Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease in Childhood

Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease in Childhood

Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 3

Edited by Vijeya Ganesan and Fennella Kirkham,Wiley,2010,ISBN: 978-1-898683-34-6

Keywords: Stroke and cerebrovascular disease management,Clinical research, Clinical presentation and diagnosis

The field of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children is one in which there has been much recent research activity, leading to new clinical perspectives. This book for the first time summarises the state of the art in this field. A team of eminent clinicians, neurologists and researchers provide an up-to-the-minute account of all aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular disease in children, ranging from a historical perspective to future directions, through epidemiology, the latest neuroimaging techniques, neurodevelopment,co-morbidities, diagnosis and treatment. The authors practical approach to the clinical problems makes this essential reading for practising clinicians. It will also be of interest to researchers in the field.

Contents include:

• Historical perspective.

• Epidemiology.

• Development of the cerebral circulation.

• Neuroimaging: clinical aspects.

• Recent advances in MR imaging.

• Arterial Ischaemic stroke: clinical presentation and differential diagnosis.

• Stroke in children with underlying illness.

• Risk Factors for Arteriopathy and Stroke.

• Cerebral venous thrombosis.

• Haemorrhagic stroke.

• Neonatal stroke.

• Metabolic stroke.

• Hemiplegic migraine.

• Alternating hemiplegia.

• Sturge-Weber syndrome.

• Vein of Galen malformation.

• Future directions.