Author | Brumback, Roger A. author |
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Title | Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience [electronic resource] / by Roger A. Brumback |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer US, 1993 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0456-2 |
Descript | XV, 220p. online resource |
1. Neurologic Exam and Neurodiagnostic Tests -- History taking -- Neurologic examination -- Lumbar puncture -- Computed tomographic (CT) scans -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Myelography -- Cerebral angiography -- Isotope cisternography -- Electroencephalograpghy -- Electromyography (EMG) -- Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) study -- Audiometry -- Evoked potentials -- Neurosonography -- Muscle biopsy -- 2. Stroke -- Terminology -- Lesion localization -- Clues in diagnosis -- Selected stroke syndromes -- Hypertensive hemorrhagic stroke -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Inflammatory diseases of cranial arteries -- Sickle-cell anemia -- Hypoxia -- Border zone infarction -- Aphasia and language disturbances -- 3. Epilepsy and Seizures -- Terminology -- Characteristics of seizures -- Epileptic phenomena -- Anticonvulsants -- Electroencephalogram -- Grand mal epilepsy -- Petit mal epilepsy -- Benign centrotemporal epilepsy -- Neonatal seizures -- West syndrome -- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome -- Benign febrile seizures -- Focal motor seizures -- Psychomotor or temporal lobe seizures -- Adult-onset seizures -- Status epilepticus -- 4. Headache and Craniofacial Pain -- Headache -- Head pain -- Migraine -- Cluster headache -- Tension headache -- Sinus headache -- Temporal artertis -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Post-lumbar puncture headache -- Postconcussion syndrome -- Pseudotumor cerebri -- Headache from meningeal irritation -- 5. Toxic, Metabolic, and Nutritional Diseases -- Alcohol poisoning -- Methanol poisoning -- Ethylene glycol poisoning -- Opiate abuse -- Psychostimulant toxicity -- Lead poisoning -- Arsenic poisoning -- Mercury poisoning -- Vitamin A excess -- Vitamin E deficiency -- Heat stroke -- Hepatic encephalopathy -- Uremia -- Carbon monoxide poisoning -- Hypoglycemic encephalopathy -- Kernicterus -- Acute intermittent porphyria -- 6. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Dementia -- Treatable dementia -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus -- Depressive pseudodementia -- Vascular dementia -- Multi-infarct dementia -- Lacunar state -- Binswangerโs disease -- Neurodegenerative dementia -- Alzheimerโs disease -- Pickโs disease -- Infectious dementia -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- AIDS dementia -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- Spinocerebellar degeneration -- 7. Coma and Impaired Consciousness -- Impaired consciousness -- Terms related to coma and altered consciousness -- Evaluation and treatment of coma or altered consciousness -- Herniation syndromes -- Brain death -- 8. Central Nervous System Trauma -- Head trauma -- Missile injuries -- Closed head injury -- Treatment of head injury -- Delayed complications of head injury -- Spinal cord injury -- 9. Peripheral Nervous System Disorders -- Normal peripheral nervous system -- Clinical terminology -- Clinical symptomatology -- Signs -- Electrodiagnostic tests -- Pathophysiology of nerve disease -- Common polyneuropathies -- Motor neuropathies -- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease -- Poliomyelitis -- Focal neuropathies, plexopathies, and radiculopathies -- Neuromuscular junction diseases -- Muscle diseases -- 10. Dizziness and Vertigo -- Terminology -- Functional testing of vestibuloacoustic nerve -- Vertiginous disorders -- Hyperventilation syndrome -- Syncope and fainting -- 11. Central Nervous System Neoplasms -- Pathophysiology of symptoms -- Diagnosis of brain tumor -- Glioma -- Medulloblastoma -- Retinoblatoma -- Pineal region tumors -- Pituitary adenoma -- Colloid cyst of third ventricle -- Meningioma -- Neurilemoma -- Hemangioblastoma of cerebellum -- Primary central nervous system lymphoma -- Metastatic tumors -- 12. Movement Disorders -- Diseases of the motor system -- Features of abnormal motor activity -- Parkinsonโs syndrome -- Huntingtonโs disease -- Wilsonโs disease -- Cerebellar ataxia -- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome -- 13. Central Nervous System Infections -- Central nervous system infections -- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination -- Bacterial meningitis -- Tuberculous infection -- Brain abscess -- Fungal infection -- Neurosyphilis -- Lyme disease -- Toxoplasmosis -- Cysticerosis -- Rickettsial infection -- Aseptic meningoencephalitis -- Herpes simplex encephalitis -- Poliomyelitis -- Rabies -- Herpes zoster (shingles) -- AIDS -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Subacute sclerosing parencephalitis -- Tetanus -- 14. Spinal Column Disease -- Anatomic considerations -- Spinal anomalies -- Visceral diseases -- Inflammatory spine disease -- Spinal infection -- Meningeal irritation -- Intervertebral disc protusion -- Spinal stenosis -- Spinal tumor -- Spinal cord infarction -- Syringomyelia -- Psychogenic pain -- 15. Sleep Disorders -- Sleep disorders -- Normal sleep physiology -- Biologic rhythms -- Parasomnias -- Insomnia -- Narcolepsy -- Sleep apnea -- Circadian rhythm sleep disorders -- 16. Multiple Sclerosis and Demyelination -- Multiple sclerosis -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis -- Acute transverse myelitis -- Central pontine myelinolysis -- 17. Developmental Disorders -- Developmental milestones and signs -- Cerebral palsy -- Congential intrauterine infections -- Mental retardation -- Neurogenetic disorders -- Hydrocephalus and spinal dysraphism -- Anencephaly -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Developmental specific learning disabilities -- Self-Assessment Examination #1 -- Self-Assessment Examination #2 -- Answers to Self-Assessment Examinations