Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lerner, Alan J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2006.
• Series: Current Clinical Neurology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Accurate diagnosis, the best way to avoid inadequate and inappropriate patient treatment, is the first and foremost responsibility of the physician. In Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology, Alan J. Lerner, MD, seeks to codify the diagnostic process by compiling sets of previously published diagnostic cr...

Table of Contents:

• Consensus, Disagreement, and Diagnostic Labels
• Cerebrovascular Diseases
• Dementias and Behavioral Disorders
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Disorders of Consciousness and Brain Death
• Epilepsy
• Genetic Syndromes
• Headache
• Immune-Based Disorders
• Infectious Diseases
• Movement Disorders
• Neuromuscular Disorders
• Pain, Fatigue, and Trauma
• Sleep Disorders.