Research Catalog

Title

Adams and Victor's principles of neurology / Allan H. Ropper, Robert H. Brown.

Author

Ropper, Allan H.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill Medical Pub. Division, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Adams, Raymond D. (Raymond Delacy), 1911-2008.
• Victor, Maurice, 1920-2001.
• Brown, Robert H., Jr., 1947-

Description

ix, 1382 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Alternative Title

Principles of neurology

Subjects

• Neuropsychiatry
• Nervous System Diseases
• Mental Disorders
• Nervous system > Diseases

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Adams and Victor's principles of neurology / Maurice Victor, Allan H. Ropper. 7th ed. c2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. The clinical method of neurology -- 1. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease -- 2. Special techniques for neurologic diagnosis -- Pt. 2. Cardinal manifestations of neurologic disease -- 3. Motor paralysis -- 4. Abnormalities of movement and posture due to disease of the basal ganglia -- 5. Incoordination and other disorders of cerebellar function -- 6. Tremor, myoclonus, focal dystonias, and tics -- 7. Disorders of stance and gait -- 8. Pain -- 9. Other somatic sensation -- 10. Headache and other craniofacial pains -- 11. Pain in the back, neck, and extremities -- 12. Disorders of smell and taste -- 13. Disturbances of vision -- 14. Disorders of ocular movement and pupillary function -- 15. Deafness, dizziness, and disorders of equilibrium -- 16. Epilepsy and other seizure disorders -- 17. Coma and related disorders of consciousness -- 18. Faintness and syncope -- 19. Sleep and its abnormalities -- 20. Delirium and other acute confusional states -- 21. Dementia and the amnesic (Korsakoff) syndrome with comments on the neurology of intelligence and memory -- 22. Neurologic disorders caused by lesions in particular parts of the cerebrum -- 23. Disorders of speech and language -- 24. Fatigue, asthenia, anxiety, and depressive reactions -- 25. Limbic lobes and the neurology of emotion -- 26. Disorders of the autonomic nervous system, respiration, and swallowing -- 27. The hypothalamus and neuroendocrine disorders -- Pt. 3. Growth and development of the nervous system and the neurology of aging -- 28. Normal development and deviations in development of the nervous system -- 29. The neurology of aging -- Pt. 4. Major categories of neurologic disease -- 30. Disturbances of cerebrospinal fluid and its circulation, including hydrocephalus, pseudotumor cerebri, and low-pressure syndromes -- 31. Intracranial neoplasms and paraneoplastic disorders -- 32. Infections of the nervous system (bacterial, fungal, spirochetal, parasitic) and sarcoidosis -- 33. Viral infections of the nervous system, chronic meningitis, and prion diseases -- 34. Cerebrovascular diseases -- 35. Craniocerebral trauma -- 36. Multiple sclerosis and allied demyelinative diseases -- 37. The inherited metabolic diseases of the nervous system -- 38. Developmental diseases of the nervous system -- 39. Degenerative diseases of the nervous system -- 40. The acquired metabolic disorders of the nervous system -- 41. Diseases of the nervous system due to nutritional deficiency -- 42. Alcohol and alcoholism -- 43. Disorders of the nervous system due to drugs, toxins, and other chemical agents -- Pt. 5. Diseases of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle -- 44. Diseases of the spinal cord -- 45. Electrophysiologic and laboratory aids in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disease -- 46. Diseases of the peripheral nerves -- 47. Diseases of the cranial nerves -- 48. Principles of clinical myology : diagnosis and classification of diseases of muscle and neuromuscular junction -- 49. The inflammatory myopathies -- 50. The muscular dystrophies -- 51. The metabolic and toxic myopathies -- 52. The congenital neuromuscular disorders -- 53. Myasthenia gravis and related disorders of the neuromuscular junction -- 54. The periodic paralyses and hereditary, nondystrophic myotonias -- 55. Disorders of muscle characterized by cramp, spasm, pain, and localized masses -- Pt. 6. Psychiatric disorders -- 56. The neuroses and personality disorders -- 57. Reactive depression, endogenous depression, and manic-depressive disease -- 58. The schizophrenias and paranoid states.

ISBN

007141620X (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004055967

OCLC

• ocm56064883
• SCSB-5181290

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries