Neurology board review : questions and answers

272 Pages·2016·4.06 MB·English

by  McGregor

N EU ROLO GY BOA R D R E V I E W
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NEUROLOGY BOAR D
R EV IEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY
Amy McGregor, MD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AND PEDIATRICS
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
LE BONHEUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
MEMPHIS, TN
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Title: Neurology board review : questions and answers / by Amy McGregor.
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NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
This book was designed to prepare the reader for the board examination. I strongly recommend that you check
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) the ABPN website for the format of your test and review
board certification and recertification examinations. It the information provided by the testing site, including any
covers the topics listed on the content outline provided practice questions. This test is very different from the resi-
by the ABPN. I recommend that you personally review dent in- service training (RITE) examination. I also suggest
this document prior to your test. This book is not a clini- that you take advantage of the excellent resources provided
cal manual and is not intended to guide clinical decision by the American Academy of Neurology. Best of luck on
making or treatment; it is designed for test preparation. In your exam!
order to convey important information, I have used some
question formats that will not be on the actual ABPN AM
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, I need to acknowledge my husband, who supported me and Aparajitha Verma. Any mistakes contained in this book
during the writing of this book. are mine.
I am grateful to all those who proofread chapters: David I would also like to thank Craig Panner at Oxford
McGregor, Jim Wheless, Joshua Lennon, Masanori University Press for his patience and encouragement and
Igarashi, Stephen Fulton, Namrata Shah, Marc Malkoff, Emily Samulski for her assistance.
Lisa Armitige, Bola Adamolekun, Abigail Adamson, Sandy I have too many friends, family members, and colleagues
Arnold, Asim Choudhri, Anne Cross, Michael Jacewicz, to thank to list them all, but I greatly appreciate all of you!
Swati Karmarkar, Thomas O'Donnell, Brent Orr, Linda Thank you also to my residents, past and present, who
Buckleair, Jyotsna Ranga, Zsila Sadighi, Elizabeth Vannucci, helped inspire me to write this. This book is for you!
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