Merritt's Neurology Handbook

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Merritt's Neurology Handbook

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ISBN: 0683304968
Title: Merritt's Neurology Handbook
Author: Pietro Mazzoni Lewis P Rowland
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication Date: 2001-08-15
Number Of Pages: 544
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Designed for portability and quick reference on the wards and in other clinical settings, this handbook presents the essentials of Merritt's Neurology, Tenth Edition. The handbook follows the text chapter by chapter, presenting key information on signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, and neurologic disorders in an easy-to-scan numbered-list format. This pocket-sized reference is perfect for students, residents, and practitioners who need the clinical information from Merritt's in a format that i  ...read whole description
Designed for portability and quick reference on the wards and in other clinical settings, this handbook presents the essentials of Merritt's Neurology, Tenth Edition. The handbook follows the text chapter by chapter, presenting key information on signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, and neurologic disorders in an easy-to-scan numbered-list format. This pocket-sized reference is perfect for students, residents, and practitioners who need the clinical information from Merritt's in a format that is practical for on-the-spot consultation.
CONTENTS
Contributing Authors Preface Abbreviations
SECTION I. SYMPTOMS OF NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
Chapter 1. Delirium and Dementia
Scott A. Small and Richard Mayeux
Chapter 2. Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia
J. P. Mohr
Chapter 3. Syncope and Seizure
Timothy A. Pedley and Dewey K. Ziegler
Chapter 4. Coma
John C.M. Brust
Chapter 5. Diagnosis of Pain and Paresthesias
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 6. Dizziness and Hearing Loss
Jack J.Wazen
Chapter 7. Impaired Vision
Myles M. Behrens
Chapter 8. Headache
Neil H. Raskin
Chapter 9. Involuntary Movements
Stanley Fahn
Chapter 10. Syndromes Caused by Weak Muscles
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 11. Gait Disorders
Sid Gilman
Chapter 12. Signs and Symptoms in Neurologic Diagnosis
Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION II. HOW TO SELECT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
Chapter 13. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Robert DeLaPaz and Stephen Chan
Chapter 14. Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials
Ronald G.Emerson,Thaddeus S.Walczak, and Timothy A.Pedley
Chapter 15. Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies in Neuromuscular Disease
Dale J. Lange and Werner Trojaborg
Chapter 16. Neurovascular Imaging
J. P. Mohr and Robert DeLaPaz
Chapter 17. Lumbar Puncture and Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination
Robert A. Fishman
Chapter 18. Muscle and Nerve Biopsy
Arthur P. Hays
Chapter 19. Neuropsychologic Evaluation
Yaakov Stern
Chapter 20. DNA Diagnosis
Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION III. INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 21. Bacterial Infections
James R.Miller and Burk Jubelt
Chapter 22. Focal Infections
Gary L. Bernardini
Chapter 23. Viral Infections
Burk Jubelt and James R. Miller
Chapter 24. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Carolyn Barley Britton
Chapter 25. Fungal and Yeast Infections
Leon D.Prockop
Chapter 26. Neurosarcoidosis
John C.M. Brust
Chapter 27. Spirochete Infections: Neurosyphilis
Lewis P.Rowland and Leonidas Stefanis
Chapter 28. Spirochete Infections: Leptospirosis
James R. Miller
Chapter 29. Spirochete Infections: Lyme Disease
James R. Miller
Chapter 30. Parasitic Infections
Burk Jubelt and James R. Miller
Chapter 31. Bacterial Toxins
James R. Miller
Chapter 32. Reye Syndrome
Darryl C. De Vivo
Chapter 33. Prion Diseases
Burk Jubelt
Chapter 34. Whipple Disease
Elan D Louis
SECTION IV. VASCULAR DISEASES
Chapter 35. Pathogenesis, Classification, and Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease
Ralph L. Sacco
Chapter 36. Examination of the Patient with Cerebrovascular Disease
Randolph S.Marshall
Chapter 37. Transient Ischemic Attack
John C.M.Brust
Chapter 38. Cerebral Infarction
John C.M.Brust
Chapter 39. Cerebral and Cerebellar Hemorrhage
J. P. Mohr and Christian Stapf
Chapter 40. Genetics of Stroke
Alexander Halim and Ralph L. Sacco
Chapter 41. Other Cerebrovascular Syndromes
Frank M. Yatsu
Chapter 42. Differential Diagnosis of Stroke
Mitchell S.V. Elkind and J.P. Mohr
Chapter 43. Stroke in Children
Arnold P. Gold and Abba L. Cargan
Chapter 44. Treatment and Prevention of Stroke
Frank M. Yatsu
Chapter 45. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Stephan A. Mayer, Gary L. Bernardini, John C.M. Brust, and Robert A. Solomon
Chapter 46. Cerebral Veins and Sinuses
Robert A. Fishman
Chapter 47. Vascular Disease of the Spinal Cord
Leon A. Weisberg
SECTION V. DISORDERS OF CEREBROSPINAL AND BRAIN FLUIDS
