Neurology

Aiming to present the basic knowledge required for the practice of neurology, this book has become a major textbook and reference work for students and trainees the world over. Yet the comprehensiveness of the information will also appeal to specialists in neurology and neurosurgery who need a rapid reference on less familiar clinical problems.Key features of the 4th edition:- Up to date: thoroughly revised chapters on epilepsy, circulatory disturbances and hemorrhages, and the extrapyramidal syndromes, as well as on polyneuropathies and myopathies- Practice-oriented: stronger emphasis on clinical presentation, and expanded discussion of treatment in many chapters- Comprehensive and accessible: the salient aspects of current knowledge are presented clearly and thoroughly on 1000 pages with 438 illustrations and 210 tablesThis revised and expanded edition of Neurology is intended to maintain the book's place as one of the leading basic works on neurology.

Clinical Syndromes1. Clinical Syndromes in NeurologyClinical Neurology2. Diseases Mainly Affecting the Brain and its Coverings3. Diseases Mainly Affecting the Spinal Cord4. Autonomic and Trophic Disorders5. Demyelinating Diseases6. Injury to the Nervous System by Specific Physical Agents7. Epilepsy, Other Episodic Disorders of Neurologic Function, and Sleep Disorders8. Polyradiculitis and Polyneuropathy9. Diseases Affecting the Cranial Nerves10. Spinal Radicular Syndromes11. Lesions of Individual Peripheral Nerves12. Headache and Facial Pain13. Pain Syndromes of the Limbs and Trunk14. Myopathies15. ReferencesAppendixScales for the Assessment of Neurologic DiseasesGlossaryIndex