Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology 2nd Edition

• Provide clinicians the necessary neurologic information for the diagnosis and management of common neurologic problems
• The book addresses three main areas: the neurologic examination and diagnostic testing, common neurologic symptoms, and common neurologic diseases
• Illustrated with many tables, figures, videos, and audio samples to provide quick and concise examples of neurologic conditions

Description

Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology, Second Edition has been updated and designed with the busy medical student, resident, and clinician in mind. This rapidly changing specialty has more therapeutic options available to treat neurologic disease than ever before. The text, tables, and illustrations are enhanced with online videos, all designed to provide quick and concise information on common neurologic disorders.

The book addresses three main areas in fourteen user-friendly chapters: the neurologic examination and diagnostic testing, common neurologic symptoms, and common neurologic diseases. Each chapter is highly illustrated with figures and tables, and is accompanied with audio samples portraying dysarthias and videos showing gait, movement disorder, fasciculation, and other neurologic phenomena.

Table of Contents

1 The Neurologic Examination
2 Diagnostic Tests
3 Headache
4 Back and Limb Pain
5 Dizziness
6 Sensory Loss and Paresthesias
7 Weakness
8 Cognitive Loss
9 Spells
10 Pain
11 Cerebrovascular Disease
12 Movement Disorders
13 Immune and Infectious Diseases
14 Neuro-oncology