Neurology Secrets

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Item#: 9780323359481
Edition 06
Author Kass & Mizrahi
Cover Paperback
 


Part of the bestsellingSecrets Series , the updated sixth edition ofNeurology Secrets continues to provide an up-to-date, concise overview of the most important topics in neurology today. It serves as acomprehensive introduction for medical students, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, and is also ahandy reference and refresher for residents and practitioners. Lists, tables, and clear illustrations throughoutexpedite review , while the engagingSecrets Series format makes the text both enjoyable and readable.New lead editors, Drs. Kass and Mizrahi, join this publication from a leading neurology program to lend afresh perspective andexpert knowledge .



Table of Contents

CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE 1

CHAPTER 2 CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY 11

CHAPTER 3 APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH NEUROLOGIC DISEASE 42

CHAPTER 4 MYOPATHIES 49

CHAPTER 5 NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES 65

CHAPTER 6 PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES AND MOTOR NEURON DISEASES 76

CHAPTER 7 RADICULOPATHY AND DEGENERATIVE SPINE DISEASE 95

CHAPTER 8 MYELOPATHIES 103

CHAPTER 9 BRAIN STEM DISEASE 114

CHAPTER 10 CEREBELLAR DISEASE 128

CHAPTER 11 BASAL GANGLIA DISORDERS 137

CHAPTER 12 MOVEMENT DISORDERS 149

CHAPTER 13 AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 167

CHAPTER 14 DEMYELINATING AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES 184

CHAPTER 15 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 191

CHAPTER 16 NON-ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIAS 201

CHAPTER 17 NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY 206

CHAPTER 18 CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE 222

CHAPTER 19 NEUROCRITICAL CARE 234

CHAPTER 20 NEURO-ONCOLOGY 265

CHAPTER 21 HEADACHES 276

CHAPTER 22 SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY 301

CHAPTER 23 SLEEP DISORDERS 324

CHAPTER 24 NEUROLOGIC COMPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE 336

CHAPTER 25 INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 353

CHAPTER 26 NEUROGENETIC DISORDERS 369

CHAPTER 27 PAIN PROCESSING AND MODULATION 375

CHAPTER 28 PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY 389

CHAPTER 29 PSYCHIATRY IN NEUROLOGY 403

CHAPTER 30 NEURO-OTOLOGY 428

CHAPTER 31 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY 443

CHAPTER 32 ELECTROMYOGRAPHY 467

CHAPTER 33 NEUROPATHOLOGY 474