Romanian Journal of Pediatrics (Dec 2009)

DIAGNOSIS IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

  • Valeriu Popescu,
  • Andrei Zamfirescu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.37897/RJP.2009.4.4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 4
pp. 335 – 346

Abstract

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In this article, the authors present the important steps for the diagnosis of neurologic diseases in children. Simptoms and algorhitmic approach are discussed regarding for age and frequency of the neurological disturbances. The main features are reviewed in the following situations: neonatal neurologic distress and seizures, hypotonia, epileptic seizures and epileptic syndromes, cerebal palsy, abnormal gait, coma, mental retardation, abnormal behavior and communication, cranial nerve palsy, orthopedic abnormalities of neurologic etiology.

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