DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES
CHAPTER 70 DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES Bradley F. Boeve HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Okazaki and colleagues first described Lewy bodies in the cerebral cortex in patients with dementia in 1961.1 Few reports…
CHAPTER 70 DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES Bradley F. Boeve HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Okazaki and colleagues first described Lewy bodies in the cerebral cortex in patients with dementia in 1961.1 Few reports…
CHAPTER 77 INVESTIGATIONS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Robert Brenner Investigations in the setting of multiple sclerosis have three main roles: to help support or refute the diagnosis, to provide insights into…
CHAPTER 42 ISCHEMIC STROKE: MECHANISMS, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT Bernardo Liberato, John W. Krakauer Stroke is a major public health problem. An estimated 500,000 new and 200,000 recurrent strokes occur in…
CHAPTER 27 VESTIBULAR SYSTEM DISORDERS Linda M. Luxon, Doris-Eva Bamiou Humans have developed a sophisticated and complex mechanism for maintaining balance that relies on the integration and modulation of sensory…
CHAPTER 100 NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER TREATMENTS William Whiteley, Robin Grant People with cancer frequently develop neurological symptoms. One of the dilemmas facing doctors is whether these symptoms are directly…
CHAPTER 89 INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES Mohammad Salajegheh, Marinos C. Dalakas The inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of acquired diseases of skeletal muscle. They have in common the presence of varying…
CHAPTER 109 VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Laurence J. Kinsella A vitamin is a substance that serves as a cofactor for a biochemical reaction and…
CHAPTER 71 PARKINSON’S DISEASE Anthony H.V. Schapira Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with initial clinical features that are predominantly the result of loss of dopaminergic neurons in the…
CHAPTER 104 SPINAL TRAUMA Thomas Kossmann, Ilan Freedman, Cristina Morganti-Kossmann Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event for patients and their families, with many severe medical, social, and economic…
CHAPTER 96 NEUROSARCOIDOSIS AND NEURO-BEHÇET’S DISEASE Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar NEUROSARCOIDOSIS Neurosarcoidosis is a localized manifestation of sarcoidosis involving the central nervous system (CNS) or peripheral nervous system (PNS). Sarcoidosis, a…