Neurology

• Main Author: Donaghy, Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Oxford medical publications; Oxford core texts
• Subjects: Nervous System Diseases > diagnosis; Medical History Taking > methods; Neurologic Examination > methods
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Neurology: An Oxford Core Text introduces neurology to the medical student in a concise, innovative and memorable way. Praised by lecturers and students alike for breaking down the barriers which conventionally surround this difficult subject, this book is highly recommended reading for medical unde...

Table of Contents:

• History taking
• A basic neurological examination
• Adding to the basic neurological examination
• Neurology in children and the elderly
• An introduction to muscle weakness
• Patterns of sensory loss
• Weakness I: brain lesions
• Weakness II: spinal cord lesions
• Weakness III: nerve root lesions
• Weakness IV: focal peripheral nerve lesions
• Weakness V: generalized peripheral neuropathy
• Weakness VI: muscle disease
• Weakness of facial, swallowing, and breathing muscles
• Abnormal vision
• Deafness
• Dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance
• Abnormalities of smell and taste
• Autonomic abnormalities
• Facial pain
• Headache
• Epilepsy and blackouts
• Sleepiness and coma
• Speech disorders
• Neuropsychological syndromes and dementia
• Gait disorders and falls
• Movement disorders
• Stroke
• Neurological infection
• Head injury
• Neurogenetics
• Developmental disorders
• Psychologically determined symptoms.