Succinct, logically organized, and supported by more than 100 board-style review questions, Blueprints Neurology delivers a complete review of key topics and concepts optimized for clerkship, shelf review, and USMLE preparation. This concise approach pares coverage to a perfect length for clerkship rotations and reinforces understanding with clinical vignettes, detailed diagnostic and treatment information, and case-based review questions at the end of the book with complete answer explanations.
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Author(s): Frank W. Drislane; Alexandra Hovaguimian; Andrew W. Tarulli; Aimee K. Boegle; Courtney McIlduff; Louis R. Caplan
Series: Blueprints
Edition: 5
Publisher: LWW Wolters Kluwer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Tags: Neurology; Medical Education & Training; USMLE
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART I BASICS OF NEUROLOGY
1 The Neurologic Examination
2 Neurologic Investigations
PART II COMMON NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS
3 The Approach to Coma and Altered Consciousness
4 Neuro-Ophthalmology
5 The Approach to Weakness
6 The Sensory System
7 Dizziness, Vertigo, and Syncope
8 Ataxia and Gait Disorders
9 Urinary and Sexual Dysfunction
10 Headache and Facial Pain
PART III NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
11 Aphasia and Other Disorders of Higher Cortical Function
12 Dementia
13 Sleep Disorders
14 Vascular Disease
15 Seizures
16 Movement Disorders
17 Head Trauma
18 Systemic Conditions with Neurologic Manifestations
19 Central Nervous System Tumors
20 Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System
21 Infections of the Nervous System
22 Disorders of the Spinal Cord
23 Radiculopathy, Plexopathy, and Peripheral Neuropathy
24 Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction and Skeletal Muscle
25 Pediatric Neurology
Questions
Answers
Appendix: Evidence-Based Resources
Index
