Brain's diseases of the nervous system.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brain, W. Russell Brain (Walter Russell Brain), Baron, 1895-1966, Donaghy, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Edition:Twelfth edition /
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A short history of clinical neurology
  • The clinical approach
  • Investigations
  • Psychologically determined disorders
  • Toxic and environmental disorders
  • Principles of neurological rehabilitation
  • Clinical approach to developmental neurology
  • Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central nervous system
  • Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • Neurometabolic disorders
  • Neurocutaneous syndromes
  • Abnormal vision
  • Ocular motor disorders
  • Disorders of hearing
  • Vertigo and imbalance
  • Abnormalities of smell and taste
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Headache
  • Craniofacial pain
  • The lower cranial nerves and dysphagia
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Focal peripheal neuropathy
  • The motor neurone disorders
  • Muscle diseases
  • Head injury
  • Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and hydrocephalus
  • Tumors of the brain and skull
  • Spinal cord disorders
  • Cauda equina lesions, radiculopathies, and sphincter disorders
  • Seizures and related disorders in children
  • Seizures, epilepsy, and other episodic disorders in adults
  • Sleep disorders
  • Coma
  • Neuropsychological disorders, dementia, and behavioural neurology
  • Cerebrovascular diseases
  • Vasculities and collagen vascular diseases
  • Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
  • Paraneoplastic disorders and neuroimmunology
  • Tremors, ataxia, and cerebellar disorders
  • Movement disorders
  • Meningitis
  • Encephalitis and infectious encephalopathies
  • Intracranial space occupying infections and neurological HIV disease.