Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology

• Main Author: Brodsky, Michael C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Edition: Second.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Ophthalmology.; Text processing (Computer science).; Medicine & Public Health.; Document Preparation and Text Processing.

"Due to the generous representation of the afferent visual system within the brain, neurological disease may disrupt vision as a presenting symptom or as a secondary effect of the disease. Conversely, early developmental disturbances of vision often disrupt ocular motor control systems, giving...

Table of Contents:

• The Apparently Blind Infant
• Congenital Optic Disc Anomalies
• The Swollen Optic Disc in Childhood
• Optic Atrophy in Children
• Transient, Unexplained, and Psychogenic Visual Loss in Children
• Ocular Motor Nerve Palsies in Children
• Complex Ocular Motor Disorders in Children
• Nystagmus in Children
• Torticollis and Head Oscillations
• Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Neurodegenerative Disease in Childhood
• Neuro-Ophthalmologic Manifestations of Systemic and Intracranial Disease.