interest in recovery from paediatric acquired brain injury and a longstanding interest in medical education. He is a former National Training Adviser for the British Paediatric Neurology Association and secretary of the European Committee of National Training Advisers in child neurology. He is Secretary of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, on the editorial board of European Journal of Paediatric Neurology and a former member of the editorial board of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

Daniel E. Lumsden is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at the Evelina London Children's Hospital where he leads the Complex Motor Disorder Service. Following graduation from the University of Cambridge, Dr Lumsden completed his clinical training in the South Thames region, developing an interest in childhood movement disorders. During this time, he completed a PhD in Imaging Sciences, continuing this work as an Adjunct Clinical Senior Lecturer, where his work has focussed on the application of Advanced Neuroimaging techniques to the selection of children for Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr Lumsden is currently a trustee of the British Paediatric Neurology Association, chairing the Movement Disorder Interest Group.

Filipa Rodrigues studied at Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. During her general paediatric training in Aveiro she developed a particular interest in Neurosciences and carried out two Neuropediatric residencies, one in Lisbon and the other in Barcelona. After her fellowship in Coimbra she was appointed as a Paediatric Neurologist in Centro Hospitalar Baixo Vouga - ULS Região Aveiro, having a special interest in epilepsy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198892640
• ISBN 13: 9780198892649
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 768
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