BookAllan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels, Joshua P. Klein, Sashank Prasad.
Summary: "Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology provides up to date treatment and management strategies needed to confidently handle both common and rare neurologic conditions. Presented in full color, this enduring resource meets the needs of today’s aspiring clinician or seasoned professional, and has been hailed as the most detailed, thorough, and authoritative text on the subject"-- Publisher's description.
Contents:
Part 1: The clinical method of neurology. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease
Diagnostic testing in neurologic disease
Part 2: Cardinal manifestations of neurologic disease. Section 1: Disorders of motility. Paralysis and weakness
Disorders of movement and posture
Ataxia and disorders of cerebellar function
Disorders of stance and gait
Section 2: Pain and disorders of somatic sensation. Pain
Disorders of non-painful somatic sensation
Headache and other craniofacial pains
Pain in the back, neck, and extremities
Section 3: Disorders of the special senses. Disorders of smell and taste
Disturbances of vision
Disorders of ocular movement and pupillary function
Deafness, dizziness, and disorders of equilibrium
Section 4: Epilepsy and disorders of consciousness. Epilepsy and other seizure disorders
Coma and related disorders of consciousness
Faintness and syncope
Sleep and its abnormalities
Section 5: Derangements of intellect, behavior, and language caused by diffuse and focal cerebral disease. Acute confusional states
Dementia, the amnesic syndrome, and the neurology of intelligence and memory
Neurologic disorders caused by lesions in specific parts of the cerebrum
Disorders of speech and language
Section 6: Disorders of energy, mood, and autonomic and endocrine functions. Fatigue, asthenia, anxiety, and depression
The limbic lobes and the neurology of emotion
Disorders of the autonomic nervous system, respiration, and swallowing
The hypothalamus and neuroendocrine disorders
Part 3: Growth and development of the nervous system and the neurology of aging. Normal development and deviations in development of the nervous system
The neurology of aging
Part 4: Major categories of neurologic disease. Disturbances of cerebrospinal fluid, including hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, and low-pressure syndromes
Intracranial neoplasms and paraneoplastic disorders
Bacterial, fungal, spirochetal, and parasitic infections of the nervous system
Viral infections of the nervous system and prion diseases
Stroke and cerebrovascular diseases
Craniocerebral trauma
Multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunologic disorders
Inherited metabolic diseases of the nervous system
Developmental diseases of the nervous system
Degenerative diseases of the nervous system
The acquired metabolic disorders of the nervous system
Diseases of the nervous system caused by nutritional deficiency
Disorders of the nervous system caused by alcohol, drugs, toxins, and chemical agents
Part 5: Diseases of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle. Diseases of the spinal cord
Diseases of the peripheral nerves
Diseases of the cranial nerves
Diseases of muscle
Disorders of the neuromuscular junction, myotonias, and disorders of persistent muscle fiber activity
Part 6: Psychiatric disorders. Anxiety, "functional" and personality disorders
Depression and bipolar disorder
Psychosis, schizophrenia, delusional, and paranoid states.