Merritt's neurology

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents 1 Delirium and dementia / Scott A. Small, Richard Mayeux 2 Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia / J. P. Mohr 3 Syncope, seizures and their mimics / Lawrence J. Hirsch, Dewey K. Ziegler, Timothy A. Pedley 4 Coma / John C. M. Brust 5 Diagnosis of pain and paresthesias / Lewis P. Rowland 6 Dizziness and hearing loss / Ian S. Storper 7 Impaired vision / Myles M. Behrens 8 Headache / Neil H. Raskin, Mark W. Green 9 Involuntary movements / Stanley Fahn 10 Syndromes caused by weak muscles / Lewis P. Rowland 11 Gait disorders / Sid Gilman 12 Signs and symptoms in neurologic diagnosis / Lewis P. Rowland 13 Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging / Robert DeLaPaz 14 Electroencephalography and evoked potentials / Ronald G. Emerson, Thaddeus S. Walczak, Timothy A. Pedley 15 Electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and magnetic stimulation / Clifton L. Gooch, Seth Pullman 16 Neurovascular imaging / J. P. Mohr, Robert DeLaPaz 17 Endovascular surgical neuroradiology / Philip M. Myers, Sean D. Lavine 18 Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid examination / Robert A. Fishman 19 Muscle and nerve biopsy / Arthur P. Hays, Michael D. Daras 20 Neuropsychologic evaluation / Yaakov Stern 21 DNA diagnosis / Lewis P. Rowland, Salvatore DiMauro, Michio Hirano 22 Bacterial infections / Burk Jubelt 23 Focal infections / Gary L. Bernardini 24 Viral infections / Burk Jubelt 25 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) / Carolyn Barley Britton 26 Fungal and yeast infections / Leon D. Prockop 27 Neurosarcoidosis / John C. M. Brust 28 Spirochete infections : neurosyphilis / Leonidas Stefanis, Lewis P. Rowland 29 Spirochete infections : leptospirosis / Burk Jubelt 30 Spirochete infections : lyme disease / Burk Jubelt 31 Parasitic infections / Burk Jubelt 32 Bacterial toxins / Burk Jubelt 33 Reye syndrome / Darryl C. De Vivo 34 Prion diseases / Burk Jubelt 35 Whipple disease / Elan D. Louis 36 Pathogenesis, classification, and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease / Ralph L. Sacco 37 Examination of the patient with cerebrovascular disease / Randolph S. Marshall 38 Transient ischemic attack / John C. M. Brust 39 Cerebral infarction / John C. M. Brust 40 Cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhage / J. P. Mohr, Christian Stapf 41 Genetics of stroke / Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Ralph L. Sacco 42 Other cerebrovascular syndromes / Frank M. Yatsu 43 Differential diagnosis of stroke / Mitchell S. V. Elkind, J. P. Mohr 44 Stroke in children / Arnold P. Gold, Marc C. Patterson 45 Treatment and prevention of strokes / Frank M. Yatsu 46 Subarachnoid hemorrhage / Stephan A. Mayer, Gary L. Bernardini, Robert A. Solomon, John C. M. Brust 47 Cerebral veins and sinuses / Robert A. Fishman 48 Vascular disease of the spinal cord / Leon A. Weisberg 49 Hydrocephalus / Leon D. Prockop 50 Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure / Robert A. Fishman 51 Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system / Robert A. Fishman 52 Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome / Stephan A. Mayer, Leon D. Prockop 53 General considerations / Lisa M. DeAngelis 54 Tumors of the skull and cranial nerves / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Jeffrey N. Bruce 55 Tumors of the meninges / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Jeffrey N. Bruce 56 Gliomas / Lisa M. DeAngelis 57 Lymphomas / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Casilda M. Balmaceda 58 Pineal region tumors / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Jeffrey N. Bruce 59 Tumors of the pituitary gland / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Pamela U. Freda, Jeffrey N. Bruce 60 Congenital and childhood central nervous system tumors / James H. Gavin, Jr., Neil A. Feldstein, Saadi Ghatan 61 Vascular tumors and malformations / J. P. Mohr, John Pile-Spellman 62 Metastatic tumors / Lisa M. DeAngelis 63 Spinal tumors / Paul C. McCormick, Lewis P. Rowland 64 Head injury / Stephan A. Mayer 65 