The field of pediatric neuroscience — and child neurology in particular — continues to expand dramatically with new discoveries and challenges.
Technological advancements make it possible to produce detailed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus in the womb, making MRI an increasingly important clinical tool for diagnosing fetal abnormalities and understanding normal fetal development.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and the Department of Neurological Surgery have established a Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Institute, deepening a commitment to increase the understanding of brain tumors in young patients.
To provide better stroke care for children, UCSF physicians are establishing a clinical pediatric stroke program, one of the few in the nation.
Video and EEG monitoring of epilepsy patients at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is typically performed over a three- to five-day period with the involvement of pediatric specialist physicians, pediatric nurses and family life specialists.
Since UCSF physicians first described the syndrome characterized by large facial hemangiomas, the presence of these hemangiomas has become a prompt for further investigation. Doctors now are working to better define the risk of further malformations when hemangiomas are present.
Increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to view fetal and neonatal brains — along with molecular genetic techniques — is creating a new understanding of congenital brain malformations and normal brain development.
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