Chapter 48. Hydrocephalus
Leon D. Prockop
Chapter 49. Brain Edema and Disorders of Intracranial Pressure
Robert A. Fishman
Chapter 50. Superficial Siderosis of the Central Nervous System
Robert A. Fishman
Chapter 51. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome
Leon D.Prockop and Stephan A.Mayer
SECTION VI. TUMORS
Chapter 52. General Considerations
Casilda M. Balmaceda
Chapter 53. Tumors of the Skull And Cranial Nerves
Jeffrey N.Bruce, Casilda M.Balmaceda, and Michael R.Fetell
Chapter 54. Tumors of the Meninges
Casilda M. Balmaceda , Michael B. Sisti, and Jeffrey N. Bruce
Chapter 55. Gliomas
Casilda M. Balmaceda and Robert L. Fine
Chapter 56. Lymphomas
Casilda M. Balmaceda
Chapter 57. Pineal Region Tumors
Jeffrey N. Bruce, Casilda M. Balmaceda, Bennett M. Stein, and Michael R. Fetell
Chapter 58. Tumors of the Pituitary Gland
Jeffrey N. Bruce, Michael R. Fetell, and Pamela U. Freda
Chapter 59. Congenital and Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors
James H. Garvin Jr. and Neil A. Feldstein
Chapter 60. Vascular Tumors and Malformations
Robert A. Solomon, John Pile-Spellman, and J. P. Mohr
Chapter 61. Metastatic Tumors
Casilda M. Balmaceda
Chapter 62. Spinal Tumors
Paul C. McCormick, Michael R. Fetell, and Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION VII. TRAUMA
Chapter 63. Head Injury
Stephan A. Mayer and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 64. Spinal Injury
Joseph T.Marotta
Chapter 65. Intervertebral Disks and Radiculopathy
Paul C. McCormick
Chapter 66. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Lewis P.Rowland and Paul C. McCormick
Chapter 67. Lumbar Spondylosis
Lewis P. Rowland and Paul C. McCormick
Chapter 68. Peripheral and Cranial Nerve Lesions
Dale J. Lange, Werner Trojaborg, and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 69. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 70. Neuropathic Pain and Posttraumatic Pain Syndromes
James H. Halsey
Chapter 71. Radiation Injury
Casilda M. Balmaceda and Steven R. Isaacson
Chapter 72. Electrical and Lightning Injury
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 73. Decompression Sickness
Leon D. Prockop
SECTION VIII. BIRTH INJURIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES
Chapter 74. Neonatal Neurology
M. Richard Koenigsberger and Ram Kairam
Chapter 75. Floppy Infant Syndrome
Thornton B.A. Mason, II and Darryl C. De Vivo
Chapter 76. Static Disorders of Brain Development
Isabelle Rapin
Chapter 77. Laurence-Moon-Biedl Syndrome
Melvin Greer
Chapter 78. Structural Malformations
Melvin Greer
Chapter 79. Marcus Gunn and Möbius Syndromes
Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION IX. GENETIC DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chapter 80. Chromosomal Diseases
Ching H. Wang
Chapter 81. Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism
John H. Menkes
Chapter 82. Disorders of Purine Metabolism
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 83. Lysosomal and Other Storage Diseases
William G. Johnson
Chapter 84. Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism
Salvatore DiMauro
Chapter 85. Glucose Transporter Protein Syndrome
Darryl C. De Vivo
Chapter 86. Hyperammonemia
Rosario R. Trifiletti and Douglas R. Nordli, Jr.
Chapter 87. Peroxisomal Diseases: Adrenoleukodystrophy, Zellweger Syndrome, and Refsum Disease
Mia MacCollin and Darryl C. De Vivo
Chapter 88. Organic Acidurias
Stefano Di Donato and Graziella Uziel
Chapter 89. Disorders of Metal Metabolism
John H. Menkes
Chapter 90. Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 91. Neurological Syndromes with Acanthocytes
Timothy A. Pedley and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 92. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 93. Cerebral Degenerations of Childhood
Eveline C. Traeger and Isabelle Rapin
Chapter 94. Diffuse Sclerosis
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 95. Differential Diagnosis
Eveline C. Traeger and Isabelle Rapin
SECTION X. DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
Chapter 96. Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies: Diseases of Mitochondrial DNA
Salvatore DiMauro, Eric A Schon, Michio Hirano, and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 97. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Myles M. Behrens and Michio Hirano
Chapter 98. Mitochondrial Diseases with Mutations of Nuclear DNA
Darryl C. De Vivo and Michio Hirano
SECTION XI. NEUROCUTANEOUS DISORDERS
Chapter 99. Neurofibromatosis
Arnold P. Gold
Chapter 100. Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis
Arnold P. Gold
Chapter 101. Incontinentia Pigmenti
Arnold P. Gold
Chapter 102. Tuberous Sclerosis
Arnold P. Gold
SECTION XII. PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIES
Chapter 103. General Considerations
Norman Latov
Chapter 104. Hereditary Neuropathies
Robert E. Lovelace and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 105. Acquired Neuropathies
Dale J. Lange, Norman Latov and Werner Trojaborg
SECTION XIII. DEMENTIAS
