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" Merritt's neurology. "
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BL
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634345
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dltt
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Merritt's neurology.
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| Edition Statement
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12th ed. // editors, Lewis P. Rowland, Timothy A. Pedley.
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Philadelphia, PA :: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, ©2010.
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xxi, 1172 pages :: illustrations ;; 29 cm
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9780781791861
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: 0781791863
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Hydrocephalus -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) -- Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure -- Superficial siderosis and intracerebral hypotension -- Hyperosmolar syndromes -- 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.
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Head injury -- Spine injury -- Cranial and peripheral nerve lesions -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Radiation injury -- Electrical and lightning injury -- Decompression sickness -- Intervertebral dics and radiculopathy -- Cervical spondylotic myelopathy -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Hereditary and acquired spastic paraplegia -- Syringomyelia -- 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 -- 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 -- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: diseases of mitochondrial DNA -- Leber hereditary optic neuropathy -- Mitochondrial diseases with mutations of nuclear DNA -- Neurofibromatosis -- Tuberous sclerosis complex -- Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- General considerations -- Alzheimer disease -- Frontotemporal dementia -- Lewy body dementias -- Huntington disease -- Choreas -- Myoclonus -- Gilles de la tourette syndrome -- Dystonia -- Essential tremor -- Parkinson disease -- Parkinson-plus syndromes -- Paroxysmal dyskinesias -- Tradive dyskinesia and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes -- Autosomal recessive ataxias -- Autosomal dominant ataxias -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, and primary lateral sclerosis -- Kennedy disease -- Spinal muscular atrophies of childhood -- Monomelic muscular atrophy -- General considerations -- The inherited peripheral neuropathies -- Acquired neuropathies -- Neuropathic pain -- Myasthenia gravis -- Lambert-Eaton syndrome -- Botulism and antibiotic-induced neuromuscular disorders -- Critical illness myopathy and neuropathy -- Identifying disorders of the motor unit.
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Progressive muscular dystrophies -- Familial periodic paralysis -- Congenital disorders of muslce -- Myoglobinuria -- Muscle cramps and stiffness -- Dermatomyositis -- Polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies -- Myositis ossificans -- Multiple sclerosis -- Neuromyelitis optica -- Marchiafava-Bignami disease -- Central pontine myelinolysis -- Epilepsy -- Febrile seizures -- Primary and secondary headaches -- Transient global amnesia -- Ménière syndrome -- Sleep disorders -- Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, autonomic failure, and autonomic neuropathy -- Familial dysautonomia -- 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 -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform disorders -- 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.
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| Abstract
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Presents the latest neurologic findings in a crisp clinical focus that incorporates recent advances in the molecular biology of neurologic disease.
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Nervous system-- Diseases.
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Neurology.
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Nervous System Diseases.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.8
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| LC Classification
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RC346.M4 2010
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| NLM classification
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2010 C-182
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WL 140M572 2010
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| Added Entry
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Rowland, Lewis P.
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Pedley, Timothy A.
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Merritt, H. Houston, (Hiram Houston),1902-1979.
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| Parallel Title
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Neurology
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