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Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology Lord Walter Russell Brain

Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology By Lord Walter Russell Brain

Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology by Lord Walter Russell Brain


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Since publication of the sixth edition, there have been extraordinary technical advances in neurology, most notably in the fields of molecular genetics and new imaging techniques. There are new sections on each of these topics. This volume also has a new chapter on the neurological complications of AIDS.

Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology Summary

Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology by Lord Walter Russell Brain

Since publication of the sixth edition, there have been extraordinary technical advances in neurology, most notably in the fields of molecular genetics and new imaging techniques. There are new sections on each of these topics. This volume also has a new chapter on the neurological complications of AIDS. Many new topics have been introduced and there have been major revisions to most chapters but particularly those on vascular disease, the dystonias, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, parkinsonism, neuromuscular diseases, multiple sclerosis and the neurological consequences of neoplasms. This highly successful text continues to provide clear and lucid explanations of how to diagnose and treat common neurological disorders - essential reading for every physician. New material is included on extradural haematomas, the Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome, inflammatory myopathies, Huntington's disease, the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, cerebral malaria, the anterior spinal artery syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies, sarcoidosis, the MTPT parkinsonism model, multiple system atrophy, lipoidoses and the Arnold-Chiari malformation.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Symptoms, signs, and investigations: The examination of the patient; The cranial nerves; Examination of the limbs and trunk; Language and higher cortical function; Consciousness and unconsciousness; Epilepsy; Headache and migraine; Ancillary investigations; Part II. Disorder of anatomical regions: Disorders of the cerebral circulation; Dementia and higher cerebral function; Injuries to the brain; Intracranial tumour; Intracranial abscess; Hydrocephalus; Some neurological disorders of childhood; Parkinsonism and movement disorders; Disorders of the limbic system and hypothalamus; Disorders of the spinal cord; Disorders of the nerve roots and peripheral nerves; Disorders of muscle; Part III. Infections: Meningitis; Poliomyelitis; Encephalomyelitis; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and retrovirus infections; Syphilis of the nervous system; Part IV. Diffuse and system disorders: Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases; Motor neuron disease; Genetically determined degeneration of the nervous system; Toxic and deficiency disorders; Neurological syndromes and associated malignant diseases; Part V. Psychological factors in neurology: Psychological factors in neurology; Segmental innervation of the muscles; Selected references of historical interest; Index.

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GOR002875962
9780192619136
0192619136
Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology by Lord Walter Russell Brain
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19920227
634
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