Chapter 106. Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias
Scott A. Small and Richard Mayeux
SECTION XIV. ATAXIAS
Chapter 107. Hereditary Ataxias
Susan B. Bressman, Timothy Lynch, and Roger N. Rosenberg
SECTION XV. MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Chapter 108. Huntington Disease
Stanley Fahn
Chapter 109. Sydenham and Other Forms of Chorea
Stanley Fahn
Chapter 110. Myoclonus
Stanley Fahn
Chapter 111. Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
Stanley Fahn
Chapter 112. Dystonia
Stanley Fahn and Susan B Bressman
Chapter 113. Essential Tremor
Elan D. Louis and Paul E. Greene
Chapter 114. Parkinsonism
Stanley Fahn and Serge Przedborski
Chapter 115. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Paul E. Greene
Chapter 116. Tardive Dyskinesia and Other Neuroleptic-Induced Syndromes
Stanley Fahn and Robert E. Burke
SECTION XVI. SPINAL CORD DISEASES
Chapter 117. Hereditary and Acquired Spastic Paraplegia
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 118. Hereditary and Acquired Motor Neuron Diseases
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 119. Syringomyelia
Elliott L. Mancall and Paul C. McCormick
SECTION XVII. DISORDERS OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
Chapter 120. Myasthenia Gravis
Audrey S. Penn and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 121. Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Audrey S. Penn
Chapter 122. Botulism and Antibiotic-Induced Neuromuscular Disorders
Audrey S. Penn
Chapter 123. Acute Quadriplegic Myopathy
Michio Hirano
SECTION XVIII. MYOPATHIES
Chapter 124. Identifying Disorders of the Motor Unit
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 125. Progressive Muscular Dystrophies
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 126. Familial Periodic Paralysis
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 127. Congenital Disorders of Muscle
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 128. Myoglobinuria
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 129. Muscle Cramps and Stiffness
Robert B. Layzer and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 130. Dermatomyositis
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 131. Polymyositis, Inclusion Body Myositis, and Related Myopathies
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 132. Myositis Ossificans
Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION XIX. DEMYELINATING DISEASES
Chapter 133. Multiple Sclerosis
James R. Miller
Chapter 134. Marchiafava-Bignami Disease
James R. Miller
Chapter 135. Central Pontine Myelinolysis
Gary L. Bernardini and Elliott L. Mancall
SECTION XX. AUTONOMIC DISORDERS
Chapter 136. Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension and Autonomic Failure
Louis H. Weimer
Chapter 137. Acute Autonomic Neuropathy
Louis H. Weimer
Chapter 138. Familial Dysautonomia
Alan M. Aron
SECTION XXI. PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS
Chapter 139. Migraine and Other Headaches
Neil H. Raskin
Chapter 140. Epilepsy
Timothy A. Pedley, Carl W. Bazil, and Martha J. Morrell
Chapter 141. Febrile Seizures
Douglas R. Nordli, Jr. and Timothy A. Pedley
Chapter 142. Neonatal Seizures
Douglas R. Nordli, Jr. and Timothy A. Pedley
Chapter 143. Transient Global Amnesia
John C.M. Brust
Chapter 144. Meniere Syndrome
Jack J. Wazen
Chapter 145. Sleep Disorders
June M. Fry
SECTION XXII. SYSTEMIC DISEASES AND GENERAL MEDICINE
Chapter 146. Endocrine Diseases
Gary M. Abrams and Earl A. Zimmerman
Chapter 147. Hematologic and Related Diseases
Kyriakos P. Papadopoulos and Casilda M. Balmaceda
Chapter 148. Hepatic Disease
Neil H. Raskin and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 149. Cerebral Complications of Cardiac Surgery
Eric J. Heyer and Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 150. Bone Disease
Roger N. Rosenberg
Chapter 151. Renal Disease
Neil H. Raskin
Chapter 152. Respiratory Care: Diagnosis and Management
Stephan A. Mayer and Matthew E. Fink
Chapter 153. Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 154. Nutritional Disorders: Vitamin B12 Deficiency, Malabsorption, and Malnutrition
Lewis P. Rowland and Bradford P. Worrall
Chapter 155. Vasculitis Syndromes
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 156. Neurologic Disease During Pregnancy
Alison M. Pack and Martha J. Morrell
SECTION XXIII. ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROLOGY
Chapter 157. Alcoholism
John C.M. Brust
Chapter 158. Drug Dependence
John C.M. Brust
Chapter 159. Iatrogenic Disease
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 160. Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy
Massimo Corbo and Casilda M. Balmaceda
Chapter 161. Occupational and Environmental Neurotoxicology
Lewis P. Rowland
Chapter 162. Abuse of Children
Claudia A. Chiriboga
Chapter 163. Falls in the Elderly
Lewis P. Rowland
SECTION XXIV. REHABILITATION
Chapter 164. Neurologic Rehabilitation
Laura Lennihan and Glenn M. Seliger
SECTION XXV. ETHICAL AND LEGAL GUIDELINES
Chapter 165. End-of-Life Issues in Neurology

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