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Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System : Editors URL: http://gateway.ut.ovid.com/gw2/ovidweb.cgi? targetFrame=1&S;=IDNJHKOAGDPKAK00D&Book;+Content=S.sh.2.14.16.17%7c4%7c%7c%7c/CT{06b9ee1beed59419d6c7361de55fe44c5c44493950f868d0494658c1a25323ac947943b5e5fbcf7241129f3d52ceac12}/OVIDBOOK Front Matter Preface to the eleventh edition Preface to the first edition Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Clinical diagnosis 1.1 A short history of the approach to clinical diagnosis 1.2 The frequency of neurological diseases 1.3 Principles of clinical diagnosis 1.4 The reflexes 1.5 Diagnosing muscle weakness 1.6 Somatosensory abnormalities 1.7 Gait disorders 1.8 Autonomic disorders 1.9 Psychologically determined abnormalities References Chapter 2 - Investigation 2.1 Imaging of the nervous system 2.2 Imaging the cerebral circulation 2.3 The electroencephalogram 2.4 Evoked potentials 2.5 Nerve conduction studies and electromyography 2.6 Cerebrospinal fluid 2.7 Neuropsychology 2.8 Neurogenetics References Chapter 3 - Headache 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Tension headache and depression 3.3 Migraine 3.4 Cluster headache 3.5 Trauma 3.6 The headache of intracranial lesions and changes in intracranial pressure 3.7 Headaches of vascular origin 3.8 Diseases of the skull and extracranial structures 3.9 Miscellaneous causes of headache References Chapter 4 - Paediatric neurology 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The cerebral palsies 4.3 Headache, migraine, and hydrocephalus in childhood 4.4 Neuropsychiatric disorders 4.5 Neural tube defects 4.6 Cerebral malformations 4.7 Craniosynostosis 4.8 Other craniovertebral anomalies 4.10 The investigation of possible neurometabolic disorders of the nervous system in infancy and childhood References Chapter 5 - Toxic and environmental disorders 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Alcohol toxicity 5.3 Recreational drug abuse 5.4 Toxic gases and asphyxia 5.5 Therapeutic and diagnostic agent toxicity 5.6 Complications of organ transplantation 5.7 Metal toxicity 5.8 Pesticide poisoning 5.9 Environmental and physical insults 5.10 Plant and fungus poisoning 5.11 Animal poisons, bites, and stings References Chapter 6 - Disability, rehabilitation, and spinal injury 6.1 General principles 6.2 Patterns of disability 6.3 Spinal-cord injury 6.4 Specific topics References Chapter 7 - Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central nervous system: neuroimmunology 7.1 Development of the nervous system 7.2 Growth factors for neurons and glia 7.3 Neuronal development, degeneration, and regeneration 7.4 Macroglial lineages in the rodent and human nervous system 7.5 Axon–glial interactions and myelination 7.6 Neuroimmunology References Chapter 8 - Neuro-ophthalmology 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Assessment of visual sensory function 8.3 Retinal disorders 8.4 Abnormalities of the optic disc 8.5 Optic nerve lesions 8.6 Optic chiasm disorders 8.7 Disorders of the optic tract, optic radiation, and occipital lobe 8.8 Disorders of higher visual processing 8.9 Disorders of the pupil 8.10 Disorders of eye movements 8.11 Central disorders of eye movement 8.12 Orbital disease References Chapter 9 - Deafness, vertigo, and imbalance 9.1 Anatomy and physiology of hearing 9.2 Pathophysiology of hearing 9.3 Disorders of hearing 9.4 Anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system 9.5 Tests of vestibular function 9.6 The nature of vertigo 9.7 Peripheral vestibular disorders 9.8 Central vestibular vertigo References Chapter 10 - Abnormalities of smell and taste 10.1 Olfaction 10.2 Gustation References Chapter 11 - Lower cranial nerves and dysphagia 11.1 The fifth (trigeminal) nerve 11.2 The seventh (facial) nerve 11.3 The ninth (glossopharyngeal) nerve 11.4 The tenth (vagus) nerve 11.5 The eleventh (accessory) nerve 11.6 The twelfth (hypoglossal) nerve 11.7 Dysphagia References Chapter 12 - Polyneuropathy 12.1 Diagnosis of polyneuropathy 12.2 Nerve biopsy 12.3 Treatment of polyneuropathy 12.4 Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy 12.5 Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies 12.6 Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies 12.7 Other inherited polyneuropathies 12.8 Inherited metabolic disorders causing polyneuropathy 12.9 Amyloid neuropathy 12.10 Acute idiopathic polyneuropathies and the Guillain–Barré syndrome 12.11 Chronic idiopathic polyneuropathies 12.12 Neuropathies associated with lymphoproliferative disorders 12.13 Carcinomatous neuropathy 12.14 Neuropathy due to infections 12.15 Vasculopathic neuropathy 12.16 Sensory perineuritis and migrant sensory neuritis 12.17 Neuropathy due to systemic medical disorders 12.18 Drug-induced polyneuropathy 12.19 Metal-poisoning polyneuropathy 12.20 Polyneuropathy due to industrial and agricultural chemicals 12.21 Vitamin deficiency polyneuropathy References Chapter 13 - Focal peripheral neuropathy 13.1 Clinical diagnosis of focal neuropathy 13.2 Traumatic, compressive, and ischaemic mononeuropathy 13.3 Surgical treatment 13.4 Causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy 13.5 Peripheral nerve tumours and irradiation neuropathy 13.6 Brachial plexus lesions 13.7 Lumbosacral plexus lesions 13.8 Sacrococcygeal plexus lesions 13.9 Phrenic and intercostal nerve lesions 13.10 Upper-limb mononeuropathy 13.11 Lower-limb mononeuropathy References Chapter 14 - The motor neuron diseases 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 14.3 Inherited spinal muscular atrophies 14.4 Hereditary bulbar palsy 14.5 Poliomyelitis 14.6 Monomelic, focal, and segmental spinal muscular atrophies 14.7 Post-irradiation lumbosacral radiculopathy 14.8 Pure upper motor neuron disorders 14.9 Neuromyotonia References Chapter 15 - Muscle diseases 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Muscular dystrophies 15.3 Myotonic dystrophy 15.4 Congenital myopathies 15.5 Non-dystrophic myotonias and periodic paralysis 15.6 Primary metabolic myopathies 15.7 Inflammatory myopathies 15.8 Endocrine myopathies 15.9 Toxic, nutritional, and drug-induced myopathies 15.10 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction 15.11 Miscellaneous muscle disorders References Chapter 16 - Head injury 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Epidemiology of head injury 16.3 Pathophysiology 16.4 Symptoms and signs 16.5 Investigations 16.6 Management and treatment of head injury 16.7 Prediction of outcome 16.8 Late complications of head injury 16.9 Rehabilitation References Chapter 17 - Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and hydrocephalus 17.1 Raised intracranial pressure 17.2 Cerebral oedema 17.3 Hydrocephalus References Chapter 18 - Tumours of the brain and skull 18.1 Introduction and terminology 18.2 Epidemiology of brain tumours 18.3 Biological basis 18.4 Clinical features and imaging diagnosis 18.5 Importance of histological confirmation 18.6 Head, neck, and skull tumours 18.7 Intracranial extracerebral tumours 18.8 Primary intracerebral tumours 18.9 Metastatic intracerebral tumours

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This is the latest edition of our comprehensive textbook of neurology. Edited by Michael Donaghy, succeeding Lord Walton, Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System 11th edition has been extensively redesigned, rewritten and reorganized to take account of the latest advances in neurological practice. Af
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