Harrison’s Neurology in Clinical Medicine

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Pub. Date: 2006-03-23
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Professional
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Summary

Multiple-choice Q&As for self-assessment and exam preparation and review

Author Biography

Stephen L. Hauser, MD Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco

Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon) William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Executive Dean for Academic Programs Harvard Medical School Director, Channing Laboratory Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Eugene Brauwald, AB, MD, MA (Hon), MD (Hon), ScD (Hon) Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine Faculty Dean for Academic Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Vice-President for Academic Programs Partners HealthCare System

Anthony S. Fauci, MD Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Dan L. Longo, MD Scientific Director National Institute of on Aging National Institutes of Health

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman Department of Medicine Northwestern University Medical School Physician-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Table of Contents

Introduction : pathogenesis of neurologic diseases
Approach to the patient with neurologic disease
Neuroimaging in neurologic disorders
Pain : pathophysiology and management
Headache
Back and neck pain
Aphasia, memory loss, and other higher cerebral disorders
Acute confusional states and coma
Dizziness, syncope, and vertigo
Imbalance and disorders of gait
Visual disturbances
Disorders of smell, taste, and hearing
Sleep disorders
Seizures and epilepsy
Critical care neurology
Concussion and other head injuries
Cerebrovascular diseases
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders
Ataxic disorders
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases
Disorders of the autonomic nervous system
Trigeminal neuralgia, Bell's palsy, and other cranial disorders
Diseases of the spinal cord
Primary and metastatic tumors of the nervous system
Neurologic disorders of the pituitary and hypothalamus
Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes
Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
Meningitis, encephalitis, brain abscess, and empyema
Chronic and recurrent meningitis
HIV neurology
Prion diseases
Approach to the patient with peripheral neuropathy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and other inherited neuropathies
Guillain-Barre syndrome and other immune-mediated neuropathies
Myasthenia Gravis and other diseases of the neuromuscular junction
Approach to the patient with muscle disease
Muscular dystrophies and other muscular diseases
Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis
Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Mental disorders
Alcohol and alcoholism
Cocaine, opioids, and other commonly abused drugs
Table a reference values for cerebrospinal fluid
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