Insights into Clinical Neurology

ISBN-13: 9781009234979 / Twarda / 2023 / 210 str.

Washington DC) Laureno MD (Georgetown University Robert

Opis

This illuminating book offers insights into neurological examination, higher cortical disorders, lower functions and neurological diseases.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The amnesic syndrome; 2. Aphasia, apraxia and agnosia; 3. Spurious symptoms and behaviors; 4. Hallucinations; 5. Grasping and the grasp reflex; 6. Asterixis; 7. Discussion of the upper motor neuron syndrome; 8. Some aspects of the lower motor neuron syndrome; 9. The limbic 'system'; 10. Vibration sensation, the posterior columns and related topics; 11. Trans neuronal effects; 12. Spinal nerve roots; 13. Ischemic-Hypoxic encephalopathy; 14. The liver-brain relationship in Wilson disease; 15. Wernicke disease; 16. Delayed neurologic disorders after a toxic or metabolic insult; 17. Transolfactory spread in the pathogenesis of meningoencephalitis; 18. Neurologic disorders in endocarditis; 19. Secondary abscess formation in primary brain lesions; 20. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: the early years; Index.