Title Concise neurology / Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati, Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, José Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois

Published Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011] ©2011

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Description xxi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Basics of Metabolism and Pediatric Neurology -- Spectrum of Vitamin B12-Requiring Disorders -- Carbohydrate Metabolism: Inherited Muscle Glycogenosis -- Mitochondrial Metabolism -- Lipid Metabolism -- Purine Metabolism Disorders -- Peroxisomal Disorders -- Lysosomal Disorders: Sphingolipidoses -- Lysosomal Disorders: Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Porphyrias -- Dopamine and Catecholamine Metabolic Disorders -- Norepinephrine System -- Serotonin System -- Electrolyte Derangements -- Voltage-Gated Channels (Ionic Interaction) -- Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid -- Glutamate Receptors -- Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Floppy Infant Syndrome -- Microcephaly -- Macrocephaly -- Glutaric Aciduria Type I -- Biotinidase Deficiency -- Mitochondrial Diseases -- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Syndromes -- Maternally Inherited Leigh Syndrome and Related Disorders -- Primary White Matter Disorders -- Contents note continued: Primary Gray Matter Disorders -- Symmetrical Bilateral Signal Abnormalities within the Basal Ganglia -- Angelman Syndrome -- Neurocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses) -- 2.Stroke, Migraine, and Epilepsy -- Stroke -- Emergency Treatment of Ischemic Stroke -- Antiplatelet Drugs -- Carotid Endarterectomy -- Transient Ischemic Attack -- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- Intracerebral Hemorrhage -- Increased Intracranial Pressure -- Patent foramen Ovale -- Neurovascular Syndromes -- Thalamic Syndromes -- Cadasil -- Important Stroke Mimickers -- Thrombotic Microangiopathies -- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation -- Epilepsy -- Generalized Frontally Dominant Slow (3.5 Hz) Spike and Wave -- Centrotemporal Spikes and Waves -- Febrile Seizures -- Antiepileptic Agents -- Mechanisms of Action of AEDs -- Surgery for Epilepsy -- Status Epilepticus -- Epilepsy in Women -- Neonatal and Pediatric EEG -- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials -- Visual Evoked Potentials -- Contents note continued: Somatosensory Evoked Potentials -- Myoclonic Encephalopathies -- Atypical Progressive Myoclonic Encephalopathy -- Myoclonus and Renal Failure -- Epileptic Encephalopathies with Myoclonus -- Sleep Disorders -- Coma -- Persistent Vegetative State -- Brain Death -- Migraine and Other Headaches -- Selected Secondary Headaches -- 3.Infectious Diseases -- Cerebrospinal Fluid -- Viral Encephalitis -- Imaging of Viral Encephalitis -- Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome -- Postencephalitic Parkinsonism -- HIV/AIDS-Related Infectious Disorders -- Neuroimaging of Abscesses -- Neurosyphilis -- Lyme Disease (Neuroborreliosis) -- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy -- Parasitic Diseases of the Nervous System -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Whipple Disease -- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis -- Prion Diseases -- Pathology of Infectious Diseases -- Pathology of Fungal Infections -- Pathology of Prion Diseases -- 4.Neurotoxicology -- Manganese Toxicity -- Botulism -- Contents note continued: Nonbotulism Causes of Toxic Weakness -- Envenomations -- Lead Poisoning -- Mercury Intoxication -- Toxic Gases -- Toxic Solvents and Other Chemicals -- Marine Biotoxins -- Substance Abuse Disorders -- Alcohol and Sedatives Abuse and Withdrawal -- Alcoholism -- Psychostimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamine -- Marijuana, Hallucinogens, and PCP -- Opioids Intoxication and Withdrawal -- Toxic Leukoencephalopathies -- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome -- 5.Movement Disorders -- Cerebellar ataxias -- Inherited Ataxias with Identifiable Biochemical Errors -- Hereditary Ataxias: Autosomal Dominant Inheritance -- Episodic Ataxias -- Hereditary Ataxias: Autosomal Recessive Inheritance -- Hereditary Ataxias: X-Linked Inheritance -- Congenital Ataxic Disorders -- Acquired Ataxias: Selected Disorders -- Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation -- Acanthocytosis-Related Neurologic Disorders -- Dystonia -- Parkinson Disease -- Contents note continued: Imaging in Parkinson's Disease and Other Parkinsonisms -- Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias -- Tremor in Conditions Other Than PD -- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy -- Multiple System Atrophy -- Autonomic Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Corticobasal Degeneration -- Machado-Joseph Disease -- Other