Blueprints neurology

• Other Authors: Drislane, Frank (Editor), Chang, Bernard S. (Editor), Acosta, Juan A. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, Mass. Blackwell Pub. 2006
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Nervous System Diseases > United States; Neurology
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Now in its Second Edition, Blueprints Neurology covers all the basics needed for a clinical rotation as well as for in-service and board exam preparation. This popular Blueprints book has been refined and updated while keeping the succinct, organized, and concise style and content of the first editi...

Table of Contents:

• The neurologic examination
• Neurologic investigations
• The approach to coma and altered consciousness
• Neuro-ophthalmology
• The approach to weakness
• The sensory system
• Dizziness, vertigo and syncope
• Ataxia and gait disorders
• Urinary and sexual dysfunction
• Headache and facial pain
• Aphasia and other disorders of higher cortical function
• Dementia
• Sleep disorders
• Vascular disease
• Seizures
• Movement disorders
• Head trauma
• Systemic and metabolic disorders
• Brain tumors
• Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
• Infections of the nervous system
• Disorders of the spinal cord
• The peripheral nervous system
• Disorders of the neuromuscular junction and skeletal muscle
• Pediatric neurology.