International neurology a clinical approach /

A truly global textbook for neurological practice. Neurological disease varies in its presentations and pathology throughout the world. In today's interconnected world, neurologists need to be aware that patients can come from anywhere in the world with presentations and pathologies that may no...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Group Author: Lisak, Robert P.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444317008
Summary: A truly global textbook for neurological practice. Neurological disease varies in its presentations and pathology throughout the world. In today's interconnected world, neurologists need to be aware that patients can come from anywhere in the world with presentations and pathologies that may not be typical of their local context. This unique textbook deals with the differences in etiology, genetics, age of onset and clinical presentations of neurological disease internationally. This is the first book to take a truly global approach to neurological illness. Consisting of 22 sections and 173 ch.
Carrier Form: xxvii, 695 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444317008
1444317008
9781444317015 (electronic bk.)
1444317016 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RC346
CLC: R741
Contents: Front Matter -- Colour Plates -- Vascular Disease. Stroke: An Overview / Christopher Li-Hsian Chen, Chung Y Hsu -- Transient Ischemic Attacks / Samir H Shah, Bruce Ovbiagele -- Atherothrombotic Disease / Nijasri C Suwanwela -- Occlusive Disease of Small Penetrating Arteries / Takeshi Iwanaga, Hock L Teoh, Jorge A Zavala, Geoffrey A Donnan -- Binswanger's Disease / Dean A Le, Ferdinando S Buonanno -- Brain Embolism / Bernard P L Chan, Chung Y Hsu -- Borderzone Cerebral Infarction / Thomas W Leung -- Dissection of the Cervicocerebral Arteries / Nijasri C Suwanwela, Chung Y Hsu -- Coagulation Disorders in Stroke / Kay Sin Tan -- Hemorrhagic Strokes / Josef Schill, Thorsten Steiner -- Strokes in Children and Young Adults / Alfred Lindner -- Other Cerebrovascular Syndromes / David Blacker -- Diseases of the Cerebral Venous System / Patrick Carney, Stephen M Davis -- Spinal Cord Stroke / Manu Mehdiratta, Louis R Caplan -- Extracranial Granulomatous Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis) / Sandeep Randhawa, Gregory P Van Stavern -- Intracranial Granulomatous Arteritis (Primary Angiitis of the CNS)/Idiopathic CNS Vasculitis / Donald Silberberg -- Takayasu's Arteritis / Yasuhisa Kitagawa -- Polyarteritis Nodosa, Churg₆Strauss Syndrome, Overlap and Related Syndromes / Stanley van den Noort, Gaby T Thai -- Wegener's Granulomatosis / Gerard Said -- Cerebrovascular Disease Associated with Antiphospholipid Antibodies / Megan Alcauskas, Steven R Levine -- Thromboangiitis Obliterans ₆ Buerger's Disease / Kumar Rajamani -- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disease. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Sj̲gren's Syndrome / Marc Gotkine, Oded Abramsky -- Systemic Sclerosis / Ho Jin Kim, Min Su Park -- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / Ho Jin Kim, Min Su Park -- Beḣet's Syndrome and the Nervous System / Aksel Siva, Sabahattin Saip -- Sarcoidosis / Barney J Stern -- Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathies / Asmahan Alshubaili -- Seizure Disorders and Epilepsy. Epilepsy: Overview / Andres M Kanner -- Cryptogenic and Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsies and Syndromes / Marco T Medina, Antonio V Delgado-Escueta, Luis C Rodr̕iguez-Salinas -- Genetic (Primary) Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy (IGE) / Afawi Zaid -- Localization-Related Epilepsies / Hirokazu Oguni, Chrysostomos P Panayiotopoulos -- Neurodiagnostic Tools for the Paroxysmal Disorders / Barbara E Swartz -- Antiepileptic Drugs / Paul B Pritchard Iii -- Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy / Ivan Rektor, Barbara E Swartz -- The Dementias. The Dementias: An Overview / Howard H Feldman, Najeeb Qadi -- Isolated Memory Disorders / Elka Stefanova, Vladimir Kostic -- Mild Cognitive Impairment / Elka Stefanova, Vladimir Kostic -- The Degenerative Dementias / Irena Rektorov̀, Robert Rusina, Jakub Hort, Radoslav Matej -- Other Dementias / John M Ringman, Arousiak Varpetian -- Movement Disorders. Movement Disorders: An Overview / Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Daniel D Truong -- Tremor / Jan Raethjen, Gunther Deuschl -- Parkinsonism / Bradley J Robottom, William J Weiner, Lisa M Shulman -- Parkinson's Disease / Daniel D Truong, Roongroj Bhidayasiri -- Dystonia / Stanley Fahn -- Chorea and Related Disorders / Roongroj Bhidayasiri, Daniel D Truong -- Myoclonus / John N Caviness, Daniel D Truong -- Tics and Tourette / Valerie Suski, Mark Stacy -- Ataxia / Sergei N Illarioshkin -- Drug Induced Movement Disorders / Rick Stell -- Gait Disorders / Nir Giladi -- Psychogenic Movement Disorders / Brandon Barton, Esther Cubo, Christopher G Goetz -- Other Neurodegenerative Diseases. