The clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injury has evolved significantly with the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Editors Bhardwaj, Ellegala, and Kirsch present Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, a new stand-alone reference to help today’s neurologi..
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neurone disease is one of the most debilitating and devastating of the neurological diseases. The only comprehensive textbook available on the topic, this completely reorganized and expanded new edition examines all aspects of ALS from pathology to patient care..
Emphasizing new and emerging therapies in each chapter, this reference provides essential information for clinicians to provide accurate diagnoses and select the most appropriate treatment regimens for patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors and neurological complications of cancer. Edite..
Addressing the gap in the literature between pediatric medicine and geriatric medicine, Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders examines the disorders of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways from birth to old age, exploring and managing the resultant effects of such disorders on both the brain and spine thr..
Trigeminal neuralgia often goes unrecognized or is mistaken for other causes of facial pain, and while the cause often cannot be determined, it can be associated with multiple sclerosis, herpes zoster and various tumors. However, research into pain has grown exponentially over the past few years, an..
Neurology is an exciting and evolving clinical science. The fact that many previously untreatable diseases are now known to be not only treatable, but preventable, has raised new optimism for the probability that treatments will emerge for other currently incurable neurologic disorders. This book is..
The Color Atlas of Peripheral Nerve Pathology describes how to do a nerve biopsy, how to handle specimens, and how to process the nerve by frozen sections, by paraffin sections and by semi-thin sections. Less emphasis is placed on how to process the nerve for electronmicroscopic study. It also descr..