Fundamentals of neurologic disease an introductory text / [electronic resource] :
Larry E. Davis, with Molly K. King, Jessica L. Schultz ; illustrations by Yvonne Wylie Walston.
- New York, NY : Demos Medical Pub., c2005.
- xi, 235 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Approach to the patient with a neurological problem -- Neurologic examination -- Common neurologic tests -- Disorders of muscle -- Disorders of neuromuscular junction -- Disorders of peripheral nerves -- Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies -- Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum -- Disorders of the cerebrovascular system -- Disorders of myelin -- Disorders of higher cortical function -- Disorders of the extrapyramidal system -- Central nervous system infections -- Brain tumors -- Seizures and status epilepticus -- Coma and cerebral death -- Disorders of the developing nervous system -- Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma -- Neurologic complications of alcoholism -- Disorders of pain and headache -- Disorders of the vestibular system.