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Signs and symptoms in neurologic diagnosis: approach to the patient
Delirium and confusion
Memory loss, behavioral changes and dementia
Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia
Syncope, seizures and their mimics
Coma
Headache
Diagnosis of pain and paresthesias
Dizziness, vertigo, and hearing loss
Impaired vision
Involuntary movements
Syndromes caused by weak muscles
Gait disorders
CT and MRI
Electroencephalography and evoked potentials
Electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and and magnetic stimulation
Autonomic testing
Neurovascular imaging
Endovascular neuroradiology
Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid examination
Muscle and nerve biopsy
Neuropsychological evaluation
DNA diagnosis
Bacterial infections
Focal infections
Viral infections and postviral syndromes
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Fungal infections
Neurosarcoidosis
Neurosyphilis
Leptospirosis
Lyme disease
Parasitic infections
Bacterial toxins
Prion diseases
Whipple disease
Pathogenesis, classification, and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease
Examination of the patient with cerebrovascular disease
Transient ischemic attack
Cerebral infarction
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Genetics of stroke
Other cerebrovascular syndromes
Differential diagnosis of stroke
Stroke in children
Treatment and prevention of stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis
Vascular disease of the spinal cord
Vasculitis
Susac syndrome
Vascular tumors and malformations
Hydrocephalus
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure
Superficial siderosis and intracerebral hypotension
Hyperosmolar syndromes
General considerations
Tumors of the skull and cranial nerves
Tumors of the meninges
Gliomas
Lymphomas
Pineal region tumors
Tumors of the pituitary gland
Congenital and childhood tumors
Metastatic tumors
Spinal tumors
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Complications of cancer chemotherapy
Head injury
Spine injury
Cranial and peripheral nerve lesions
Complex regional pain syndrome
Radiation injury
Electrical and lightning injury
Decompression sickness
Intervertebral dics and radiculopathy
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Hereditary and acquired spastic paraplegia
Syringomyelia
Neonatal neurology
Floppy infant syndrome
Disorders of motor and mental development
Autism spectrum disorders
Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
Cerebral and spinal malformations
Chromosomal diseases
Marcus Gunn
Möbius syndrome
Disorders of amino acid metabolism
Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Lysosomal and other storage diseases
Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome
Disorders of DNA maintenance, transcription, and translation
Hyperammonemia
Peroxisomal diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, zellweger syndrome, and refsum disease
Organic acidurias
Disorders of metal metabolism
Acute intermittent porphyria
Neurologic syndromes with acanthocytes
Cerebral degenerations of childhood
Diffuse sclerosis and vanishing white matter disease
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: diseases of mitochondrial DNA
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
Mitochondrial diseases with mutations of nuclear DNA
Neurofibromatosis
Tuberous sclerosis complex
Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
Incontinentia pigmenti
General considerations
Alzheimer disease
Frontotemporal dementia
Lewy body dementias
Huntington disease
Choreas
Myoclonus
Gilles de la tourette syndrome
Dystonia
Essential tremor
Parkinson disease
Parkinson-plus syndromes
Paroxysmal dyskinesias
Tradive dyskinesia and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes
Autosomal recessive ataxias
Autosomal dominant ataxias
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, and primary lateral sclerosis
Kennedy disease
Spinal muscular atrophies of childhood
Monomelic muscular atrophy
General considerations
The inherited peripheral neuropathies
Acquired neuropathies
Neuropathic pain
Myasthenia gravis
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Botulism and antibiotic-induced neuromuscular disorders
Critical illness myopathy and neuropathy
Identifying disorders of the motor unit
Progressive muscular dystrophies
Familial periodic paralysis
Congenital disorders of muslce
Myoglobinuria
Muscle cramps and stiffness
Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies
Myositis ossificans
Multiple sclerosis
Neuromyelitis optica
Marchiafava-Bignami disease
Central pontine myelinolysis
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Primary and secondary headaches
Transient global amnesia
Ménière syndrome
Sleep disorders
Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, autonomic failure, and autonomic neuropathy
Familial dysautonomia
Endocrine diseases
Hematologic and related diseases
Hepatic disease
Cerebral complications of cardiac surgery
Bone disease
Renal disease
Respiratory support for neurologic diseases
Nutritional disorders: malnutrition, malabsorption, and B₁₂ and other vitamin deficiency
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Neurologic disease during pregnancy
Hashimoto encephalopathy
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Alcoholism
Drug dependence
Iatrogenic disease
Occupational and environmental neurotoxicology
HIV, fetal alcohol and drug effects, and the battered child
Falls in the elderly
Neurologic rehabilitation
End-of-life issues in neurology.
