Adams and Victor's principles of neurology /

Adams and Victor's principles of neurology /

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Author / Creator:Ropper, Allan H., ed.
Edition:9th ed.
Imprint:New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill Medical, c2009, c2005, c2001, c1997, c1993, c1989, c1985, c1981, c1977.
Description:x, 1572 p. : ill., figs., tables.
Language:English
Series:McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine
McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine.
Subject:
Neurology.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Neuropsychiatry.
Nervous System Diseases.
Mental Disorders.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Neurology.
Neuropsychiatry.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9992721
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Other authors / contributors:Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008, ed.
Victor, Maurice, 1920-2001, ed.
Samuels, Martin A., ed.
ISBN:9780071499927 (print)
007149992X (print)
9780071702812 (ebook)
0071702814 (ebook)
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Adams and Victor's principles of neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Robert H. Brown. 8th ed. c2005.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Also issued in print and PDF version.
Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on May 08, 2014.
Summary:Revised and updated and enhanced by 700 illustrations. The definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology, Adams and Victor's provides the treatment and management strategies needed to confidently handle both common and rare neurologic conditions. Reviewers have favorably compared the book's consistent, single voice to consulting with an experienced senior colleague. The latest scientific research is included in just the right amount of detail to serve as a clinical reference or a starting point for additional learning.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Clinical Method Of Neurology
  • 1. Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease
  • 2. Special Techniques for Neurologic Diagnosis
  • Part 2. Cardinal Manifestations Of Neurologic Disease
  • Section 1. Disorders of Motility
  • 3. Motor Paralysis
  • 4. Abnormalities of Movement and Posture Caused by Disease of the Basal Ganglia
  • 5. Incoordination and Other Disorders of Cerebellar Function
  • 6. Tremor, Myoclonus, Focal Dystonias, and Tics
  • 7. Disorders of Stance and Gait
  • Section 2. Pain and Other Disorders of Somatic Sensation, Headache, and Backache
  • 8. Pain
  • 9. Other Somatic Sensation
  • 10. Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains
  • 11. Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities
  • Section 3. Disorders of the Special Senses
  • 12. Disorders of Smell and Taste
  • 13. Disturbances of Vision
  • 14. Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function
  • 15. Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium
  • Section 4. Epilepsy and Disorders of Consciousness
  • 16. Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
  • 17. Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
  • 18. Faintness and Syncope
  • 19. Sleep and Its Abnormalities
  • Section 5. Derangements of Intellect, Behavior, and Language Caused by Diffuse and Focal Cerebral Disease
  • 20. Delirium and Other Acute Confusional States
  • 21. Dementia and the Amnesic (Korsakoff) Syndrome with Comments on the Neurology of Intelligence and Memory
  • 22. Neurologic Disorders Caused by Lesions in Specific Parts of the Cerebrum
  • 23. Disorders of Speech and Language
  • Section 6. Disorders of Energy, Mood, and Autonomic and Endocrine Functions
  • 24. Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety, and Depressive Reactions
  • 25. The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion
  • 26. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Respiration, and Swallowing
  • 27. The Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Disorders
  • Part 3. Growth And Development Of The Nervous System And The Neurology Of Aging
  • 28. Normal Development and Deviations in Development of the Nervous System
  • 29. The Neurology of Aging
  • Part 4. major categories of neurologic disease
  • 30. Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Circulation, Including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes
  • 31. Intracranial Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders
  • 32. Infections of the Nervous System (Bacterial, Fungal, Spirochetal, Parasitic) and Sarcoidosis
  • 33. Viral Infections of the Nervous System, Chronic Meningitis, and Prion Diseases
  • 34. Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • 35. Craniocerebral Trauma
  • 36. Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Diseases
  • 37. Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System
  • 38. Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System
  • 39. Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
  • 40. The Acquired Metabolic Disorders of the Nervous System
  • 41. Diseases of the Nervous System Caused by Nutritional Deficiency
  • 42. Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • 43. Disorders of the Nervous System Caused by Drugs, Toxins, and Other Chemical Agents
  • Part 5. Diseases Of Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve, And Muscle
  • 44. Diseases of the Spinal Cord
  • 45. Electrophysiologic and Laboratory Aids in the Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disease
  • 46. Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves
  • 47. Diseases of the Cranial Nerves
  • 48. Principles of Clinical Myology: Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases of Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction
  • 49. The Infectious and Inflammatory Myopathies
  • 50. The Muscular Dystrophies
  • 51. The Metabolic and Toxic Myopathies
  • 52. The Congenital Neuromuscular Disorders
  • 53. Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
  • 54. Ion Channel Disorders: The Periodic Paralyses and Hereditary Nondystrophic Myotonias (Channelopathies)
  • 55. Disorders of Muscle Characterized by Cramp, Spasm, Pain, and Localized Masses
  • Part 6. Psychiatric Disorders
  • 56. The Anxiety Neuroses, Hysteria, and Personality Disorders
  • 57. Depression and Bipolar Disease
  • 58. The Schizophrenias and Paranoid States
  • Index

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