Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric neurology is a specialized branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis and management of neurological disorders in neonates, infant, children and adolescents. Those disorders vary greatly and also encompass broad range of congenital abnormalities affecting the brain and spinal cord. Pediatric neurology services often collaborate with pediatric neurosurgeons in pre-op and post-op medical management of surgically treated brain and spine conditions.
Examples of neurological disorders managed by pediatric neurology include:
- Childhood epilepsy
- Progressive neuromuscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy
- Brain tumors
- Congenital birth defects affecting the brain and spinal cord such as spina bifida
- Hydrocephalus
- Movement disorders
- Childhood stroke
- Headaches
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Behavioral disorders such as ADHD