Table of Contents
List of contributors vii
Foreword: Norman Sartorius xi
Preface Jean O'Hara Jane McCarthy Nick Bourns xiii
Section 1 Health care and aetiology
1 Health care and intellectual disability Jean O'Hara 3
2 Congenital causes Jessica A. Hellings Merlin G. Butler John A. Grant 17
3 Disorders of environmental origin Alaa Al-Sheikh 33
Section 2 Systems Disorders
4 Infectious diseases Neil A. Douglas 47
5 Immune system diseases Jennifer Torr Lynette Lee 61
6 Cardiovascular disease Joav Merrick Mohammed Morad 73
7 Respiratory diseases Muhunthan Thillai 78
8 Digestive system diseases Robert W. Davis 88
9 Urological and male genital diseases Stefano Lassi 98
10 Obstetric and gynaecological disorders Maeve Eogan Mary Wingfield 108
11 Metabolic and endocrine diseases Joav Merrick Mohammed Morad 118
12 Neoplasms Simon Bonell 127
13 Otorhinolaryngological disorders Vishwa Radhakrishnan 137
14 Eye diseases and visual impairment J. Margaret Woodhouse 146
15 Dentition and oral health diseases Stefano Fedele Crispian Scully 156
Section 3 Disorders of the nervous system and neurodevelopment
16 Mental illness Stephen Ruedrich 165
17 Neurodevelopmental disorders Seth A. Mensah William I. Fraser 178
18 Diseases of the nervous system I: epilepsy, hydrocephaly and nervous system malformations Basil Cardoza Mike Kerr 190
19 Diseases of the nervous system II: neurodegenerative diseases including dementias Muthukumar Kannabiran Shoumitro Deb 203
20 Diseases of the nervous system III: cerebral palsy, movement disorders and pain perception Henry Kwok Wai-Him Cheung 214
Index 222