Atlas of neurologic diagnosis and treatment.RC355 2004-015192 0-7817-5324-4 Atlas of neurologic diagnosis and treatment. Collins, R. Douglas. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [c]2005 179 p. $59.95 (pa) Collins (neurology and internal medicine) writes to raise the awareness of non-specialist primary care physicians and help them to diagnose and treat patients with neurological symptoms. He begins with the differential diagnosis differential diagnosis n. Determination of which one of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is the one from which the patient is suffering. Also called differentiation. of neurological symptoms, including instructions on taking a neurological history, and lists symptoms such as back pain, diplopia diplopia /di·plo·pia/ (di-plo´pe-ah) the perception of two images of a single object. binocular diplopia , and transient ischemic attack Transient Ischemic Attack Definition A transient ischemic attack, or TIA, is often described as a mini-stroke. Unlike a stroke, however, the symptoms can disappear within a few minutes. in alphabetical order. He describes the differential diagnosis of neurological signs, such as ataxia ataxia (ətăk`sēə), lack of coordination of the voluntary muscles resulting in irregular movements of the body. Ataxia can be brought on by an injury, infection, or degenerative disease of the central nervous system, e.g. , gait disturbances and tremor. Using case studies, he describes diagnoses, treatment, and prognoses of diseases of the spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. , peripheral nerves and muscles, the brain and the brain stem. He includes additional special examinations for each neurological symptom, laboratory workups and treatment of neurological diseases, a glossary and references. |
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