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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 1 edition (January 19, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1574448595
ISBN-13: 978-1574448597.

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Neural tube defects (NTDs) are one of the most common birth defects, occurring in approximately one in 1,000 live births in the United States. Exploring the many clinical presentations of these conditions, this reference focuses on quality-of-life issues and extensively surveys the medical, educational, social, and psychological needs of the these patients.

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Hardcover: 394 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 22, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540308660
ISBN-13: 978-3540308669.

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This book offers a modern diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the pediatric patient with urinary problems due to spinal cord pathologies. It represents an unique guide for all the specialists involved in the management of this pathology. The aim of the editors has been to search to help the readers to understand all the problems linked to this pathology and to make easy for them the comprehension of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with the aid of the text, of the figures and of the videos, included in the DVD attached to the book. All the contributors are world leader experts in clinical research and in surgical practice of this pathologic condition. The book covers all the aspects of NBD in children from the clinical and diagnostic evaluation to the pharmacological and surgical treatment.  Pediatric surgeons, pediatricians, genereal physicians, therapists, students that will read this book will have a clear, easy and up-to- date review of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures adopted today.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 16020 KB
Print Length: 343 pages
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (April 16, 2007)
Language: English
ASIN: B000Q361ZO.

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Excerpted from the Textbook of the Neurogenic Bladder, Essential Guide to the Neurogenic Bladder provides information on two topics essential to the practicing clinician: evaluation and treatment. Giving the reader easy access to the diagnostic armamentarium, this well-illustrated text provides the examining physician with excellent guidelines for conducting thorough, efficient, and beneficial examinations of both adults and children using a variety of instruments and tests. Both surgical and non-surgical treatment options are written by experts from around the globe and should invariably help the reader to choose the best treatments for optimal results.

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Hardcover: 356 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (February 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521781531
ISBN-13: 978-0521781534.

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The neurocutaneous disorders comprise a group of neurological disorders featuring skin lesions and often eye lesions, central and peripheral nervous system tumors, brain malformations, mental retardation, and psychiatric syndromes or seizures. This book provides an authoritative, illustrated review of the recognition, investigation, treatment and genetics of these disorders. It will be essential reading for neurologists as well as dermatologists, geneticists and pediatricians.

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Hardcover: 284 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (May 3, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540297030
ISBN-13: 978-3540297031.

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”Nursing Care of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Patient” serves as a detailed reference for all nurses caring for children with neurosurgical problems. Staff nurses (and student nurses) working in clinics, PICU, pediatrics, operating rooms, post-anesthesia care units, emergency department and radiology will benefit from the information presented in this book. The explanations of pathophysiology, anatomy, radiodiagnostic testing and treatment options for each neurosurgical diagnosis will help them to understand the rationale behind the nursing care. Presenting symptoms and findings on neurological examination and history will enable nurses to identify normal signs. Each chapter includes information on patient and family education and will give helpful guidelines. Although there has been a need within the pediatric neurosurgery community for this type of information for years, there is no other reference available that provides this type of specific information.

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Hardcover: 736 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (March 29, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415328683
ISBN-13: 978-0415328685.

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Computational models of neural networks have proven insufficient to accurately model brain function, mainly as a result of simplifications that ignore the physical reality of neuronal structure in favor of mathematically tractable algorithms and rules. Even the more biologically based integrate and fire and compartmental styles of modeling suffer from oversimplification in the former case and excessive discretization in the second. This book introduces an integrative approach to modeling neurons and neuronal circuits that retains the integrity of the biological units at all hierarchical levels.

With contributions from more than 40 renowned experts, Modeling in the Neurosciences, Second Edition is essential for those interested in constructing more structured and integrative models with greater biological insight. Focusing on new mathematical and computer models, techniques, and methods, this book represents a cohesive and comprehensive treatment of various aspects of the neurosciences from the molecular to the network level. Many state-of-the-art examples illustrate how mathematical and computer modeling can contribute to the understanding of mechanisms and systems in the neurosciences. Each chapter also includes suggestions of possible refinements for future modeling in this rapidly changing and expanding field.

This book will benefit and inspire the advanced modeler, and will give the beginner sufficient confidence to model a wide selection of neuronal systems at the molecular, cellular, and network levels.

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Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 31, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540335331
ISBN-13: 978-3540335337.

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This MRI atlas of the spine is the fruit of interdisciplinary cooperation among radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, traumatologists, and neurosurgeons. It is a clinically oriented atlas that covers all important diseases and injuries of the spine. Ample illustrations are supplemented by concise descriptions of anatomy and pathophysiology, the normal and abnormal MRI appearance, diagnostic pitfalls, and the clinical significance of MRI. The clear and didactic style enables readers to revise the fundamentals of spinal anatomy and disease states as a basis for understanding the diagnostic strategies and surgical management. By combining descriptions of the clinical manifestation of spinal disorders with the corresponding MRI findings, the authors hope to help readers develop a meaningful approach to the interpretation of MRI of the spine.

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Hardcover: 602 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (March 20, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540213449
ISBN-13: 978-3540213444.

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This is a richly illustrated and comprehensive textbook on the imaging of frequently encountered spinal disorders. Degenerative disease, spinal trauma, spinal tumors and the postoperative spine are addressed in detail. In addition, there are individual chapters on embryology, the pediatric spine, biomechanics, scoliosis, bone marrow disorders, infections, spondyloarthropathies and imaging of the sacrum. All imaging modalities are considered, including plain film, multidetector CT and MRI. The book is intended for daily use in any practice that engages in spinal imaging, and will assist both in film interpretation and in image acquisition. It will thus appeal to all physicians who make use of spinal imaging: radiologists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists and other spine care providers. Its logical structure and extensive, accurate index are specifically designed to ensure ease of use.

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (July 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 4431702466
ISBN-13: 978-4431702467.

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Neuropathology is the foundation for understanding developmental neuroscience, pediatric neurology, and neurosurgery, but until now a comprehensive volume covering all aspects of pediatric neuropathology was not available. This atlas is thus a unique, comprehensive reference providing the fundamentals of developmental brain disorders of the nervous system that can affect fetuses, infants and young children, as well as the essentials of diagnosis in developmental brain pathology and neuroimaging. With an emphasis on the characteristic morphology and a concise summary of clinical features, pathogenesis, and genetics, the generously illustrated atlas presents more than 100 disorders, including the common diseases of the peripheral nervous system as well as genetically determined metabolic and storage diseases. This compilation is a valuable resource for pathologists, pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons, geneticists, neonatologists, radiologists, and pediatricians.

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Paperback: 364 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (June 5, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0387292012
ISBN-13: 978-0387292014.

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Tumors of the Brain and Spine focuses primarily on the standard approaches to the treatment of benign, primary low-grade to high-grade, and metastatic tumors in the brain and spine used by surgeons and clinicians at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. It is written mainly for the primary care oncologist, general neurologist, and general neurosurgeon. Chapters on treatment focus on neurosurgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, both singly and in combination. Chapters on symptom management, the molecular genetics and neuropathology of intracranial tumors, the leptomeningeal dissemination of systemic cancer, the epidemiology of brain tumors, and innovative treatment strategies round out the volume.

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