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The Pediatric Neurology Unit at Meyer Children Hospital diagnoses and treats children with complicated neurological disorders including: epilepsy, neuro-muscular disorders, headaches and migraine, attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities, severe head injuries, hypoxic – ischemic encephalopathy, tumors of the brain and spinal cord and congenital and acquired neurological deformities of the spinal cord. Diagnosis and treatment is provided during admission to the pediatric wards and on an outpatient basis.
The pediatric neurology physicians include specialists in pediatric neurology and rehabilitation, neonatologists and child psychiatrists. The multi-disciplinary team consists of a coordinating nurse, psychologists, physical therapists as well as occupational and speech therapists, social workers and special education teachers. The pediatric neurology team belonging to a tertiary consulting medical center, and provides neurological consultations and treatment plans for children in peripheral hospitals in the northern part of Israel, affiliated with Meyer Children’s Hospital.
In addition, the unit staff is also involved in clinical and basic research and participation in teaching and guiding of medical students.
Laboratory Measures:
1. Radiology: CT and mainly MRI of the brain.
2. EEG (electroencephalography): surface, sleep-deprived, ambulatory EEG, video-EEG.
3. Functional assessment of the brain: SPECT, PET, Functional MRI
4. Muscle neurophysiology: EMG, Nerve conduction studies, repetitive stimulation, Muscle biopsy.
5. Neuropsychological testing for possible attention deficit disorder.
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