Following the organization of Adams and Victors’ Principles of Neurology comes this comprehensive textbook on the diagnosis and management of neurology disorders affecting neonates, infants, children and adolescents. The book begins with the approach to the patient then details the cardinal manifestations of paediatric neurologic disorders. Next, the major disease categories are presented, along with the most current management strategies. Other features include: organized the way in which a clinician thinks - approach the patient, review cardinal symptoms, then fit these symptoms into the appropriate syndrome or disorder; includes psychiatric disorders - manic depressive disease, childhood schizophrenia and suicide; detailed coverage of inherited abnormalities; and features an entire section on growth and development of the nervous system.