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1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Contents |
Abulia -- Acetazolamide -- Acoustic neuroma -- Acupuncture -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis -- Addictive disorders -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Affective disorders -- Agenesis of the corpus callosum -- Agnosia -- Agraphia -- AIDS -- Alcohol-related neurologic disease -- Alexander disease -- Alpers' disease -- Alternating hemiplegia -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amantadine -- Amaurosis fugax -- Amnestic disorders -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Anatomical nomenclature -- Anencephaly -- Aneurysms -- Angelman syndrome -- Angiography -- Ankylosing spondylosis -- Anosmia -- Anticholinergics -- Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Antimigraine drugs -- Antiparkinson drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Anxiolytics -- Aphasia -- Apraxia -- Arachnoiditis -- Arachnoid cysts -- Arnold-Chiari malformation -- Arteriovenous malformations -- Assistive communicative technologies -- Assistive mobile devices -- Ataxia -- Ataxia-telangiectasia -- Atomoxetine -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Autism spectrum disorder -- Autoimmune diseases -- Autoimmune encephalitis -- Autonomic dysfunction -- Awake brain surgery -- Back pain -- Balance and gait disorders -- Ballism -- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome -- Batten disease -- Behėt disease -- Bell's palsy -- Benign positional vertigo -- Benzodiazepines -- Beriberi -- Binswanger disease -- Biopsy -- Blepharospasm -- Botulinum toxin -- Botulism -- Brachial plexus injuries -- Brain anatomy -- Brain and spinal tumors -- Brain death -- Brain edema, cerebral edema -- Brown-Sq̌uard syndrome -- Canavan disease -- Carbamazepine -- Carotid endarterectomy -- Carotid stenosis -- Carotid stenting -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors -- Cauda equina syndrome -- Central cord syndrome -- Central nervous system -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Central pain syndrome -- Cerebellum -- Cerebral air embolism -- Cerebral angiitis -- Cerebral cavernous malformation -- Cerebral circulation -- Cerebral dominance -- Cerebral hematoma -- Cerebral palsy -- Cerebral venous thrombosis -- Cervical spondylosis -- Channelopathies -- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder -- Cholinergic stimulants -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- Chorea -- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy -- Clinical trials -- Coma -- Computed tomography (CT) scan -- Concussion -- Congenital myasthenia -- Congenital myopathies -- Corpus callosotomy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Craniosynostosis -- Craniotomy -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Cushing syndrome -- CyberKnife -- Cytomegalic inclusion body disease -- Dandy-Walker syndrome -- Deep brain stimulation -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Depression -- Dermatomyositis -- Developmental delay -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Diadochokinetic rate -- Diazepam -- Dichloralphenazone, isometheptene, and acetaminophen -- Diencephalon -- Disc herniation -- Dizziness -- Dopamine receptor agonists -- Dysarthria -- Dysesthesias -- Dysgeusia -- Dyslexia -- Dyspraxia -- Dystonia |
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Electroencephalography (EEG) -- Electromyography (EMG) -- Empty sella syndrome -- Encephaloceles -- Encephalopathy -- Endovascular embolization -- Epidural hematoma -- Epilepsy -- Essential tremor -- Exercise -- Fabry disease -- Facial synkinesis -- Fahr syndrome -- Falls (recurrent falls) -- Fatigue -- Febrile seizures -- Felbamate -- Foot drop -- Fourth nerve palsy -- Friedreich ataxia -- Gabapentin -- Gaucher disease -- Gene therapy -- Glioblastoma -- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia -- Glucocorticoids -- Guillain-Barr ̌syndrome -- Hallucination -- Headache -- Headache, chronic daily -- Headache, cluster -- Headache, migraine -- Headache, tension -- Hearing loss and hearing disorders -- Hemianopsia -- Hemifacial spasm -- Hemiplegia and paraplegia -- Hereditary spastic paraplegia -- High altitude sickness -- Hirayama disease -- Holoprosencephaly -- HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy -- Huntington disease -- Hydantoins -- Hydranencephaly -- Hydrocephalus -- Hydromyelia -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Hypersomnia -- Hypothermia -- Hypotonia -- Hypoxia -- Idiopathic neuropathy -- Immunoglobulin therapy -- Inclusion body myositis -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- Infantile spasms -- Inflammatory myopathy -- Intellectual disability -- Interferons -- Intraoperative monitoring -- Joubert syndrome -- Kennedy disease -- Klippel Feil syndrome -- Lacosamide -- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome -- Laminectomy -- Lamotrigine -- Learning disorders -- Lee Silverman voice treatment -- Leigh disease -- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome -- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome -- Leukodystrophy -- Levetiracetam -- Lewy body dementia -- Lidocaine patch -- Lissencephaly -- Locked-in syndrome -- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) -- Lupus -- Lyme disease -- Machado-Joseph disease -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Megalencephaly -- Melodic intonation