Clinical Neurology

Summary:

This concise yet comprehensive textbook builds on the success of its three previous editions in helping medical students, junior doctors and practising physicians to acquire an improved understanding of the principles of neurology.

The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to take into account new developments in the investigation and treatment of neurological disorders. It retains a clinical emphasis - the basic skills of history taking and neurological examination are paramount throughout. New for this edition is the expanded coverage of neurophysiology and motor neurone disease.

Authored and edited by leading figures in neurology, this will be an indispensable introduction to the field of clinical neurology, for use in training and study and in the clinical setting.

• An emphasis on the management of common neurological disorders at a level appropriate for the non-specialist
• Clear structure and presentation, with many illustrations and photographs
• Increased coverage of the latest imaging techniques and investigative procedures
• A clinical focus, with the importance of history taking and examination skills emphasised throughout

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Symptoms of neurological disease
3. Examination of the nervous system
4. Neuroimaging
5. Clinical neurophysiology
6. Cranial nerve syndromes
7. Nerve and root lesions
8. Neurogenetics
9. Raised intracranial pressure
10. 1dache
11. Craniofacial pain
12. Head injury
13. Epilepsy and sleep disorders
14. Neuro-oncology
15. Spinal disease
16. Peripheral neuropathies
17. Motor neurone disease and spinal muscular atrophy
18. Diseases of muscle and the neuromuscular junction
19. Dementia
20. Movement disorders
21. The cerebellar ataxias and hereditary spastic paraplegias
22. Multiple sclerosis and related conditions
23. Cerebrovascular disease
24. Neurological rehabilitation
25. Infections of the central nervous system
26. HIV
27. Neurological manifestations of medical disorders
28. Paediatric neurology
29. Respiratory aspects of neurological disease
30. 3Pain in neurological disease
31. Psychiatry and neurological disorders

About the Author(s):

John W Scadding MD FRCP, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London; Nicholas A. Losseff MD FRCP, Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London

Contributors:

James Allibone BSC FRCS (SN), Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Roshni Beeharry MA MRCP, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, National Hospital for neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Martin Brown MA MD FRCP, Professor of Stroke Medicine, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London
Helen Cross PhD FRCP FRCPH, Reader in Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London
Nicholas Davies PhD MRCP, Consultant Neurologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Vivian Elwell MA MBBS MRCS, Specialist Registrar in Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Naomi Fersht PhD MRCP FRCR, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, University College London Hospital, London
Simon Fleminger PhD FRCP FRCPsych, Consultant