Neurology for the House Officer

by Weiner, Howard L.

• ISBN13: 9780683089028
• ISBN10: 0683089021
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-05-01
• Publisher: Williams & Wilkins

Author Biography

Alexander D. Rae-Grant is the President of the medical staff, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. Lawrence P. Levitt is Senior Consultant Emeritus in Neurology at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Howard L. Weiner is Robert L. Kroc Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. v
Foreword	p. vi
Foreword to the First Edition	p. viii
About the Authors	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Localization	p. 1
Right Hemiplegia	p. 3
Left Hemiplegia	p. 7
Aphasia	p. 9
Coma	p. 17
Vertigo-Dizziness	p. 24
Hyperreflexia	p. 31
Hyporeflexia/Peripheral Neuropathy	p. 35
Spinal Cord Compression	p. 43
Peripheral Nerve and Root Dysfunction	p. 49
Muscle Weakness	p. 64
Tremor and Movement Disorders	p. 70
Ataxia	p. 79
Sleep Disorders	p. 84
Stroke	p. 90
Selected Stroke Syndromes	p. 109
Transient Ischemic Attack	p. 117
Headache	p. 123
Dementia	p. 131
Seizures and Epilepsy	p. 144
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders	p. 158
Neurology of Diabetes	p. 167
Malignancy and the Nervous System	p. 173
Central Nervous System Infections	p. 184
Aids and the Nervous System	p. 193
Neurology of Uremia	p. 201
Neurology of Alcoholism	p. 207
Neurology of Other Systemic Diseases	p. 213
Treatment of Pain in Neurologic Disease	p. 224
Lumbar Puncture and Cerebrospinal Fluid	p. 227
Increased Intracranial Pressure	p. 237
Traumatic Brain Injury	p. 244
Neurodiagnostic Procedures	p. 248
Key Points in Neuroanatomy	p. 259
Differential Diagnoses in Neurology	p. 280
Index	p. 284
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