1st Edition

Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology

By Andrea C. Adams Copyright 2009
    400 Pages 170 Color Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology covers the full scope of neurology by combining a focused need-to-know format with core basics along with diagnosis and treatment guidelines. More than 75 color illustrations and numerous therapeutic tables help residents and clinicians diagnose, treat, and manage the most commonly encountered neurologic problems.

    Topics include:

    • The neurologic examination
    • Diagnostic tests
    • Headache
    • Spine and limb pain
    • Dizziness
    • Sensory loss and paresthesias
    • Weakness
    • Cognitive loss
    • Spells
    • Pain
    • Cerebrovascular disease
    • Movement disorders
    • Immune and infectious diseases
    • Neuro-oncology

    With coverage comprehensive enough for the practicing physician, the clear format also makes it the perfect introduction for medical students. A full-color guide to the essentials of neurology, this volume provides one of the most focused presentations in the field today.

    Foreword

    Preface

    The Neurologic Examination

    Diagnostic Tests

    Headache

    Back and Limb Pain

    Dizziness

    Sensory Loss and Paresthesias

    Weakness

    Cognitive Loss

    Spells

    Pain

    Cerebrovascular Diseas.

    Movement Disorders

    Immune and Infectious Diseases

    Neuro-oncology

    Index

    Biography

    ANDREA C. ADAMS, M.D., is a Consultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Assistant Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic.