Main description:

The Oxford American Handbook of Neurology provides a thorough yet succinct guide to differential diagnosis and management of all categories of neurologic disease, plus coverage of neurologic history and examination, neuroanatomy, common clinical presentations, neuro-imaging, neurosurgery, neurogenetics, and drug therapy. Written for trainees in neurology and neurosurgery as well as for medical students, the Handbook is designed to be tucked into the pocket for easy, frequent access.

Contents:

Neurological history and examination ; Zachary London, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Neuroanatomy ; Zachary London, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Common clinical presentations ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Disorders of the peripheral nervous system ; Zachary London, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Stroke and other vascular disorders ; Darin B. Zahuranec, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Epilepsy ; Lawrence Hudson, MD, CM, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Migraine and other types of headache ; Lawrence Hudson, MD, CM, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Dementias ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Movement disorders and ataxia ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Sleep disorders ; Daniela N. Minecan, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Infectious and inflammatory conditions ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Neoplastic and paraneoplastic disorders ; Stephen S. Sullivan, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Neurotrauma ; Stephen S. Sullivan, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; Neurosurgery ; Stephen S. Sullivan, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology ; Diana Gomez-Hassan, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology ; 15. ; Clinical neurophysiology ; Daniela N. Minecan, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; 16. ; Appendix ; Darin B. Zahuranec, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology; ; Ann A. Little, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology ; a. ; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ; b. ; Barthel Index for Chronic Neurodisability ; c. ; Modified Rankin Scale ; d. ; Mini-Mental Status Examination ; e. ; Clinical Dementia Rating Scale ; f. ; Positive and Negative Symptom Scale ; g. ; Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale ; h. ; Modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale ; i. ; Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (for multiple sclerosis)