The neurological diagnostic consultation
1 The neurological diagnostic consultation Introduction The neurological examination is really no different to any other medical examination except that it appears more impressive for the novice. There is a…
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE: ANEURYSMAL, IDIOPATHIC, AND HYPERTENSIVE
CHAPTER 43 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE: ANEURYSMAL, IDIOPATHIC, AND HYPERTENSIVE Jon Sen, Rasheed Afinowi, Neil Kitchen, Antonio Belli Bleeding in the cranial space, or intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), often results in disastrous consequences…
PARASITIC AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS
CHAPTER 94 PARASITIC AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS Francois Lette, Zelalem Temesgen PARASITIC INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM In 1909 John D. Rockefeller declared, “Deprivation in the agriculturally rich Southern States…
CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL STATUS
CHAPTER 1 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL STATUS Dennis Velakoulis, Mark Walterfang Since the mid-1980s, the relationship between the clinical neurosciences of neurology, neuropsychology, and psychiatry has been the subject of…
ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 52 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Philippe Ryvlin, Sylvain Rheims, Pierre Thomas By virtue of their capacity to divert the functionality of neural networks into clinically overt discharges, epileptic seizures…
RETINAL DISEASE
CHAPTER 24 RETINAL DISEASE Eoin O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Graham The retina reflects many of the pathophysiological processes that occur in the central nervous system (CNS). Indeed the retinal appearances may be…
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
CHAPTER 85 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES Maggie C. Walter, Hanns Lochmüller Muscular dystrophies constitute a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of skeletal muscle-wasting diseases.1 The molecular causes of the muscular dystrophies remained…
TUMORS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES
CHAPTER 102 TUMORS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES Rolfe Birch, Marco Sinisi The peripheral nervous system is affected by neoplastic disease in the following ways: 1. In neuropathy secondary to malignant…
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
CHAPTER 65 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE John G.F. Boughey, Neill R. Graff-Radford DEFINITION Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative brain disease defined by both a clinical component and a pathological component: 1….
