For more than twenty years, Clinical Neurology has helped students, residents, and clinicians understand the link between basic neuroscience and current approaches in diagnosis and treatment. Distinguished by its practice-oriented approach to neurology based on presenting symptoms, this trusted classic delivers the clearest and most concise introduction to the field available anywhere.

Features:
Essential concepts are presented within a framework of problems encountered in a clinical setting for greater relevance to real-world practice
More than 200 tables and figures put key information at your fingertips
Treatment protocols reflect the most recent advances in the field
Advances in molecular biology and genetics are incorporated throughout
NEW Introductory chapters on the neurologic history and examination and laboratory investigations
NEW State-of-the-art discussions of the molecular basis of Alzheimer disease and other dementias, spinocerebellar ataxias, motor neuron disease, muscular dystrophies, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and stroke; and coverage of recent advances in the treatment of neurologic complications of general medical disorders, headache and facial pain, movement disorders, seizures, and cerebrovascular disease, and other conditions
NEW Full-color illustrations that clarify neuroanatomic principles, clinical-anatomic correlations, pathophysiologic mechanisms, and clinical and radiological signs



1. Disorders of Cognitive Function
2. Headache & Facial Pain
3. Disorders of Equilibrium
4. Disturbances of Vision
5. Motor Deficits
6. Disorders of Somatic Sensation
7. Movement Disorders
8. Seizures & Syncope
9. Stroke
10. Coma
11. Neurologic Investigations
Appendix A. The Neurologic Examination
Appendix B. A Brief Examination of the Nervous System
Appendix C. Clinical Examination of Common Isolated Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Index