Crash Course Neurology Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition
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Section 1: History, Examination and Common Investigations
1. Taking a History
2. The Neurological Examination
3. Further Investigations
Section 2: The Patient Presents With:
4. Disturbances of Consciousness
5. Disorders of Higher Cerebral Function
6. Headache
7. Disorders of Smell and Taste
8. Visual Impairment
9. Disorders of the Pupils and Eye Movements
10. Facial Sensory Loss and Weakness
11. Deafness, Tinnitus and Vertigo
12. Dysarthria, Dysphonia and Dysphagia
13. Cerebellar Dysfunction
14. Movement Disorders
15. Limb Weakness
16. Limb Sensory Symptoms
17. Disorders of Gait
Section 3: Diseases and Disorders
18. Dementia
19. Epilepsy
20. Parkinson’s disease, other extrapyramidal disorders, and myoclonus
21. Diseases Affecting the Spinal Cord (Myelopathy)
22. Motor Neuron Disease
23. Radiculopathy and Plexopathy
24. Disorders of the Peripheral Nerve
25. Disorders of the Neuromuscular junction
26. Disorders of skeletal muscle
27. Vascular Diseases of the Nervous System
28. Intracranial Tumours
29. Infections of the nervous system
30. Multiple Sclerosis
31. The Effects of Vitamin Deficiencies and Toxins on the Nervous System
32. Autoimmune conditions affecting the Nervous System
33. Hereditary Conditions Affecting the Nervous System -
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