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1 online resource (493 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Neurology Worldwide: Public Health and Essential Neuro-epidemiology -- Basic Data -- Practical Neurology -- Causation -- Mortality, Life Expectancy and Quality of Life -- Burden of Illness -- Cost of Illness Studies -- Improvements -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Further Reading and Information -- Chapter 2 Movement, Sensation and The Silent Brain -- ABC of Movement: Cortical, Extrapyramidal and Cerebellar Function -- Cortex: Movement Force, Direction and Synergy -- Pyramidal System Anatomy |
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Extrapyramidal System and Basal Ganglia Region -- Cerebellar System -- Sensory Pathways -- Sensory Pathways in the Cord and Brain -- The Silent Brain -- Brainstem -- Reticular Formation -- Limbic System and Hippocampus -- Thalamus -- Hypothalamus and Pituitary -- Acknowledgements -- Further Reading and Information -- Chapter 3 Aetiologies and Mechanisms: Genetics, Immunology and Ion Channels -- Genetics -- Essential Embryology of the Spine -- Chromosomal Abnormalities, Repeat Expansions and Mutations -- Immune Mechanisms: Concepts and Components -- Blood-Brain and Blood-Nerve Barriers |
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Immune Nervous System Diseases -- T-Cell-Mediated Neurological Disease -- Immunomodulation, Immunosuppression and Replacement Therapy -- Targeted Ablative Therapies -- Ion Channels and Inherited Mutations -- Migraine, Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Ataxias -- Disease Causation -- Acknowledgements -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Examination, Diagnosis and the Language of Neurology -- Elements of Diagnosis -- History -- Nature of Symptoms -- Neurological Examination: Preliminary Assessment -- Brief Neurological Examination -- Detailed Examination -- Sensory System -- Formulation |
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Diagnostic Tests -- Imaging -- Clinical Neurophysiology -- Specialised Investigations -- Cerebrospinal Fluid Examination -- Biopsy: Brain, Nerve and Muscle -- Neuropsychological Testing -- The Vocabulary of Neurology -- Focal Cortical Disorders -- Motor Abnormalities: Brain and Spinal Cord -- Hemiparesis -- Cerebellar Syndromes -- Movement Disorders -- Paraparesis -- Brainstem Syndromes -- Anterior Horn Cell Disease -- Sensory Abnormalities: Patterns at Different Levels -- Peripheral Nerve Lesions -- Polyneuropathy -- Sensory Root and Root Entry Zone -- Cord Lesions: Sensory Changes |
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Brainstem Lesions and Sensation -- Thalamic Lesions -- Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy -- Neurogenic Muscle Wasting -- Root Lesions -- Myopathy -- Abnormal Illness Behaviour and Somatic Symptom Disorder -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 Cognition, Cortical Function and Dementias -- Cognitive Functions and Clinical Practice -- Attention and Neglect -- Memory - Its Subdivisions -- Anatomy -- Amnesias -- Paramnesias -- Perception and Its Disorders -- Hallucinations - False Perceptions -- Voluntary Action Failure: Apraxias -- Speech and Language |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Reading, Writing and Numeracy |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119235712 |
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1119235715 |
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