CHAPTER 87 CHANNELOPATHIES OF MUSCLE (INCLUDING THE MYOTONIC DYSTROPHIES) Fiona Norwood, Michael Rose Channelopathies are disorders resulting from alterations in function of the ion channels found in cell membranes throughout…
CHAPTER 12 MOTOR SPEECH AND SWALLOWING DISORDERS Richard A.L. Macdonell, Rhonda Holmes Motor speech relies on a complex interaction of the resonatory, respiratory, articulatory, and laryngeal neuromuscular systems.1 Coordination of…
CHAPTER 54 MANAGEMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS Padmaja Kandula, Cynthia Harden Known case reports of epilepsy date as far back as the 16th century, but the term status epilepticus was first…
CHAPTER 83 METABOLIC, IMMUNE-MEDIATED, AND TOXIC NEUROPATHIES Louis H. Weimer, Yaacov Anziska Acquired peripheral neuropathy is a highly prevalent and often overlooked condition. Most patients and many physicians are not…
CHAPTER 81 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE AND NERVE Austin Sumner, Amparo Gutierrez NERVE The fundamental property of nerve that distinguishes it from other cells in the body is its…
CHAPTER 116 NEUROLOGY OF COMMON ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS Martin A. Samuels, Julian L. Seifter HYPEROSMOLALITY AND HYPERTONICITY Normal serum, and therefore body fluid, osmolality is in the range of 275 to…
CHAPTER 6 THE NEGLECT SYNDROME Elsdon Storey There are few more dramatic sights in clinical neurology than a patient ignoring one half of his or her environment, including one half…
CHAPTER 37 RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME Wolfgang H. Oertel, Karin Stiasny-Kolster Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is the most common neurological sleep disorder. It was first described in 1672 and was rediscovered…
CHAPTER 16 SLEEP APNEA Adrian J. Williams The sleeping patient is still a patient. His disease may progress differently in sleep, or disease may originate in sleep. (Eugene Robin, 1958)…
