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Neurology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donaghy, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Oxford core texts.
Subjects:
Nervous System Diseases > diagnosis.
Medical History Taking > methods.
Neurologic Examination > methods.
Table of Contents:
  • History taking
  • A basic neurological examination
  • Adding to the basic neurological examination
  • Neurology in children and the elderly
  • An introduction to muscle weakness
  • Patterns of sensory loss
  • Weakness I : brain lesions
  • Weakness II : spinal cord lesions
  • Weakness III : nerve root lesions
  • Weakness IV : focal peripheral nerve lesions
  • Weakness V : generalized peripheral neuropathy
  • Weakness VI : muscle disease
  • Weakness of facial, swallowing, and breathing muscles
  • Abnormal vision
  • Deafness
  • Dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance
  • Abnormalities of smell and taste
  • Autonomic abnormalities
  • Facial pain
  • Headache
  • Epilepsy and blackouts
  • Sleepiness and coma
  • Speech disorders
  • Neuropsychological syndromes and dementia
  • Gait disorders and falls
  • Movement disorders
  • Stroke
  • Neurological infection
  • Head injury
  • Neurogenetics
  • Congenital disorders
  • Psychologically determined symptoms