New Trends in Pediatric Neurology: Proceedings of the 6th Congress of the International Child Neurology Association, Buenos Aires, 8-12 November, 1992(v. 1033 International Congress S.)

The International Child Neurology Association (ICNA) may be regarded as increasingly representative of the works and interests of specialists in child neurology throughout the world. It began holding regular Congresses in 1975, and since then has offered many unique opportunities for face to face communication between colleagues from different continents. The 6th ICNA Congress was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 1992. More than 700 participants attended, and approximately 350 free papers were presented which have been included in the book of abstracts. The majority of papers from the Plenary Lectures, Symposia and Seminars are published in this volume.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Award Lectures. Peroxisomal dysfunction linked to neurologic disorders (B.T. Poll-The). Part 2 Plenary Lectures. The application of PET and SPECT imaging in paediatric neurology (H.T. Chugani). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in children with brain disease (D.G. Gadian et al). Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in B-galacto-sidosis and galactosialidosis (Y. Suzuki et al). Muscular dystrophy: Some clinical consequences of the new genetics (D. Gardner-Medwin). Trends in neuro-oncology (M.E. Cohen). Neurological manifestations of systemic diseases in children (A Steinberg, Y. Frank). Child neurology at the end of the century - A new world and its challenge (J. Aicardi). Part 3 Symposia. Neuronal migration disorders and epilepsy: Clinical aspects and management. Neuronal migration disorders and epilepsy: An overview (F. Andermann). Neuronal migration disorders and seizures in children: Neurobiology, epileptic syndromes, neuroimaging, and surgical treatment (A. Paimini et al). The congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome: A study of 31 patients (R. Kuzniecky, F. Andermann and the CBPS Multicenter Collaborative Study Group). Clinical, electrographic and pathological findings in the malformations of cerebral cortex (R. Guerrini et al.). Part 4 New syndromes. Clinical delineation and new aspects of Kabuki make-up (Niikawa-Kuroki) syndrome (Y. Kuroki). Clinical experience with the genetic myasthenias (D. Gardner-Medwin). Disorders of axonal development (G. Lyon). Part 5 Movement disorders. Benign movement disorders (Th. W. Deonna). Hereditary progressive dystonia with marked diurnal fluctuation (HPD) and Dopa Responsive Dystonia (DPD): Variation of symptoms and pathophysiology (M. Segawa, Y. Nomura, K. Uetake). Early infantile type Hallervorden-Spatz's disease (E. Fernindez-Alvarez). Part 6 HIV infections on nervous system in children. HIV-1 infections of the nervous system in children: Overview and comments (L.G. Epstein). Mechanisms of the encephalopathy induced by HIV-1 (M. Tardieu). Neurological manifestations and the results of treatment of paediatric HIV infection (M. Mintz). Central nervous system pathology in children with HIV-1 infection (L.R. Sharer). Part 7 Recurrent metabolic attacks. Recurrent comas (G. Lyon). Recurrent childhood myoglobinuria (I. Tein). Part 8 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders. Mechanisms of convulsive syncope (J.B.P. Stephenson). Sleep disorders in children. Sleepless children and milk intolerance in the private practice (A. Kahn et al). Abnormal sleep-wakefulness cycle in children (M. Segawa et al). Polysomnographic findings in myelomeningocele with Chiari 11 malformation and hydrocephalus (H. Encabo et al). Part 9 Mitochondrial diseases. Morphological approaches to the study of mitochondrial disorders (N.B. Romero, M. Fardeau). Mitochondrial diseases: Defects of mitochondrial DNA (C.T. Moraes, S. DiMauro, E.A. Schon). Perspectives in mitochondrial therapy (M. Calvani, G. Caruso). Part contents