OTHER SECONDARY HEADACHE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 60 OTHER SECONDARY HEADACHE DISORDERS Todd J. Schwedt, David W. Dodick Although most patients who present to a physician with the chief complaint of headache have primary headache disorders,…
CLINICAL SPECTRUM
CHAPTER 50 CLINICAL SPECTRUM Michel Baulac The clinical spectrum of epilepsy is vast. In terms of symptomatology, the expression of epileptic seizures is very diverse and depends on the function…
DISORDERS OF MEMORY
CHAPTER 4 DISORDERS OF MEMORY Peter J. Nestor DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY Declarative and Nondeclarative Memory In general, when patients speak of memory complaints, they are referring to the recollection of…
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
CHAPTER 91 BACTERIAL MENINGITIS John E. Greenlee Meningitis has long been known as a clinical disorder. Unequivocal descriptions of meningitis date to the seventeenth century,1 and tuberculous meningitis and syphilitic…
INHERITED ATAXIAS
CHAPTER 68 INHERITED ATAXIAS Nathaniel Robb Whaley, Ryan J. Uitti The inherited ataxias are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative syndromes with a vast array of clinical signs and symptoms, both…
GENETIC CAUSES OF BLINDNESS
CHAPTER 22 GENETIC CAUSES OF BLINDNESS John B. Kerrison, Nancy J. Newman The study of genetic diseases offers an opportunity to understand the pathophysiology at the molecular level. Identification of…
PARKINSON PLUS DISORDERS
CHAPTER 72 PARKINSON PLUS DISORDERS Werner Poewe, Gregor K. Wenning The term parkinson plus disorders has been coined to embrace a heterogeneous group of movement disorders with prominent signs of…
VIRAL MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS
CHAPTER 92 VIRAL MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS Alan C. Jackson Acute viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are normally classified into two clinical syndromes, meningitis and encephalitis, which reflects…
NEUROLOGY OF CARDIOLOGY
CHAPTER 113 NEUROLOGY OF CARDIOLOGY Martin A. Samuels The neurology of cardiology may be divided into three categories: (1) the cardiac complications of neurological disease; (2) the neurological complications of…
NEUROLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERIUM
CHAPTER 112 NEUROLOGY OF PREGNANCY AND THE PUERPERIUM Steven Feske, Autumn Klein The hormonal changes of pregnancy mediate a multitude of physiological effects that promote successful gestation and birth and…
