Neurology

Subtitle:: An Illustrated Colour Text
Author:: Geraint Fuller; Mark Manford
Format:: Softcover

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An textbook of neurology in the Illustrated Colour Text series, making use of all the usual features of the series - double page spreads, short paragraphs, summary boxes, attractive use of colour etc.

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This is a textbook of neurology in the "Illustrated Colour Text" series, making use of all the usual features of the series - double page spreads, short paragraphs, summary boxes, attractive use of colour etc.

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Publisher:: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN:: 9780443100710
Publication date:: December 2005
Length:: 296mm
Width:: 213mm
Thickness:: 10mm
Weight:: 503g
Edition:: 2nd Edition
Pages:: 135
Illustrations:: Illustrated
Readership:: Undergraduate

Basic principles. Organisation of the nervous system. Neurological thinking. Pathological processes in neurology. History and examination. History taking. Examination - introduction. Speech and higher function. The eyes and visual system. Fundoscopy. Cranial nerves 1, 3-6. Other cranial nerves. Limbs:motor. Limbs: reflexes and sensation. Gait. Coordination and abnormal movements. Neurological investigation. Neuroradiology. Neurophysiological investigations. Nerve conduction studies and electromyography. Neurogenetics. Cerebrospinal fluid and lumbar puncture. Neurological problems. Headache. Blackouts and"funny do's". Giddiness. Intracranial pressure. Coma and alteration of consciousness. Confusion and delirium. Dementia. Disturbances of vision. Weakness. Numbness and sensory disturbance. Walking difficulties and clumsiness. Neurological syndromes and diseases. Stroke. Transient ischaemic attacks and prevention of strokes. Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Epilepsy 1: Diagnosis. Epilepsy 11: Treatment and management. Head injury. Spinal cord syndromes. Radiculopathy. Multiple sclerosis 1. Multiple sclerosis 11. Parkinson's Disease and other akinetic rigid syndromes. Other movement disorders. CNS neoplasia 1: intracranial tumours. CNS neoplasia 11:special situations. Infections of the nervous system. Peripheral neuropathies 1: clinical approach and investigation. Peripheral neuropathies 11: clinical syndromes. Common peripheral nerve lesions. Disorders of the motor neurone. Disorders of the neuromuscular junction. Muscle disease. The autonomic nervous system. Functional disorders. Neurology and psychiatry. Rehabilitation. Clinical cases with questions. Answers to questions.