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ELECTRODIAGNOSIS IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology
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Fifth Edition

By
Michael Aminoff, MD, DSc, FRCP, Professor of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; Attending Physician and Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Description
The New Edition of this respected reference delivers complete, practical guidance on current electrodiagnostic techniques and their clinical applications for investigating problems of both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Completely revised and updated, this 5th Edition provides state-of-the-art knowledge on electroencephalography, electromyography, nerve conduction studies, evoked potentials, polysomnography, and electronystagmography.

Audience
Neurology; Clinical Neurophysiologists

Contents


I. Introduction


1. The Emergence of Electrophysiology as an Aid to Neurology

2. Electrophysiologic Equipment and Electrical Safety



II. Electroencephalography


3. Electroencephalography: General Principles and Clinical Applications

4. Neonatal and Pediatric Electroencephalography

5. Long-Term Monitoring for Epilepsy

6. Ambulatory Electroencephalographic Monitoring

7. Invasive Clinical Neurophysiology in Epilepsy and Movement Disorders

8. Topographic Mapping, Frequency Analysis, and Other Digital Techniques in Electroencephalograpy

9. Intraoperative Electroencephalographic Monitoring

10. Magnetoencephalography



III. Electromyography, Nerve Conduction Studies, and Related Techniques


11. Clinical Electromyography

12. Quantitative Electromyography

13. Nerve Conduction Studies

14. Microneurography as a Clinical research Tool

15. Electrophysiologic Study of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission

16. H-Reflex and F-Response Studies

17. The Blink Reflex

18. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Movement Disorders

19. Evaluation of the Autonomic Nervous System



IV. Evoked Potentials and Related Techniques


20. Electroretinography

21. Visual Evoked Potentials in Clinical Neurology

22. Visual Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children

23. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials: Methodology, Interpretation and Clinical Application

24. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Infants

25 Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

26. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children

27. Motor Evoked Potentials

28. Event-Related Potentials

29. Intraoperative Monitoring by Evoked Potential Techniques

30. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Sacral Function



V. Testing of Vestibular Function


31. Vestibular Laboratory Testing



VI. Electrophyisiologic Evaluation in Special Situations


32. Polysomnographic Evaluation of Sleep Disorders

33. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

34. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Brain Death: A Critical Appraisal

35. Use of Neurophysiologic Techniques in Clinical Trials

36. Electrophysiologic Techniques in the Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Neurotoxic Disorders

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 864 pages, publication date: APR-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06647-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-06647-7
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


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