Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease

Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Guide provides medical students information on basic neurology and common neurologic diseases needed during their neurologic rotation. Covers both pediatric and adult neurologic diseases and selected topics. Discusses key elements of the neurologic exam and is designed to coincide with the rotation. Softcover. DNLM: Nervous System Diseases.

Approach to the patient with a neurologic problem: Key steps in neurological diagnosis and treatment

1

(8)

Neurologic examination

9

(14)

Common neurologic tests

23

(16)

Disorders of muscle

39

(10)

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Muscular dystrophies)

40

(4)

Dermatomyositis (Inflammatory myopathy)

44

(1)

Primary hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (channelopathies)

45

(4)

Disorders of the neuromuscular junction

49

(8)

Myasthenia gravis

49

(4)

Botulism

53

(4)

Disorders of peripheral nerves

57

(10)

Diabetic distal symmetrical polyneuropathy

58

(3)

Carpal tunnel syndrome

61

(2)

Bell's palsy

63

(4)

Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies

67

(12)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

68

(5)

Transverse myelitis and myelopathy

73

(1)

Low back pain with radiculopathy

74

(5)

Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum

79

(8)

Lateral medullary infarction (Wallenberg syndrome)

81

(3)

Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA 1)

84

(3)

Disorders of the cerebrovascular system

87

(14)

Ischemic strokes (embolic and lacunar)

87

(6)

Transient ischemic attacks

93

(1)

Hemorrhagic strokes

94

(1)

Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage

94

(2)

Saccular aneurysms

96

(5)

Disorders of myelin

101

(8)

Myelin

101

(1)

Multiple sclerosis

102

(3)

Guillain-Barre syndrome

105

(4)

Disorders of higher cortical function

109

(14)

Prefrontal lobe

110

(1)

Limbic system

110

(1)

Parietal lobe

111

(2)

Aphasias

113

(2)

Intelligence

115

(1)

Neurologic changes of normal aging

115

(1)

Dementia

116

(1)

Alzheimer's disease

117

(3)

Mental retardation

120

(3)

Disorders of the extrapyramidal system

123

(10)

Essential tremor

124

(2)

Parkinson's disease

126

(4)

Huntington's disease

130

(3)

Central nervous system infections

133

(12)

Bacterial meningitis

134

(3)

Brain abscess

137

(2)

Herpes simplex virus encephalitis

139

(2)

Prion diseases

141

(4)

Brain tumors

145

(10)

Brain herniation syndromes

145

(1)

Cerebral edema

146

(1)

Glioblastoma multiforme --- malignant astrocytoma

147

(2)

Meningioma

149

(1)

Pituitary adenoma

150

(2)

Cerebral metastases

152

(3)

Seizures and status epilepticus

155

(10)

Primarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures and secondarily generalized partial seizures (Grand mal seizure)

156

(2)

Absence seizure (Petit mal seizure)

158

(1)

Infantile spasms (West's syndrome)

159

(1)

Complex partial seizure (Localization-related, temporal lobe, or psychomotor seizure)

160

(1)

Status epilepticus

161

(4)

Coma and cerebral death

165

(8)

Coma

165

(6)

Cerebral death

171

(2)

Disorders of the developing nervous system

173

(12)

Anencephaly

174

(2)

Chiari type I and II malformations

176

(2)

Phenylketonuria (Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency)

178

(1)

Tay-Sach's disease (Hexosaminidase A deficiency)

179

(2)

Down syndrome

181

(4)

Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma

185

(8)

Traumatic brain injury

185

(5)

Chronic subdural hematoma

190

(3)

Neurologic complications of alcoholism

193

(8)

Drunkenness and alcoholic coma

194

(1)

Alcoholic tremulousness and hallucinosis

194

(1)

Alcohol-withdrawal seizures

195

(1)

Delirium tremens

195

(1)

Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's psychosis syndrome

195

(1)

Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration

196

(2)

Alcoholic polyneuropathy

198

(1)

Fetal alcohol syndrome

198

(3)

Disorders of pain and headache

201

(8)

Pain

201

(1)

Headache pain

202

(1)

Tension-type headache

203

(1)

Migraine headache

204

(5)

Disorders of the vestibular system

209

(10)

Principles of vertigo management

212

(1)

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

212

(3)

Meniere's disease

215

(4)

Glossary of common neurologic terms

219

(8)

Index

227

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