Parkinsonian Disorders -- Pathology of Tauopathies -- Pathology of Synucleinopathies -- Chorea -- Huntington Disease -- Sydenham Disease -- Restless Leg Syndrome (Ekbom Syndrome) -- Paroxysmal Dyskinesias -- Selected Facial Disorders -- Myoclonus -- Wilson Disease -- Tourette Syndrome -- 6.Behavioral Neurology -- Behavioral Neuroanatomy -- Amnesia -- Memory Primer -- Agnosias -- Apraxias -- Aphasias -- Acquired Dyslexia and Peripheral Dyslexia -- Neglect -- Delirium or Acute Confusional State -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Mild Cognitive Impairment -- Vascular Dementia -- Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) -- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration -- Contents note continued: Focal Atrophy Syndromes in Dementias -- Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB): Office Assessment of Frontal Function -- 7.Neuro-ophthalmology and Neuro-otology -- Transient Monocular Visual Loss -- Permanent Monocular Visual Loss -- Binocular Visual Loss -- Cerebral Visual Loss -- Anisocoria -- Diplopia -- Disorders of Saccades -- Nystagmus -- Selected Cerebellar, Pontine, and Midbrain Oculomotor Syndromes -- Giant-Cell Arteritis -- Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome -- Dizziness: Vertigo and Lightheadedness -- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo -- Meniere's Disease -- Cerebellar Ataxia with Bilateral Vestibulopathy -- 8.Demyelinating Diseases, Neuro-oncology and Disorders of Neural Tube Closure and Other Congenital Malformations -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome -- Autoimmune Channelopathies -- Autoimmune Encephalopathies -- Brain Tumors -- Circumscribed Astrocytomas -- Diffuse Astrocytomas -- Oligodendrogliomas -- Ependymal Tumors -- Contents note continued: Neuronal Tumors -- Mixed Ganglioneuronal Tumors -- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors -- Meningeal and Mesenchymal Tumors -- Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma -- Pineal Tumors and Keratin-Containing Masses -- Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the CNS -- Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the PNS -- Disorders of Neural Tube Closure and Other Congenital Malformations -- 9.Neuromuscular Disorders -- Brachial Plexopathies -- Brachial Neuropathies -- Assessment of Hand Weakness -- Lumbar Plexus -- Sacral Plexus -- Tibial Nerve -- Peroneal Nerve -- Assessment of Foot Drop -- Guillain-Barre Syndrome -- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Motor Neuron Disease) -- Spinal Cord Pathologies per Compartment -- Neurogenic Bladder -- Axonal Polyneuropathies -- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome -- Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension -- Autosomal Dominant Recurrent Hereditary Neuropathies -- Contents note continued: Paraproteinemic Neuropathies -- Multiple Myeloma -- Amyloid Neuropathies -- Peripheral Nerve Tumors -- Muscular Dystrophies: X-Linked Dystrophinopathies -- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies -- Congenital Muscular Dystrophies -- Distal Myopathies -- Myotonic Dystrophy -- Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy -- Scapuloperoneal Dystrophy -- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy -- Inflammatory Myopathies -- Metabolic Myopathies -- Episodic Muscle Weakness -- Familial Periodic Paralysis: Clinical Recognition -- Progressive or Stable Muscle Weakness -- Mitochondrial Myopathies -- Other Myogenic Causes of Cramps and Myalgia -- Neurogenic Causes of Cramps and Myalgia -- Congenital Myopathies -- Malignant Hyperthermia Syndrome -- Critical Illness-Related Neuropathy and Myopathy -- 10.Psychiatry -- Depression -- Bipolar Disorder -- Anxiety Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Personality Disorders -- Eating Disorders -- Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses -- Contents note continued: Delusions -- Neuroleptic-Induced Movement Disorders -- Somatoform Disorders -- Dissociative Disorders Summary "Concise Neurology is to be used as a reference by neurologists and neurology trainees who have already learned about a topic, but want a quick yet thoughtful summary of key points. It can be particularly useful for novice or experienced neurologists held to time pressures"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version also available Mode of access: Internet Subject Neurology -- Handbooks, manual, etc Neurology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Nervous system -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Nervous System Diseases -- diagnosis. Nervous System Diseases -- therapy. Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Handbook. Handbooks and manuals. Author Biller, José, author LC no. 2010052676 ISBN 9781451113600 (paperback) (alkaline paper) 1451113609 (paperback) (alkaline paper)

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