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Central nervous system (CNS) diseases in children are significantly different from those in adults. They are related to age-specific processes (e.g. hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathies), pathologies (e.g. acute encephalomyelitis), maturation (e.g. age-related epileptic syndromes, age-specific tumours), developmental processes (e.g. brain malformations) and genetic disorders (e.g. metabolic diseases). Technically, at least in very young children, the conditions of investigation — mostly with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — are quite different also. This paper provides an overview of what is specific to children in the way of investigating CNS diseases.
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Raybaud, C. (2004). Central Nervous System Diseases in Children. In: von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2131-0_18
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