Handbook of Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children

by Goldstein, Sam; Reynolds, Cecil R.

• ISBN13: 9781572304482
• ISBN10: 1572304480
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-02
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City. Comprehensive reference to the understanding and evaluation of neurodevelopmental and genetic disorders in children. For clinicians. Discusses basic princi- ples, affects on learning and behavior, and disorders with broad-spectrum effects such as Turner syndrome, Down syndrome, seizure disorders, and Prader-Willi syndrome. DNLM: Abnormalities.

Author Biography

Sam Goldstein, PhD, Neurology, Learning and Behavior Center, University of Utah

Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University

Table of Contents

Basic Principles and Applications

Neurodevelopmental and Genetic Disorders in Children: An Introduction, Goldstein and Reynolds

Neuropsychological Assessment in Genetically Linked Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Reynolds and Mayfield

Neurobehavioral Disorders and Medical Genetics: An Overview, Carey and McMahon

Neuroimaging and Genetic Disorders, Bigler, Nielsen, Wilde, Bartholomew, Brooks, and Bradford

Integrative Developmental Neuropsychology: A General Systems and Social-Ecological Approach to the Neuropsychology of Children with Neurogenetic Disorders, Whelan

Disorders Primarily Affecting Learning and Behavior

Learning Disabilities, Ingalls and Goldstein

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Goldstein

Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, Ronald. T. Brown and Ivers

Anxiety Disorders, Pliszka and Olvera

Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Klin and Volkmar

Disorders with Broader-Spectrum Effects

Turner Syndrome, Powell and Schulte

Fragile X Syndrome, Hagerman and Lampe

The Mucopolysaccharidoses, M. B. Brown

Noonan Syndrome, Teeter

Neurofibromatosis, Nilsson and Bradford

Sickle Cell Disease, Smith

Down Syndrome, Cody and Kamphaus

Klinefelter Syndrome, Cody and Hynd

Phenylketonuria, Waisbren

Rett Syndrome, Robert T. Brown and Hoadley

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Morales

Seizure Disorders, Bennett and Ho-Turner

Prader-Willi Syndrome, Dykens and Cassidy

Williams Syndrome, Morris and Mervis

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