Neurology : Clinical Cases Uncovered.

Neurology is a rapidly advancing core topic within the clinical curriculum and students and junior doctors are expected to recognise, understand and know how to investigate and manage many neurological-related disorders and conditions. Neurology: Clinical Cases Uncovered leads students through the c...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Macleod, Malcolm
Other Authors: Simpson, Marion, Pal, Suvankar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2011
Series:Clinical cases uncovered.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Title; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; How to use this book; List of abbreviations; PART 1: BASICS; Basic s cience; Approach to the p atient; PART 2: CASES; A 76-year-old man whose hand went weak; A 60-year-old man with back painand weakness; A 25-year-old woman with weaknessand tingling in her arms and legs; A 45-year-old man with uncontrollable seizures; A 24-year-old woman with headachesand abnormal optic fundi; A 37-year-old man with sudden, severe headache; A 17-year-old girl who becomes unresponsive after a late night; A 30-year-old woman found fitting on the train.
  • A 66-year-old woman with confusion and weaknessAn 18-year-old girl with headache, fever and confusion; A 30-year-old woman with double vision and fatigue; A 29-year-old woman with tingling weakness of the left arm and leg; A 45-year-old woman with pain in the leg; A 29-year-old woman thrown from her horse; A 67-year-old man who is unsteady on his feet; A 49-year-old man with burning in the feet and difficulty walking; A 72-year-old woman with memory problems; A 54-year-old woman with tingling hands; A 26-year-old woman with right-sided weakness.
  • A 19-year-old woman with acute headache and tinglingA 63-year-old man whose hands have got so weak he can't work; A 55-year-old woman with episodes of excruciating facial pain; A 38-year-old man with heaviness of the legs; An 84-year-old man with confusion and unsteadiness; A 45-year-old man with constant headache; A 68-year-old man with a 2-week history of unsteadiness; A 15-year-old girl with fidgeting movements; PART 3: SELF-ASSESSMENT; MCQs; EMQs; SAQs; Answers; Index of cases by diagnosis; Index.