The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes

World Health Organization data documents that infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world's children. In this volume, an authoritative, international panel of experts provide a succinct, up-to-date, evidence-based reference to the neurological consequences of infectious diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes in children in one readily accessible volume. Within each of its conveniently structured chapters, readers will find a general description of the disease or disorder, its epidemiology, etiology, clinical synopsis, neurological manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and therapy. This book fills an important void and finally provides a volume for pediatricians, neurologists, infectious disease specialists and all who care for children.