Spinal injury / Christopher Commichou, Joseph T. Marrotta, Nazli Janjua 66 Intervertebral disks and radiculopathy / Paul C. McCormick 67 Cervical spondylotic myelopathy / Lewis P. Rowland, Paul C. McCormick 68 Lumbar spondylosis / Lewis P. Rowland, Paul C. McCormick 69 Cranial and peripheral nerve lesions / Clifton L. Gooch, Dale J. Lange, Werner Trojaborg 70 Thoracic outlet syndrome / Lewis P. Rowland, Louis H. Weimer 71 Neuropathic pain / Clifton L. Gooch 72 Radiation injury / Steven R. Isaacson, Casilda Balmaceda, Michael D. Daras 73 Electrical and lightning injury / Lewis P. Rowland 74 Decompression sickness / Leon D. Prockop 75 Neonatal neurology / M. Richard Koenigsberger, Ram Kairam, Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., Timothy A. Pedley 76 Floppy infant syndrome / Juan M. Pascual, Darryl C. De Vivo 77 Static disorders of brain development / Isabelle Rapin 78 Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome / Melvin Greer 79 Structural malformations / Melvin Greer 80 Marcus Gunn and mobius syndromes / Lewis P. Rowland, Marc C. Patterson 81 Chromosomal diseases / Ching H. Wang, Marc C. Patterson 82 Disorders of amino acid metabolism / John H. Menkes 83 Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism / Marc C. Patterson, Lewis P. Rowland 84 Lysosomal and other storage diseases / Marc C. Patterson, William G. Johnson 85 Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism / Salvatore DiMauro 86 Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome / Darryl C. De Vivo, Juan M. Pascual, Dong Wang 87 Disorders of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) maintenance, transcription, and translation / Marc C. Patterson 88 Hyperammonemia / Marc C. Patterson 89 Peroxisomal diseases : adrenoleukodystrophy, Zellweger syndrome, and Refsum disease / Marc C. Patterson, Darryl C. De Vivo 90 Organic acidurias / Stefano DiDonato, Graziella Uziel 91 Disorders of metal metabolism / John H. Menkes 92 Acute intermittent porphyria / Lewis P. Rowland 93 Neurologic syndromes with acanthocytes / K.-H. Christopher Min, Timothy A. Pedley, Lewis P. Rowland 94 Cerebral degenerations of childhood / Eveline C. Traeger, Isabelle Rapin 95 Diffuse sclerosis / Marc C. Patterson, Lewis P. Rowland 96 Differential diagnosis / Eveline C. Traeger, Isabelle Rapin 97 Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies : diseases of mitochondrial DNA / Salvatore DiMauro, Eric A. Schon, Michio Hirano, Lewis P. Rowland 98 Leber hereditary optic neuropathy / Michio Hirano, Myles M. Behrens 99 Mitochondrial diseases with mutations of nuclear DNA / Darryl C. De Vivo, Michio Hirano 100 Neurofibromatosis / Arnold P. Gold, Marc C. Patterson 101 Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis / Arnold P. Gold, Marc C. Patterson 102 Incontinentia pigmenti / Arnold P. Gold, Marc C. Patterson 103 Tuberous sclerosis complex / Arnold P. Gold, Marc C. Patterson 104 General considerations / Norman Latov 105 Hereditary neuropathies / Michael E. Shy 106 Acquired neuropathies / Thomas H. Brannagan III, Louis H. Weimer, Norman Latov 107 Alzheimer disease and related dementias / Scott A. Small, Richard Mayeux 108 Hereditary ataxias / Susan B. Bressman, Rachel J. Saunders-Pullman, Roger N. Rosenberg 109 Huntington disease / Stanley Fahn 110 Sydenham and other forms of chorea / Stanley Fahn 111 Myoclonus / Stanley Fahn 112 Gilles de la Tourette syndrome / Stanley Fahn 113 Dystonia / Stanley Fahn, Susan B. Bressman 114 Essential tremor / Elan D. Louis 115 Parkinsonism / Stanley Fahn, Serge Przedborski 116 Progressive supranuclear palsy / Paul E. Greene 117 Tardive dyskinesia and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes / Stanley Fahn, Robert E. Burke 118 Hereditary and acquired spastic paraplegia / Lewis P. Rowland, Paul H. Gordon 119 Hereditary and acquired motor neuron diseases / Lewis P. Rowland, Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Darryl C. De Vivo 120 Syringomyelia / Elliott L. Mancall 121 Myasthenia gravis / Audrey S. Penn, Lewis P. Rowland 122 Lambert-Eaton syndrome / Audrey S. Penn 123 Botulism and antibiotic-induced neuromuscular disorders / Audrey S.

