Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword
1 Approach to the patient with neurologic problem: key steps in neurological diagnosis and treatment
2 Neurologic examination
3 Common neurologic tests
4 Disorders of muscle
5 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
6 Disorders of peripheral nerves
7 Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies
8 Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum
9 Disorders of the cerebrovascular system
10 Disorders of myelin
11 Disorders of higher cortical function
12 Disorders of the extrapyramidal system
13 Infections of the Nervous System
14 Brain tumors 15 Seizures and status epilepticus
16 Cardiac arrest, coma and cerebral death
17 Disorders of the developing nervous system
18 Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma
19 Neurologic complications of alcohol and B12 deficiency
20 Disorders of pain and headache
21 Disorders of the vestibular system
22 Sleep
About the Author: Larry E. Davis, MD
Chief Neurology Service
Distinguished Professor of Neurology
New Mexico VA Health Care System
1501 San Pedro Dr. SE
Albuquerque, NM, 87108
Sarah Pirio Richardson, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Health Sciences Center
MSC 11 6035
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
