Prognosis of Neurological Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sghirlanzoni, Angelo (Editor), Lauria, Giuseppe (Editor), Chiapparini, Luisa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Forensic Medicine.

This book offers clear, detailed guidance on all aspects of prognostic evaluation in patients who have been diagnosed with a neurological illness or have been involved in an accident with neurological consequences. It covers the full range of disorders of central and peripheral nervous system, provi...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Vascular Diseases: Ischemic Stroke
• Vascular Diseases: Cerebral Hemorrhage
• Inflammatory Diseases of the Cerebral Arteries
• Trauma of the Central Nervous System
• Coma
• Sleep Disorders
• Viral Infections of the Nervous System
• Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System
• Leprosy
• Prion Diseases
• Myelin Disorders: Multiple Sclerosis
• Myelin Disorders: Devic’s Syndrome
• Myelin Disorders: Post-Infectious Neurological Syndromes (PINS)
• Leukodystrophies
• Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis
• Dementias
• Intellectual Disability
• Toxic and Deficiency Encephalopathies
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Mitochondrial Disorders
• Disorders of Upper and Lower Motor Neurons
• Headaches
• Disorders of Cerebrospinal Fluid Circulation
• Epilepsy and Myoclonus
• Neoplastic Disorders
• Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Type2.-Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Parkinson’s Disease
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Atypical Parkinsonisms
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Huntington’s Disease
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Tics and Tourette Syndrome
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Essential Tremor
• Extrapyramidal Diseases: Dystonia
• Ataxias and Cerebellar Degenerations
• Disorders of Peripheral Nerves
• Disorders of Autonomic Nervous System
• Autoimmune Ion Channel Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System
• Muscular Dystrophies
• Inflammatory Myophaties
• Pain and Related Syndromes.