Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of neurology will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
1. Instructions for online access - p. 278 2. Cover image - p. iv 3. Title page - p. iv 4. Table of Contents - p. iv 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Series Editors’ foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. vi 8. Acknowledgements - p. vii 9. Series Editors’ acknowledgements - p. viii 10. Section 1: History, Examination and Common Investigations - p. viii 11. 1: Taking a history - p. viii 12. 2: The neurological examination - p. 5 13. 3: Further investigations - p. 22 14. Section 2: The Patient Presents With - p. 28 15. 4: Disturbances of consciousness - p. 28 16. 5: Disorders of higher cerebral function - p. 38 17. 6: Headache - p. 43 18. 7: Disorders of smell and taste - p. 51 19. 8: Visual impairment - p. 55 20. 9: Disorders of the pupils and eye movements - p. 62 21. 10: Facial sensory loss and weakness - p. 73 22. 11: Deafness, tinnitus, dizziness and vertigo - p. 79 23. 12: Dysarthria, dysphonia and dysphagia - p. 86 24. 13: Cerebellar dysfunction - p. 89 25. 14: Movement disorders - p. 93 26. 15: Limb weakness - p. 99 27. 16: Limb sensory symptoms - p. 109 28. 17: Disorders of gait - p. 116 29. Section 3: Diseases and Disorders - p. 119 30. 18: Dementia - p. 119 31. 19: Epilepsy - p. 128 32. 20: Parkinson disease and other extrapyramidal disorders - p. 135 33. 21: Diseases affecting the spinal cord (myelopathy) - p. 142 34. 22: Motor neurone disease - p. 150 35. 23: Radiculopathy and plexopathy - p. 154 36. 24: Disorders of the peripheral nerves - p. 158 37. 25: Disorders of the neuromuscular junction - p. 168 38. 26: Disorders of skeletal muscle - p. 172 39. 27: Vascular diseases of the nervous system - p. 179 40. 28: Neuro-oncology - p. 193 41. 29: Infections of the nervous system - p. 200 42. 30: Multiple sclerosis - p. 213 43. 31: The effects of vitamin deficiencies and toxins on the nervous system - p. 220 44. 32: Autoimmune conditions affecting the nervous system - p. 223 45. 33: Hereditary conditions affecting the nervous system - p. 226 46. Single best answer (SBA) questions - p. 233 47. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. 243 48. SBA answers - p. 249 49. EMQ answers - p. 259 50. Glossary - p. 263 51. Index - p. 267
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Crash Course – your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success.
A winning formula now for over 20 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated – with an improved full-colour layout tailored to make your life easier. Especially written by senior students or junior doctors – those who understand what is essential for exam success – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert Faculty Advisers, the result are books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust.
Each chapter guides you succinctly through the full range of curriculum topics, integrating clinical considerations with the relevant basic science and avoiding unnecessary or confusing detail. A range of text boxes help you get to the hints, tips and key points you need fast! A fully revised self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats is included to check your understanding and aid exam preparation. The accompanying enhanced, downloadable eBook completes this invaluable learning package.
Series volumes have been honed to meet the requirements of today’s medical students, although the range of other health students and professionals who need rapid access to the essentials of neurology will also love the unique approach of Crash Course. Whether you need to get out of a fix or aim for a distinction Crash Course is for you!
1. Instructions for online access - p. 278 2. Cover image - p. iv 3. Title page - p. iv 4. Table of Contents - p. iv 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Series Editors’ foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. vi 8. Acknowledgements - p. vii 9. Series Editors’ acknowledgements - p. viii 10. Section 1: History, Examination and Common Investigations - p. viii 11. 1: Taking a history - p. viii 12. 2: The neurological examination - p. 5 13. 3: Further investigations - p. 22 14. Section 2: The Patient Presents With - p. 28 15. 4: Disturbances of consciousness - p. 28 16. 5: Disorders of higher cerebral function - p. 38 17. 6: Headache - p. 43 18. 7: Disorders of smell and taste - p. 51 19. 8: Visual impairment - p. 55 20. 9: Disorders of the pupils and eye movements - p. 62 21. 10: Facial sensory loss and weakness - p. 73 22. 11: Deafness, tinnitus, dizziness and vertigo - p. 79 23. 12: Dysarthria, dysphonia and dysphagia - p. 86 24. 13: Cerebellar dysfunction - p. 89 25. 14: Movement disorders - p. 93 26. 15: Limb weakness - p. 99 27. 16: Limb sensory symptoms - p. 109 28. 17: Disorders of gait - p. 116 29. Section 3: Diseases and Disorders - p. 119 30. 18: Dementia - p. 119 31. 19: Epilepsy - p. 128 32. 20: Parkinson disease and other extrapyramidal disorders - p. 135 33. 21: Diseases affecting the spinal cord (myelopathy) - p. 142 34. 22: Motor neurone disease - p. 150 35. 23: Radiculopathy and plexopathy - p. 154 36. 24: Disorders of the peripheral nerves - p. 158 37. 25: Disorders of the neuromuscular junction - p. 168 38. 26: Disorders of skeletal muscle - p. 172 39. 27: Vascular diseases of the nervous system - p. 179 40. 28: Neuro-oncology - p. 193 41. 29: Infections of the nervous system - p. 200 42. 30: Multiple sclerosis - p. 213 43. 31: The effects of vitamin deficiencies and toxins on the nervous system - p. 220 44. 32: Autoimmune conditions affecting the nervous system - p. 223 45. 33: Hereditary conditions affecting the nervous system - p. 226 46. Single best answer (SBA) questions - p. 233 47. Extended-matching questions (EMQs) - p. 243 48. SBA answers - p. 249 49. EMQ answers - p. 259 50. Glossary - p. 263 51. Index - p. 267
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