Liver Disorders in Childhood

Sleep Disorders in Childhood Neurogenetic Disorders

enetic advances in the past three decades have transformed our understanding and treatment of many human diseases including neurogenetic disorders. Most neurogenetic disorders can be classified as "rare disease," but collectively neurogenetic disorders are not rare and are commonly encountered in general pediatric practice. The authors decided to select eight relatively well-known neurogenetic ...

Feeding Disorders In Childhood Autism

Functional Nervous Disorders in Childhood

This book is a rarity among modern medical books. Not only is it a thoroughly practical manual of the subject with which it ?deals, but it is written in a style which carries the reader along pleasantly and profitably to the last page. It is written by a clinician sitting in the library arm-chair, and the delightful blend of a wide reading in general literature with the practical ?detail of med...

Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders in Childhood

OPINION STATEMENT Autoimmune neuromuscular disorders in childhood include Guillain-Barré syndrome and its variants, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP), juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG), and juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM), along with other disorders rarely seen in childhood. In general, these diseases have not been studied as extensively as they have been in adults....

Photosensitivity skin disorders in childhood.

Photosensitivity in childhood is caused by a diverse group of diseases. A specific sensitivity of a child's skin to ultraviolet light is often the first manifestation or a clinical symptom of photodermatosis. It might indicate a serious underlying systemic disease such as lupus erythematosus or dermatomyositis, or a rare group of genetic skin disorders like Xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndr...