Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease

Larry E. Davis, MD Chief Neurology Service Distinguished Professor of Neurology New Mexico VA Health Care System 1501 San Pedro Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM, 87108 Sarah Pirio Richardson, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Health Sciences Center MSC 11 6035 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Preface

Acknowledgments

Foreword



1                    Approach to the patient with neurologic problem: key steps in neurological diagnosis and treatment

 

2                    Neurologic examination

 

3                    Common neurologic tests

 

4                    Disorders of muscle



5                    Disorders of the neuromuscular junction

 

6                    Disorders of peripheral nerves

 

7                    Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies

 

8                    Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum

 

9                    Disorders of the cerebrovascular system

 

10               Disorders of myelin

 

11               Disorders of higher cortical function

 

12               Disorders of the extrapyramidal system

 

13               Infections of the Nervous System

 

14               Brain tumors



15               Seizures and status epilepticus

 

 

16               Cardiac arrest, coma and cerebral death

 

17               Disorders of the developing nervous system

 

18               Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma

 

19               Neurologic complications of alcohol and B12 deficiency

 

20               Disorders of pain and headache

 

21               Disorders of the vestibular system 

22               Sleep