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| Description |
Everything you would expect from Harrison's-and more! Featuring the contents of the Neurology section of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition -enhanced with important updates, new and annotated references, new illustrations, and self-assessment/exam review Questions and Answers-this next-generation resource is perfect for the backpack, the wards, and in all clinical situations. Also great for students! Offering ease of use? the expertise of renowned editors and contributors? an expanded collection of great illustrations and clinical photographs? Harrison's famed coverage of disease mechanisms? invaluable guidelines for ensuring diagnostic accuracy? and state-of-the-art treatment strategies-Harrison's Neurology is a true essential. |
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| Author Biography |
Stephen L. Hauser, MD Chairman and Betty Anker Fife Professor Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco
Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon) William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Executive Dean for Academic Programs Harvard Medical School Director, Channing Laboratory Department of Medicine Brigham and Women?s Hospital
Eugene Brauwald, AB, MD, MA (Hon), MD (Hon), ScD (Hon) Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine Faculty Dean for Academic Programs at Brigham and Women?s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Vice-President for Academic Programs Partners HealthCare System
Anthony S. Fauci, MD Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Dan L. Longo, MD Scientific Director National Institute of on Aging National Institutes of Health
J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD
Irving S. Cutter Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
Physician-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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| Table of Contents |
Section 1: Diagnosis of Neurologic Disorders 1. Neurobiology of Disease 2. Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease 3. Neuroimaging in Neurologic Disorders Section 2: Diseases of the Central Nervous System 4. Seizures and Epilepsy 5. Cerebrovascular Diseases 6. Alzheimer?s Disease and Other Primary Dementias 7. Parkinson?s Disease and Other Movement Disorders 8. Ataxic Disorders 9. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases 10. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System 11. Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell?s Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders 12. Diseases of the Spinal Cord 13. Concussion and Other Head Injuries 14. Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System 15. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases 16. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema 17. Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis 18. Prion Diseases Section 3: Nerve and Muscle Disorders 19. Approach to the Patient with Peripheral Neuropathy 20. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Inherited Neuropathies 21. Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies 22. Myasthenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 23. Approach to the Patient with Muscle Disease 24. Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases 25. Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis Section 4: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 26. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Section 5: Psychiatric Disorders 27. Mental Disorders Section 6: Alcoholism and Drug Dependency 28. Alcohol and Alcoholism 29. Opioid Drug Abuse and Dependence 30. Cocaine and Other Commonly Abused Drugs 31. Nicotine Addiction Final review questions (20-40) with answers |
| Reviews |
Reviews **Description** Harrison's 'Neurology in Clinical Medicine' is a stand-alone volume that provides more detailed coverage of the pathophysiology and clinical aspects of neurological disorders, than is included in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. The book incorporates both a symptom and disease-based approach to problems in clinical neurology. **Purpose** The editors of this book recognize that internal medicine trainees increasingly receive very little exposure to patients with neurological disease and that this has bred a tendency to use sophisticated neurological tests in an unfocussed fashion. This is unfortunate given the high prevalence of neurological disease and that much of the care of these patients will be delivered by non-specialists. These observations underpin the editors' admirable goal of producing a book that provides expanded coverage of clinically important topics geared towards the needs of the practicing internist, with particular emphasis on pathophysiology and therapy. **Audience** The editors have assembled a group of authors who are all well-known experts in their fields. The result is a text that, for the most part, is extremely well written and lucidly presented. Internal medicine students and trainees as well as practicing internists will find this a useful resource when confronted with clinical neurological problems. **Features** The structure of this book follows the common approach of introductory chapters focused on the approach to the patient with a neurological disorder and the use of diagnostic studies, followed by a series of symptom-based chapters and a series of disease-based chapters. The book includes chapters on psychiatric disease and substance abuse. Within each chapter, text boxes present the approach to the patient with a particular clinical problem and treatment of a particular disorder, enabling the reader to quickly and easily find this information. Many chapters include flow diagrams to assist in guiding patient evaluation. I am less enthusiastic about this sort of algorithmic approach, but appreciate that others may find it helpful. **Assessment** There are other general neurology texts including Adams and Victor's principles of Neurology (eds. Allan Ropper and Robert Brown, McGraw-Hill, 2005), Merritt's Neurology (ed. Lewis Roland, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005) and Neurology in Clinical Practice (ed. Walter Bradly, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004), but Harrison's is the only one that I am aware of that is written specifically with the internist rather than the neurologist in mind. As a neurologist, I shall probably used this book mostly as a recommended reference for students and residents who are learning about neurology within the context of internal medicine. Weighted Numerical Score: 88 - 3 Stars
Contents: This 43-chapter single-volume paperback represents the entire contents of Harrison?s Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition that is pertinent to neurology, including chapters from the Cardinal Manifestations and Presentations of Disease (approach to different symptoms and syndromes) and the Neurologic Disorders (specific diseases) sections. Compared with its parent text, the typeface is larger, the paper is glossier, many of the color illustrations have been further enhanced, and a few chapters have minor additions. This book provides a broad overview with sufficient detail of the diagnostic principles and management of neurological disorders. Strengths: By visually separating the evaluation and treatment portions of each chapter in colored boxes and by incorporating outstanding illustrations, tables, and flow charts, this text is both an enjoyable leisurely read and a good quick reference. Recommended Readership: Students, residents, primary care physicians, and other nonneurologists. Overall Grading:**** SCOTT D.Z. EGGERS, MD
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
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