Principles of Neurology : Companion Handbook

by Adams, Raymond D.; Victor, Maurice; Ropper, Allan H.

• ISBN13: 9780070005143
• ISBN10: 0070005141
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Summarizes the clinical portions of its market-leading parent text and features increased emphasis on neurologic therapy. Tables, charts, and algorithms assist clinical decision making and text is kept short and highly focused for quick access. New material includes expanded acute care coverage, more on behavioral and psychiatric disorders, seizures, stroke and more. Provides eminently reliable guidelines on diagnosis and management of all neurologic conditions and chapter references to its parent text for expanded study.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH NEUROLOGIC DISEASE	1	(20)
1 Case Study in Neurology	3	(7)
2 Special Techniques for Neurologic Diagnosis	10	(11)
PART II CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE	21	(222)
Section I DISORDERS OF MOTILITY	23	(39)
3 Motor Paralysis	23	(9)
4 Abnormalities of Movement and Posture due to Disease of the Basal Ganglia	32	(9)
5 The Cerebellum	41	(5)
6 Tremor, Myoclonus, Focal Dystonias, and Tics	46	(10)
7 Disorders of Stance and Gait	56	(6)
Section II PAIN AND OTHER DISORDERS OF SOMATIC SENSATION, HEADACHE, AND BACKACHE	62	(48)
8 Pain	62	(13)
9 General Somatic Sensation	75	(13)
10 Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains	88	(12)
11 Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities	100	(10)
Section III DISORDERS OF THE SPECIAL SENSES	110	(34)
12 Disorders of Smell and Taste	110	(4)
13 Common Disturbances of Vision	114	(8)
14 Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function	122	(13)
15 Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium	135	(9)
Section IV EPILEPSY AND DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS	144	(32)
16 Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders	144	(10)
17 Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness	154	(11)
18 Faintness and Syncope	165	(5)
19 Sleep and Its Abnormalities	170	(6)
Section V DERANGEMENTS OF INTELLECT, BEHAVIOR, AND LANGUAGE DUE TO DIFFUSE AND FOCAL CEREBRAL DISEASE	176	(36)
20 Delirium and Other Confusional States	176	(5)
21 Dementia and the Amnesic (Korsakoff) Syndrome	181	(11)
22 Neurologic Syndromes Caused by Lesions in Particular Parts of the Cerebrum	192	(12)
23 Disorders of Speech and Language	204	(8)
Section VI ANXIETY AND DISORDERS OF ENERGY, MOOD, AND DRIVE (CONATION)	212	(31)
24 Lassitude and Fatigue, Nervousness, Irritability, Anxiety, and Depression	212	(4)
25 The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion	216	(6)
26 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System and Respiration	222	(13)
27 Hypothalamic and Neuroendocrine Disorders	235	(8)
PART III GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE NEUROLOGY OF AGING	243	(16)
28 Development of the Nervous System and the Neurology of Aging	245	(14)
PART IV THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE	259	(156)
29 Disturbances of CSF Circulation and Intracranial Pressure	261	(7)
30 Intracranial Neoplasms	268	(9)
31 Nonviral Infections of the Nervous System (Bacterial, Spirochetal, Fungal, Parasitic) and Sarcoidosis	277	(13)
32 Viral Infections of the Nervous System	290	(12)
33 Cerebrovascular Diseases	302	(25)
34 Craniocerebral Trauma	327	(5)
35 Multiple Sclerosis and Related Demyelinative Diseases	332	(7)
36 Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System	339	(11)
37 Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System	350	(11)
38 Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System	361	(9)
39 Acquired Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System	370	(9)
40 Diseases of the Nervous System due to Nutritional Deficiency	379	(6)
41 Alcohol and Alcoholism	385	(8)
42 Disorders of the Nervous System due to Drugs and Other Chemical Agents	393	(12)
43 Diseases of the Spinal Cord	405	(10)
PART V DISEASES OF PERIPHERAL NERVE AND MUSCLE	415	(78)
44 Physiology of Muscle Contraction and Laboratory Aids in Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disease	417	(5)
45 Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves	422	(18)
46 Diseases of the Cranial Nerves	440	(9)
47 Principles of Clinical Myology: Diagnosis and Classification of Muscle Diseases	449	(6)
48 The Inflammatory Myopathies	455	(5)
49 The Muscular Dystrophies	460	(7)
50 The Metabolic and Toxic Myopathies	467	(8)
51 The Congenital Neuromuscular Disorders	475	(4)
52 Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders	479	(4)
53 The Hereditary Myotonias and Periodic Paralyses (Channelopathies)	483	(6)
54 Disorders of Muscle Characterized by Cramps, Spasm, and Localized Masses	489	(4)
PART VI PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS	493	(22)
55 The Neuroses and Personality Disorders	495	(8)
56 Grief, Reactive Depression, Endogenous Depression, and Manic-Depressive Disease	503	(6)
57 The Schizophrenias and Paranoid States	509	(6)
Index	515