therapy -- Meniere's disease -- Meninges -- Meningioma -- Meningitis -- Meralgia paresthetica -- Metachromatic leukodystrophy -- Microcephaly -- Mitochondrial myopathies -- Modafinil -- Moebius syndrome -- Monomelic amyotrophy -- Motor neuron diseases -- Movement disorders -- Moyamoya disease -- Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Multifocal motor neuropathy -- Multi-infarct dementia -- Multiple sclerosis -- Multiple system atrophy -- Muscular dystrophy -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myelinolysis (central pontine and extrapontine) -- Myoclonus -- Myofibrillar myopathy -- Myopathy -- Myotonic dystrophy -- Narcolepsy -- Nerve compression -- Nerve conduction study -- Neurocysticercosis -- Neurofibromatosis -- Neurohospitalist -- Neurointensive care unit -- Neurointerventional radiology -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- Neurological emergencies -- Neurologist -- Neuromuscular blockers -- Neuromyelitis optica -- Neuronal migration disorders -- Neuropathologist -- Neuropsychological testing -- Neuroradiology -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosurgeon -- Neurosurgery -- Neurosyphilis -- Neurotoxicity -- Neurotransmitters -- Niemann-Pick Disease -- Nutritional neuropathies -- Occipital neuralgia -- Ohtahara Syndrome -- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy -- Opsoclonus myoclonus -- Organic voice tremor -- Orthostatic hypotension -- Overactive bladder -- Oxazolindinediones |
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Pain -- Palliative care -- Pallidotomy -- PANDAS -- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration -- Paramyotonia congenita -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Parkinson's disease -- Paroxysmal hemicrania -- Parsonage-Turner syndrome -- Perineural cysts -- Periodic paralysis -- Peripheral nervous system -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Periventricular leukomalacia -- Phantom limb -- Pharmacotherapy -- Phenobarbital -- Pick's disease -- Piriformis syndrome -- Plasmapheresis -- Plexopathies -- Poliomyelitis -- Polymyositis -- Pompe disease -- Porencephaly -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- Postpolio syndrome -- Primary lateral sclerosis -- Primidone -- Prion diseases -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Pseudobulbar palsy -- Pseudotumor cerebri -- Psychogenic neurological disorders -- Radiation -- Radiculopathy -- Ramsay-Hunt syndrome -- Rasmussen encephalitis -- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Refsum disease -- Rehabilitation -- Repetitive motion disorders -- Respite -- Restless legs syndrome -- Rett syndrome -- Reye syndrome -- Sandhoff disease -- Schilder's disease -- Schizencephaly -- Schizophrenia -- Sciatica -- Seizures -- Septo-optic dysplasia -- Shaken baby syndrome -- Shingles -- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography -- Sixth nerve palsy -- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome -- Sleep apnea -- Sleep disorders or parasomnias -- Social workers -- Sodium oxybate -- Sotos syndrome -- Spasticity -- Speech synthesizer -- Spina bifida -- Spinal cord infarction -- Spinal cord injury -- Spinal muscular atrophy -- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- Status epilepticus -- Stem cell therapy -- Stiff-person syndrome -- Striatonigral degeneration -- Stroke -- Sturge-Weber syndrome -- Stuttering -- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Subdural hematoma -- Succinamides -- Swallowing disorders -- Sydenham's chorea -- Syringomyelia -- Tabes dorsalis -- Tay-Sachs disease -- Temporal arteritis -- Temporal lobe epilepsy -- Tethered spinal cord syndrome -- Third nerve palsy -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Thyrotoxic myopathy -- Tiagabine -- Tic disorders -- Tinnitus -- Todd's paralysis -- Topiramate -- Tourette syndrome -- tPA -- Transcranial doppler -- Transient global amnesia -- Transient ischemic attack -- Transverse myelitis -- Traumatic brain injury -- Tremors -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Triptans -- Tropical spastic paraparesis -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Ulnar neuropathy -- Ultrasonography -- Valproic acid and divalproex sodium -- Vascular dementia -- Vasculitis -- Vegetative state; minimally conscious state -- Ventilatory assistance devices -- Ventricular shunt -- Ventricular system -- Vertebrobasilar disease -- Vertigo, motion sickness -- Vestibular schwannoma -- Visual disturbances -- Vitamin B deficiency -- Von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Wallenberg syndrome -- Weakness -- West Nile virus virus -- Whiplash -- Whipple's disease -- Williams syndrome -- Wilson disease -- Yoga -- Young stroke -- Zellweger syndrome -- Zika virus -- Zonisamide |
| Summary |
Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nervous System Diseases.
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Nervous system -- Diseases -- Encyclopedias
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Neurology -- Encyclopedias
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Nervous system -- Diseases.
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Neurology.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hiam, Deirdre S., 1978- editor.
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| ISBN |
1410379752 |
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9781410379757 |
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