Harrison's Neurology in Clinical Medicine, 3E

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Featuring A Superb Compilation Of Chapters Related To Neurology That Appear In Harrison's Principles Of Internal Medicine, Eighteenth Edition, This Concise, Full-color Clinical Companion Delivers The Latest Knowledge In The Field Backed By The Scientific Rigor And Authority That Have Defined Harrison's. You Will Find Content From Renowned Editors And Contributors In A Carry-anywhere Presentation That Is Ideal For The Classroom, Clinic, Ward, Or Exam/certification Preparation. Features: Current, Complete Coverage Of Clinically Important Topics In Neurology, Including Clinical Manifestations Of Neurologic Diseases, Diseases Of The Nervous System, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Psychiatric Disorders, And Alcoholism And Drug Dependency. New Chapters Discuss The Pathogenesis And Treatment And Syncope; Dizziness And Vertigo; Peripheral Neuropathy; Neuropsychiatric Problems Among War Veterans; And Advances In Deciphering The Pathogenesis Of Common Psychiatric Disorders. Integration Of Pathophysiology With Clinical Management. 118 High-yield Questions And Answers Drawn From Harrison's Principles Of Internal Medicine Self-assessment And Board Review, 18 Edition. Content Updates And New Developments Since The Publication Of Harrison's Principles Of Internal Medicine, 18 Edition, 58 Chapters Written By Physicians Who Are Recognized Experts In The Field Of Clinical Neurology. Helpful Appendix Of Laboratory Values Of Clinical Importance. Section I Introduction To Neurology -- 1. Approach To The Patient With Neurologic Disease / Stephen L. Hauser -- 2. The Neurologic Screening Exam / Daniel H. Lowenstein -- 3. Video Atlas Of The Detailed Neurologic Examination / Martin A. Samuels -- 4. Neuroimaging In Neurologic Disorders / William P. Dillon -- 5. Electrodiagnostic Studies Of Nervous System Disorders: Eeg, Evoked Potentials, And Emg / Michael J. Aminoff -- 6. Technique Of Lumbar Puncture / Stephen L. Hauser -- Section Ii Clinical Manifestations Of Neurologic Disease -- 7. Pain: Pathophysiology And Management / Howard L. Fields -- 8. Headache / Neil H. Raskin -- 9. Back And Neck Pain / Richard A. Deyo -- 10. Syncope / Roy Freeman -- 11. Dizziness And Vertigo / Robert B. Daroff -- 12. Weakness And Paralysis / Michael J. Aminoff -- 13. Gait And Balance Disorders / Lewis Sudarsky -- 14. Video Library Of Gait Disorders / Michael Geschwind -- 15. Numbness, Tingling, And Sensory Loss / Arthur K. Asbury --^ 16. Confusion And Delirium / Bruce L. Miller -- 17. Coma / Allan H. Ropper -- 18. Aphasia, Memory Loss, And Other Focal Cerebral Disorders / M.-marsel Mesulam -- 19. Video Atlas: Primary Progressive Aphasia, Memory Loss, And Other Focal Cerebral Disorders / Maria Carmela Tartaglia -- 20. Sleep Disorders / Gary S. Richardson -- 21. Disorders Of Vision / Jonathan C. Horton -- 22. Video Library Of Neuro-ophthalmology / Shirley H. Wray -- 23. Disorders Of Smell And Taste / Steven M. Bromley -- 24. Disorders Of Hearing / Anil K. Lalwani -- Section Iii Diseases Of The Nervous System -- 25. Mechanisms Of Neurologic Diseases / M. Flint Beal -- 26. Seizures And Epilepsy / Daniel H. Lowenstein -- 27. Cerebrovascular Diseases / S. Claiborne Johnston -- 28. Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy, And Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Daryl R. Gress -- 29. Alzheimer's Disease And Other Dementias / Bruce L. Miller --^ 30. Parkinson's Disease And Other Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders / Anthony H. V. Schapira -- 31. Ataxic Disorders / Roger N. Rosenberg -- 32. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Other Motor Neuron Diseases / Robert H. Brown, Jr. -- 33. Disorders Of The Autonomic Nervous System / John W. Engstrom -- 34. Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell's Palsy, And Other Cranial Nerve Disorders / Stephen L. Hauser -- 35. Diseases Of The Spinal Cord / Allan H. Ropper -- 36. Concussion And Other Head Injuries / Allan H. Ropper -- 37. Primary And Metastatic Tumors Of The Nervous System / Patrick Y. Wen -- 38. Neurologic Disorders Of The Pituitary And Hypothalamus / J. Larry Jameson -- 39. Multiple Sclerosis And Other Demyelinating Diseases / Douglas S. Goodin -- 40. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, And Empyema / Kenneth L. Tyler -- 41. Chronic And Recurrent Meningitis / Morton N. Swartz -- 42. Hiv Neurology / H. Clifford Lane -- 43. Prion Diseases / Bruce L. Miller --^ 44. Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes / Myrna R. Rosenfeld -- 45. Peripheral Neuropathy / Richard J. Barohn -- 46. Guillain-barre Syndrome And Other Immune-mediated Neuropathies / Anthony A. Amato -- 47. Myasthenia Gravis And Other Diseases Of The Neuromuscular Junction / Daniel B. Drachman -- 48. Muscular Dystrophies And Other Muscle Diseases / Robert H. Brown, Jr. -- 49. Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, And Inclusion Body Myositis / Marinos C. Dalakas -- 50. Special Issues In Inpatient Neurologic Consultation / Martin A. Samuels -- 51. Atlas Of Neuroimaging / William P. Dillon -- Section Iv Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- 52. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Jos W. M. Van Der Meer -- Section V Psychiatric Disorders -- 53. Biology Of Psychiatric Disorders / Eric J. Nestler -- 54. Mental Disorders / Victor I. Reus -- 55. Neuropsychiatric Illnesses In War Veterans / Charles W. Hoge -- Section Vi Alcoholism And Drug Dependency -- 56. Alcohol And Alcoholism / Marc A. Schuckit --^ 57. Opioid Drug Abuse And Dependence / Thomas R. Kosten -- 58. Cocaine And Other Commonly Abused Drugs / Jack H. Mendelson. Editor, Stephen L. Hauser ; Associate Editor, S. Andrew Josephson. [b]ased Upon The Neurology And Psychiatry Sections From Harrison's Principles Of Internal Medicine--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.