A handy, practical, and management-oriented neurology sourcebook – delivering everything you need in one easy-to-carry volume

CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Neurology, 2e provides busy clinicians with practical, up-to-date strategies for assessing and managing the most frequently seen neurologic conditions in adults and children.

Features

• Consistent presentation includes Essentials of Diagnosis, Symptoms and Signs, Diagnostic Studies, Differential Diagonsis, Treatment, and Prognosis
• Coverage of disorders in both adults and children
• Practical information on common conditions such as headaches, movement disorders, and central nervous system infections
• Expert help with ischemicand hemorrhagic stroke, epilepsy, sleeping disorders, dizziness, hearing loss, dementia and memory loss, psychiatric problems, and more
• Thorough coverage of diagnostic tests
• More than 100 informative photos and illustrations
• Updated with the latest findings and developments

This second edition will be valuable to anyone who sees patients with neurologic complaints, whether in primary care or the neurology clinic.

Authors

Preface

I. NEUROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

1. Electroencephalography, Tina Shih

2. Electromyography, Nerve Conduction Studies, & Evoked Potentials, Dora Leung

3. Neuroradiology, John P. Loh

II: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS

4. Coma, John C.M. Brust

5. Aphasia, Apraxia, & Agnosia, John C.M. Brust

6. Hearing Loss & Dizziness, Jack J. Wazen, Soha N. Ghossaini, & Benjamin Wycherly

8. Headache & Facial Pain, Mark W. Green

9. Dementia & Memory Loss, Karen Marder (editor), Karen Bell, Jennifer L. Williamson, Sarah C. Janicki, Lawrence S. Honig, Nikolaos Scarmeas, James M. Noble, & Clinton B. Wright

10. Cerebrovascular Disease: Ischemic Stroke, Brian-Fred M. Fitzsimmons & Marc Lazzaro

11. Cerebrovascular Disease: Hemorrhagic Stroke, Richard A. Bernstein

12. Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Christopher E. Mandigo & Jeffrey N. Bruce

13. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes, Lakshmi Nayak, Alfredo D. Voloschin, & Andrew B. Lassman

14. Trauma, Katja E. Wartenberg & Stephan A. Mayer

15. Movement Disorders, Amanda Deligtisch, Blair Ford, Howard Geyer, & Susan B. Bressman

16. Ataxia & Cerebellar Disease, Claire Henchcliffe

17. Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelinating Diseases, Bruce A.C. Cree

18. Nontraumatic Disorders of the Spinal Cord, Olajide Williams & Michelle Stern

19. Peripheral Neuropathies, Clifton Gooch & Tanya Fatimi

20. Motor Neuron Diseases, Michio Hirano

21. Autonomic Disorders, Louis H. Weimer

22. Myasthenia Gravis & Other Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction, Shanna Kathlyn Patterson, Petra Kaufmann, & Marisa Schiller Sosinsky

23. Disease of Muscle, Olajide Williams

24. Mitochondrial Diseases, Michio Hirano

25. Neurologic Intensive Care, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez & Alan Z. Segal

26. Bacterial, Fungal, and Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System, Barbara S. Koppel & Todd Hayano

27. Viral Infections of the Nervous System, Jeffrey Sevigny, Jennifer Frontera, & James M. Noble

28. HIV Neurology, Ned Sacktor, Jeffrey Rumbaugh, Jeffrey Sevigny, & Lydia B. Estanislao

29. Prion Diseases, Lawrence S. Honig

30. Disorders of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics, John C.M. Brust

31. Sleep Disorders, Anne Helena Remmes

32. Systemic & Metabolic Disorders, Cheryl A. Jay

33. Alcoholism, John C.M. Brust

34. Drug Dependence, John C.M. Brust

35. Psychiatric Disorders, Eric R. Marcus

36. Neurologic Disorders of Childhood & Adolescence, Claudia A. Chiribaga & Marc C. Patterson

Index