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| THE LANCET HANDBOOK OF TREATMENT IN NEUROLOGY
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By
Charles Warlow, BA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCP, Professor of Medical Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Description
This is not a book on how to make a diagnosis, but rather starts from the point of diagnosis and covers all the main neurological conditions
as such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and migraine well as some of the rarer conditions such as Wilson's disease showing which
treatments are evidence-based but also describing those which at present need more trials. Each condition is described in the following
way: definition, cause, frequency, and prognosis. Written by expert contributors, this book describes the treatment that neurologists
are responsible for, indicates when to refer, shows complications of treatment, as well as drug interactions.
Contents
Coma, raised intracranial pressure and hydrocephalus. Cranial nerves, neuro-otology and the cerebellum. Dementia. Epilepsy. Functional
and emotional disorders. Infections. Metabolic, endocrine and toxic disorders. Migraine and other headaches. Multiple sclerosis and other
immunological disorders. Muscle disorders, motor neuron disease and myasthenia. Neck, back and spinal cord disorders. Neurogenic pain.
The neurological bladder, constipation and sexual problems. Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Peripheral nerve disorders.
Stroke. Trauma. Tumours and paraneoplastic syndromes. Anaesthetising patients with neurological problems.
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Paperback, 432 pages, publication date: APR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-044650-9
ISBN-10: 0-08-044650-7
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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