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Bj̲rn Oskarsson, Yvonne D Rollins, Steven P Ringel -- Primary Lateral Sclerosis / Yvonne D Rollins, Björn Oskarsson, Steven P Ringel -- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia / Ildefonso Rodr̕guez-Leyva -- Spinal Muscular Atrophies / Sabine Rudnik-Sch̲neborn, Klaus Zerres -- Post-Polio Syndrome / Nils Erik Gilhus -- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies / Ignacio M Carrillo-Nunez, Anneke J van der Kooi, Marianne de Visser -- Dystrophinopathies / S M Schade van Westrum, Marianne de Visser -- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy / George W Padberg -- Scapuloperoneal Syndrome / Georges Serratrice -- Myotonic Dystrophy / Slobodan Apostolski, Vidosava Rakocevic-Stojanovic -- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy / Luis A Chui, Tahseen Mozaffar -- Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy / Ronnie Karayan, Tahseen Mozaffar -- Distal Myopathies / Nigel G Laing, Phillipa J Lamont -- Infectious Diseases. Acute Bacterial Meningitis / Sudesh Prabhakar -- Brain Abscess / Gagandeep Singh -- Subdural Empyema / Sandi Lam, Tien T Nguyen -- Epidural Abscess / Sandi Lam, Tien T Nguyen -- Intracranial Septic Thrombophlebitis / D Nagaraja, D K Prashantha -- Encephalitis Due to Bacterial Infections / Karen L Roos, Jennifer Durphy -- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis / Einar P Wilder-Smith -- Mycobacterium Avium / Einar P Wilder-Smith -- Leprosy / Minh Le -- Neurosyphilis / Jonathan Carr -- Lyme Disease / Patricia K Coyle -- Fungal Inf
Neuro-Oncology. High Grade Astrocytomas / Olivier L Chinot -- Low Grade Astrocytoma / Martin J van den Bent -- Low Grade and Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma / Ayman I Omar, Warren P Mason -- Brain Stem Glioma / Ira J Dunkel, Mark M Souweidane -- Intracranial Ependymoma / Sajeel Chowdhary, Marc Chamberlain -- Nerve Sheath Tumors / Nathan J Ranalli, Eric L Zager -- Meningiomas / Laurie Rice, Jeffrey Raizer -- Medulloblastoma / Regina I Jakacki -- Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (CNSL) / Deborah T Blumenthal -- Brain Metastases / Silvia Hofer, Michael Brada -- Leptomeningeal Metastases / Elizabeth R Gerstner, Tracy T Batchelor -- Spinal Epidural Metastases / Lee I Kubersky, David Schiff -- General Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders / Myrna R Rosenfeld, Josep O Dalmau -- Sleep Disorders. Insomnia / Colin A Espie, Delwyn J Bartlett -- Narcolepsy / Marcel Hungs, Emmanuel Mignot -- Idiopathic Hypersomnia / Marcel Hungs, Jed Black -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Christine Won, Jee Hyun Kim, Christian Guilleminault -- Restless Legs Syndrome / Birgit Hegl, Birgit Frauscher, Claudio Sergio Podest̀ -- Circadian Sleep Disorders / Sergio Tufik, Monica L Andersen, Lia R A Bittencourt, T De Mello -- Disorders of Arousal / Li Ling Lim -- REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) / Li Ling Lim -- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dystonia / Cynthia L Comella -- Sleep Abnormalities in Neurological Disorders / Margaret Park, Cynthia L Comella -- Spinal Cord Disorders. Disc Disease / David B Vodu₍ek, Simon Podnar -- Syringomyelia / Alla Guekht -- Pediatric Neurology. Pediatric Neurotransmitter Diseases / Stephen Deputy -- Neonatal Neurology / Mary Payne, Ann Tilton -- Floppy Infant Syndrome / Jong-Hee Chae -- Storage Disorders / Jeffrey Ekstrand, Raman Sankar -- Disorders of Amino Acid, Organic Acid, and Ammonia Metabolism / Stephen Cederbaum -- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Stacey K H Tay, Salvatore DiMauro -- Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders / Thomas Wieser, Thomas Deufel -- Disorders Resulting from Transporters / David Gloss -- Lesch-Nyhan Disease / Allison Conravey, Ann Tilton -- The Porphyrias / Frank J E Vajda, Carlo Solinas -- Wilson's Disease / Peter A LeWitt, Anna Czlonkowska -- CNS Trauma. Traumatic Brain Injury / Christopher C Giza -- Spinal Injury / Enver I Bogdanov -- Whiplash Injury / Anthony Ciabarra -- Decompression Sickness / Leon D Prockop -- Post-Traumatic Movement Disorders / Louis C S Tan, Daniel D Truong -- Pain Syndromes. Pain / Guillermo Garc̕a-Ramos, Bernardo Cacho Diaz, Bruno Estaol Vidal -- Headache and Neck/Facial Pain. Headache / Stephen D Silberstein -- Facial and Neck Pain / Kammant Phanthumchinda -- Fibromyalgia / Saeed Bohlega -- Appendix: Treatment Algorithm for Parkinson's Disease .