Vertigo and Balance Disorders in Children

Kimitaka Kaga, M.D. Ph.D, National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Tokyo Medical Center.

• Introduction.- 1 History. 1.1 Flurent (France) 1.2 Ewald (Germany) 1.3 Magnus (Germany) 1.4 Andres-Thomas (France) 1.5 Tadashi Fukuda (Japan).- 2 Basic Science. 2.1 Embryology of semicircular canal and otolithic organs 2.2 Developmental physiology of vestibular organs 2.3 Pathophysiology of vestibular organs 2.4 Blood brain barrier & Blood inner ear barrier.- 3 Evaluation. 3.1 Rotation chair 3.2 Caloric test 3.3 VEMP.- 4 Development of balance and motor function. 4.1 Development of balance and motor function 4.2 Postural control 4.3 Abnormal development of righting reflex postural control and balance.- 5 Clinical medicine –Disease of Vestibular organs. 5.1 Vertigo in infants and children 5.2 Meningitis 5.3 Intoxication 5.4 Inner ear malformation 5.5 Cochlear implant and related problems.- 6 Pediatric Neurology. 6.1 Benign paroxysmal vertigo 6.2 Cerebral plasy 6.3 Deafness gene or vestibular failure gene 6.4 Low birth weight 6.5 Chromosome aberration 6.6 Others.

From the book reviews: "A concise treatise divided into 7 parts ... . For neurologists, ENT physicians, but also of interest to the pediatric practitioners." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 12 (1), September, 2014)