This concise yet comprehensive textbook builds on the success of its three previous editions in helping medical students, junior doctors and practising physicians to acquire an improved understanding of the principles of neurology.

The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to take into account new developments in the investigation and treatment of neurological disorders. It retains a clinical emphasis - the basic skills of history taking and neurological examination are paramount throughout. New for this edition is the expanded coverage of neurophysiology and motor neurone disease.

Authored and edited by leading figures in neurology, this will be an indispensable introduction to the field of clinical neurology, for use in training and study and in the clinical setting.

Contents

Introduction

Symptoms of neurological disease

Examination of the nervous system

Neuroimaging

Clinical neurophysiology

Cranial nerve syndromes

Nerve and root lesions

Neurogenetics

Raised intracranial pressure

Headache

Craniofacial pain

Head injury

Epilepsy and sleep disorders

Neuro-oncology

Spinal disease

Peripheral neuropathies

Motor neuron disease and spinal muscular atrophy

Diseases of muscle and the neuromuscular junction

Dementia

Movement disorders

The cerebellar ataxias and hereditary spastic paraplegias

Multiple sclerosis and related conditions

Cerebrovascular disease

Neurological rehabilitation

Infections of the central nervous system

HIV

Neurological manifestations of medical disorders

Pediatric neurology

Respiratory aspects of neurological disease

Pain in neurological disease

Psychiatry and neurological disorders

Author Bio

John W Scadding MD FRCP, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London; Nicholas A. Losseff MD FRCP, Consultant Neurologist, Natspital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London