Delirium and confusion
Memory loss, behavioral changes and dementia
Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia
Syncope, seizures and their mimics
Coma
Headache
Diagnosis of pain and paresthesias
Dizziness, vertigo, and hearing loss
Impaired vision
Involuntary movements
Syndromes caused by weak muscles
Gait disorders
CT and MRI
Electroencephalography and evoked potentials
Electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and and magnetic stimulation
Autonomic testing
Neurovascular imaging
Endovascular neuroradiology
Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid examination
Muscle and nerve biopsy
Neuropsychological evaluation
DNA diagnosis
Bacterial infections
Focal infections
Viral infections and postviral syndromes
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Fungal infections
Neurosarcoidosis
Neurosyphilis
Leptospirosis
Lyme disease
Parasitic infections
Bacterial toxins
Prion diseases
Whipple disease
Pathogenesis, classification, and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease
Examination of the patient with cerebrovascular disease
Transient ischemic attack
Cerebral infarction
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Genetics of stroke
Other cerebrovascular syndromes
Differential diagnosis of stroke
Stroke in children
Treatment and prevention of stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis
Vascular disease of the spinal cord
Vasculitis
Susac syndrome
Vascular tumors and malformations
Hydrocephalus
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)
Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure
Superficial siderosis and intracerebral hypotension
Hyperosmolar syndromes
General considerations
Tumors of the skull and cranial nerves
Tumors of the meninges
Gliomas
Lymphomas
Pineal region tumors
Tumors of the pituitary gland
Congenital and childhood tumors
Metastatic tumors
Spinal tumors
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Complications of cancer chemotherapy
Head injury
Spine injury
Cranial and peripheral nerve lesions
Complex regional pain syndrome
Radiation injury
Electrical and lightning injury
Decompression sickness
Intervertebral dics and radiculopathy
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Hereditary and acquired spastic paraplegia
Syringomyelia
Neonatal neurology
Floppy infant syndrome
Disorders of motor and mental development
Autism spectrum disorders
Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome
Cerebral and spinal malformations
Chromosomal diseases
Marcus Gunn
Möbius syndrome
Disorders of amino acid metabolism
Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism
Lysosomal and other storage diseases
Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism
Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome
Disorders of DNA maintenance, transcription, and translation
Hyperammonemia
Peroxisomal diseases: adrenoleukodystrophy, zellweger syndrome, and refsum disease
Organic acidurias
Disorders of metal metabolism
Acute intermittent porphyria
Neurologic syndromes with acanthocytes
Cerebral degenerations of childhood
Diffuse sclerosis and vanishing white matter disease
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: diseases of mitochondrial DNA
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy
Mitochondrial diseases with mutations of nuclear DNA
Neurofibromatosis
Tuberous sclerosis complex
Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
Incontinentia pigmenti
General considerations
Alzheimer disease
Frontotemporal dementia
Lewy body dementias
Huntington disease
Choreas
Myoclonus
Gilles de la tourette syndrome
Dystonia
Essential tremor
Parkinson disease
Parkinson-plus syndromes
Paroxysmal dyskinesias
Tradive dyskinesia and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes
Autosomal recessive ataxias
Autosomal dominant ataxias
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, and primary lateral sclerosis
Kennedy disease
Spinal muscular atrophies of childhood
Monomelic muscular atrophy
General considerations
The inherited peripheral neuropathies
Acquired neuropathies
Neuropathic pain
Myasthenia gravis
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Botulism and antibiotic-induced neuromuscular disorders
Critical illness myopathy and neuropathy
Identifying disorders of the motor unit
Progressive muscular dystrophies
Familial periodic paralysis
Congenital disorders of muslce
Myoglobinuria
Muscle cramps and stiffness
Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies
Myositis ossificans
Multiple sclerosis
Neuromyelitis optica
Marchiafava-Bignami disease
Central pontine myelinolysis
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Primary and secondary headaches
Transient global amnesia
Ménière syndrome
Sleep disorders
Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, autonomic failure, and autonomic neuropathy
Familial dysautonomia
Endocrine diseases
Hematologic and related diseases
Hepatic disease
Cerebral complications of cardiac surgery
Bone disease
Renal disease
Respiratory support for neurologic diseases
Nutritional disorders: malnutrition, malabsorption, and B₁₂ and other vitamin deficiency
Hypertrophic pachymeningitis
Neurologic disease during pregnancy
Hashimoto encephalopathy
Schizophrenia
Mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Alcoholism
Drug dependence
Iatrogenic disease
Occupational and environmental neurotoxicology
HIV, fetal alcohol and drug effects, and the battered child
Falls in the elderly
Neurologic rehabilitation
End-of-life issues in neurology.