Merritt's Neurology.

Merritt's Neurology -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- List of Common Abbreviations -- Section I Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders -- Signs and Symptoms in Neurologic Diagnosis: Approach to the Patient -- Delirium and Confusion -- Memory Loss, Behavioral Changes and Dementia -- Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia -- Syncope, Seizures and their Mimics -- Coma -- Headache -- Diagnosis of Pain and Paresthesias -- Dizziness,Vertigo, and Hearing Loss -- Impaired Vision -- Involuntary Movements -- Syndromes Caused by Weak Muscles -- Gait Disorders -- Section II Diagnostic Tests -- CT and MRI -- Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials -- Electromyography,Nerve Conduction -- Studies, and Magnetic Stimulation -- Autonomic Testing -- Neurovascular Imaging -- Endovascular Neuroradiology -- Lumbar Puncture and Cerebrospinal -- Fluid Examination -- Muscle and Nerve Biopsy -- Neuropsychological Evaluation -- DNA Diagnosis -- Section III Infections of the Nervous System -- Bacterial Infections -- Focal Infections -- Viral Infections and Postviral Syndromes -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -- Fungal Infections -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosyphilis -- Leptospirosis -- Lyme Disease -- Parasitic Infections -- Bacterial Toxins -- Prion Diseases -- Whipple Disease -- Section IV Vascular Diseases -- Pathogenesis, Classification, and Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease -- Examination of the Patient with Cerebrovascular Disease -- Transient Ischemic Attack -- Cerebral Infarction -- Intracerebral Hemorrhage -- Genetics of Stroke -- Other Cerebrovascular Syndromes -- Differential Diagnosis of Stroke -- Stroke in Children -- Treatment and Prevention of Stroke -- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- Cerebral Venous and Sinus Thrombosis -- Vascular Disease of the Spinal Cord -- Vasculitis -- Susac Syndrome.

Vascular Tumors and Malformations -- Section V Hydrocephalus and Cerebral Edema -- Hydrocephalus -- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) -- Brain Edema and Disorders of Intracranial Pressure -- Superficial Siderosis and Intracerebral -- Hypotension -- Hyperosmolar Syndromes -- Section VI Tumors -- General Considerations -- Tumors of the Skull and Cranial Nerves -- Tumors of the Meninges -- Gliomas -- Lymphomas -- Pineal Region Tumors -- Tumors of the Pituitary Gland -- Congenital and Childhood Tumors -- Metastatic Tumors -- Spinal Tumors -- Paraneoplastic Syndromes -- Complications of Cancer Chemotherapy -- Section VII Trauma -- Head Injury -- Spine Injury -- Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Lesions -- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome -- Radiation Injury -- Electrical and Lightning Injury -- Decompression Sickness -- Section VIII Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders -- Intervertebral Discs and Radiculopathy -- Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy -- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome -- Hereditary and Acquired Spastic Paraplegia -- Syringomyelia -- Section IX Birth Injuries and Developmental Abnormalities -- Neonatal Neurology -- Floppy Infant Syndrome -- Disorders of Motor and Mental Development -- Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Laurence-Moon-Biedl Syndrome -- Cerebral and Spinal Malformations -- Chromosomal Diseases -- Marcus Gunn -- Möbius Syndrome -- Section X Genetic Diseases of the CNS -- Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism -- Disorders of Purine and -- Pyrimidine Metabolism -- Lysosomal and Other Storage Diseases -- Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism -- Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome -- Disorders of DNA Maintenance, Transcription, and Translation -- Hyperammonemia -- Peroxisomal Diseases: Adrenoleukodystrophy, Zellweger Syndrome, and Refsum Disease -- Organic Acidurias -- Disorders of Metal Metabolism -- Acute Intermittent Porphyria.

Neurologic Syndromes with Acanthocytes -- Cerebral Degenerations of Childhood -- Diffuse Sclerosis and Vanishing White Matter Disease -- Section XI Mitochondrial Disorders -- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies: Diseases of Mitochondrial DNA -- Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy -- Mitochondrial Diseases with Mutations of Nuclear DNA -- Section XII Neurocutaneous Syndromes -- Neurofibromatosis -- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex -- Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis -- Incontinentia Pigmenti -- Section XIII Dementia -- General Considerations -- Alzheimer Disease -- Frontotemporal Dementia -- Lewy Body Dementias -- Section XIV Movement Disorders -- Huntington Disease -- Choreas -- Myoclonus -- Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome -- Dystonia -- Essential Tremor -- Parkinson Disease -- Parkinson-Plus Syndromes -- Paroxysmal Dyskinesias -- Tardive Dyskinesia and Other Neuroleptic-Induced Syndromes -- Section XV Hereditary Ataxias -- Autosomal Recessive Ataxias -- Autosomal Dominant Ataxias -- Section XVI Motor Neuron Diseases -- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Progressive Muscular Atrophy,and Primary Lateral Sclerosis -- Kennedy Disease -- Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood -- Monomelic Muscular Atrophy -- Section XVII Peripheral Neuropathies -- General Considerations -- The Inherited Peripheral Neuropathies -- Acquired Neuropathies -- Neuropathic Pain -- Section XVIII Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction -- Myasthenia Gravis -- Lambert-Eaton Syndrome -- Botulism and Antibiotic-Induced -- Neuromuscular Disorders -- Critical Illness Myopathy and Neuropathy -- Section XIX Myopathies -- Identifying Disorders of the Motor Unit -- Progressive Muscular Dystrophies -- Familial Periodic Paralysis -- Congenital Disorders of Muscle -- Myoglobinuria -- Muscle Cramps and Stiffness -- Dermatomyositis -- Polymyositis, Inclusion Body Myositis, -- and Related Myopathies.

Myositis Ossificans -- Section XX Demyelinating Diseases -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Neuromyelitis Optica -- Marchiafava-Bignami Disease -- Central Pontine Myelinolysis -- Section XXI Paroxysmal Disorders -- Epilepsy -- Febrile Seizures -- Primary and Secondary Headaches -- Transient Global Amnesia -- Ménière Syndrome -- Sleep Disorders -- Section XXII Autonomic Diseases -- Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension, Autonomic Failure, and Autonomic Neuropathy -- Familial Dysautonomia -- Section XXIII Systemic Diseases and General Medicine -- Endocrine Diseases -- Hematologic and Related Diseases -- Hepatic Disease -- Cerebral Complications of Cardiac Surgery -- Bone Disease -- Renal Disease -- Respiratory Support for Neurologic Diseases -- Nutritional Disorders:Malnutrition, -- Malabsorption, and B12 and Other Vitamin Deficiency -- Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis -- Neurologic Disease During Pregnancy -- Hashimoto Encephalopathy -- Section XXIV Psychiatry and Neurology -- Schizophrenia -- Mood Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Somatoform Disorders -- Section XXV Environmental Neurology -- Alcoholism -- Drug Dependence -- Iatrogenic Disease -- Occupational and Environmental Neurotoxicology -- HIV, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Effects, and the Battered Child -- Falls in the Elderly -- Neurologic Rehabilitation -- End-of-Life Issues in Neurology -- Index.

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