Dr. Larry Wayne Desch M.D.
Neurologist (Pediatric) | Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
4440 W 95th St Oak Lawn IL, 60453About
Dr. Larry Desch is a child neurologist practicing in Oak Lawn, IL. Dr. Desch specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the nervous system in children from birth to young adulthood. With combined understanding of childhood illness and the special needs of each individual child and their family, Dr. Desch is able to help each patient improve the status of their health. Conditions such as seizures, delayed speech, weakness or frequent headaches are treated by child neurologists.
Education and Training
University of Wales in Great Britain 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparing the personal medical bibliography system to OVID and PubMed for retrieving pediatric references.
- Longitudinal stability of visual evoked potentials in children and adolescents with hydrocephalus.
- Maltreatment of children with disabilities.
- Prescribing assistive-technology systems: focus on children with impaired communication.
- Comparison of a computer tutorial with other methods for teaching well-newborn care.
- Brain death in the newborn.
- Relationship of head circumference to measures of school performance.
- High technology for handicapped children: a pediatrician's viewpoint.
- MEDLINE off-line--a better way?
- Use of commercial 'authoring systems' for medical education.
- An autosomal recessive bone dysplasia syndrome resembling hypochondroplasia.
- Testing and stuffing cotton balls in your ears.
- Pediatric computer-assisted instruction.
- Use of incremental weight charts with follow-up of high-risk infants.
- White forelock could be early sign of tuberous sclerosis.
Treatments
- Learning Disabilities
- Birth Defects
- Down Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
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