Penn 124 Acute quadriplegic myopathy / Michio Hirano, Louis H. Weimer 125 Identifying disorders of the motor unit / Lewis P. Rowland 126 Progressive muscular dystrophies / Petra Kaufmann, Louis H. Weimer, Lewis P. Rowland 127 Familial periodic paralysis / Lewis P. Rowland, Paul H. Gordon 128 Congenital disorders of muscle / Olajide Williams 129 Myoglobinuria / Lewis P. Rowland 130 Muscle cramps and stiffness / Robert B. Layzer, Lewis P. Rowland 131 Dermatomyositis / Lewis P. Rowland 132 Polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies / Lewis P. Rowland 133 Myositis ossificans / Lewis P. Rowland 134 Multiple sclerosis / Saud A. Sadiq 135 Marchiafava-Bignami disease / Lewis P. Rowland 136 Central pontine myelinolysis / Gary L. Bernadini, Elliott L. Mancall 137 Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension and autonomic failure / Louis H. Weimer 138 Acute autonomic neuropathy / Louis H. Weimer 139 Familial dysautonomia / Alan M. Aron 140 Migraine and other headaches / Neil H. Raskin, Mark W. Green 141 Epilepsy / Carl W. Bazil, Martha J. Morrell, Timothy A. Pedley 142 Febrile seizures / Linda D. Leary, Douglas R. Nordli, Jr., Timothy A. Pedley 143 Transient global amnesia / John C. M. Brust 144 Meniere syndrome / Ian S. Storper 145 Sleep disorders / June M. Fry, Bradley V. Vaughn 146 Endocrine diseases / Gary M. Abrams, Earl A. Zimmerman 147 Hematologic and related diseases / Robert W. Pratt, David J. Adams, Casilda M. Balmaceda 148 Hepatic disease / Neil H. Raskin, Peter Y. Kim 149 Cerebral complications of cardiac surgery / Mitchell S. V. Elkind, Eric J. Heyer 150 Bone disease / Roger N. Rosenberg 151 Renal disease / Neil H. Raskin, J. Kirk Roberts 152 Respiratory support for neurologic diseases / Stephan A. Mayer, Matthew E. Fink 153 Paraneoplastic syndromes / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Lewis P. Rowland 154 Nutritional disorders : malnutrition, malabsorption, and B[subscript 12] and other deficiencies / Bradford B. Worrall, Lewis P. Rowland 155 Vasculitis syndromes / Lewis P. Rowland, Marcelo R. Olarte 156 Hypertrophic pachymeningitis / John C. M. Brust 157 Neurologic disease during pregnancy / Alison M. Pack, Martha J. Morrell 158 Hashimoto encephalopathy / Ji Y. Chong 159 Mood disorders / Ralph N. Wharton 160 Anxiety disorders / Ralph N. Wharton 161 Schizophrenia / Arielle D. Stanford, Cheryl Corcoran, Dolores Malaspina 162 Somatoform disorders / Daniel T. Willams 163 Alcoholism / John C. M. Brust 164 Drug dependence / John C. M. Brust 165 Iatrogenic disease / Louis H. Weimer, Lewis P. Rowland 166 Complications of cancer chemotherapy / Lisa M. DeAngelis, Casilda M. Balmaceda 167 Occupational and environmental neurotoxicology / Leon D. Prockop, Lewis P. Rowland