Adams and Victor's principles of neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Martin A. Samuels.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Rev. ed. of: Adams and Victor's principles of neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Robert H. Brown. 8th ed. c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approach to the patient with neurologic disease -- Special techniques for neurologic diagnosis -- Motor paralysis -- Abnormalities of movement and posture caused by disease of the basal ganglia -- Incoordination and other disorders of cerebellar function -- Tremor, myoclonus, focal dystonias, and tics -- Disorders of stance and gait -- Pain -- Other somatic sensation -- Headache and other craniofacial pains -- Pain in the back, neck, and extremities -- Disorders of smell and taste -- Disturbances of vision -- Disorders of ocular movement and pupillary function -- Deafness, dizziness, and disorders of equilibrium -- Epilepsy and other seizure disorders -- Coma and related disorders of consciousness -- Faintness and syncope -- Sleep and its abnormalities -- Delirium and other acute confusional states -- Dementia and the amnesic (korsakoff) syndrome with comments on the neurology of intelligence and memory -- Neurologic disorders caused by lesions in specific parts of the cerebrum -- Disorders of speech and language -- Fatigue, asthenia, anxiety, and depressive reactions -- The limbic lobes and the neurology of emotion -- Disorders of the autonomic nervous system, respiration, and swallowing -- The hypothalamus and neuroendocrine disorders -- Normal development and deviations in development of the nervous system -- The neurology of aging -- Disturbances of cerebrospinal fluid and its circulation, including hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, and low-pressure syndromes -- Intracranial neoplasms and paraneoplastic disorders -- Infections of the nervous system (bacterial, fungal, spirochetal, parasitic) and sarcoidosis -- Viral infections of the nervous system chronic meningitis, and prion diseases -- Cerebrovascular diseases -- Craniocerebral trauma --

Multiple sclerosis and allied demyelinating diseases -- 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 -- Alcohol and alcoholism -- Disorders of the nervous system caused by drugs, toxins, and other chemical agents -- Diseases of the spinal cord -- Electrophysiologic and laboratory aids in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disease -- Diseases of the peripheral nerves -- Diseases of the cranial nerves -- Principles of clinical myology: diagnosis and classification of disease of muscle and neuromuscular junction -- The infectious and inflammatory myopathies -- The muscular dystrophies -- The metabolic and toxic myopathies -- The congenital neuromuscular disorders -- Myasthenia gravis and related disorders of the neuromuscular junction -- Ion channel disorders: the periodic paralyses and hereditary nondystrophic myotonias (channelopathies) -- Disorders of muscle characterized by cramp, spasm, pain, and localized masses -- The anxiety neuroses, hysteria, and personality disorders -- Depression and bipolar disease -- The schizophrenias and paranoid states.

This title incorporates findings in growing areas of neurology, from memory, genetics, imaging, and biochemistry. It provides guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of all neurological conditions and disorders.