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Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders
Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders
Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
Introduction
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Autonomic Neuropathies
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Horner's Syndrome
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Pure Autonomic Failure
Diagnosis and Treatment
Biology of the Nervous System
Introduction
Brain
Effects of Aging
Nerves
Spinal Cord
Brain Dysfunction
Introduction
Dysfunction by Location
Specific Types of Dysfunction
Aphasia
Treatment
Dysarthria
Apraxia
Agnosia
Amnesia
Cranial Nerve Disorders
Introduction
Bell's Palsy
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment and Prognosis
Conjugate Gaze Palsies
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Hemifacial Spasm
Hypoglossal Nerve Disorders
Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
Palsies of Cranial Nerves That Control Eye Movement
Third Cranial Nerve (Oculomotor Nerve) Palsy
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Fourth Cranial Nerve (Trochlear Nerve) Palsy
Sixth Cranial Nerve (Abducens Nerve) Palsy
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Delirium and Dementia
Introduction
Delirium
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Dementia
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Alzheimer's Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Vascular Dementia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Lewy Body Dementia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Frontotemporal Dementia
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Normal-Pressure Hydrocephalus
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Other Dementias
Diagnosis of Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerve Disorders
Introduction
History
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Procedures
Spinal Tap
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Myelography
Electroencephalography
Evoked Responses
Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies
Dizziness and Vertigo
Introduction
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (Benign Positional Vertigo)
Diagnosis and Treatment
Dizziness
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Motion Sickness
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Vertigo
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment
Headaches
Introduction
Causes
Diagnosis
Cluster Headaches
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Low-Pressure Headache
Diagnosis
Treatment
Migraines
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment
Tension-Type Headaches
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Head Injuries
Introduction
Symptoms
Prognosis
Diagnosis and Treatment
Cerebral Contusions and Lacerations
Concussion
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Intracranial Hematomas
Epidural Hematomas
Subdural Hematomas
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Intracerebral Hematomas
Skull Fracture
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Infections of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Introduction
Abscess of the Brain
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Acute Bacterial Meningitis
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Prevention
Aseptic Meningitis
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Chronic Meningitis
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Encephalitis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Parasitic Infections
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Rabies
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Subdural Empyema
Diagnosis and Treatment
Low Back and Neck Pain
Introduction
Low Back Pain
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment
Neck Pain
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Movement Disorders
Introduction
Chorea, Athetosis, and Hemiballismus
Symptoms
Treatment
Coordination Disorders
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Dystonia
Causes
Types and Symptoms
Treatment
Fragile X–Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Huntington's Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Multiple System Atrophy
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Myoclonus
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Parkinson's Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Parkinsonism
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Tics
Symptoms
Treatment
Tourette's Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Tremor
Types of Abnormal Tremors
Diagnosis
Treatment
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Related Disorders
Introduction
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Other Primary Demyelinating Diseases
Pain
Introduction
Evaluation
Treatment
Opioid Analgesics
Nonopioid Analgesics
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Ibuprofen, Ketoprofen, and Naproxen
Acetaminophen
Adjuvant Analgesics
Nondrug Pain Treatments
Types
Neuropathic Pain
Nociceptive Pain
Psychogenic Pain
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Introduction
Hereditary Neuropathies
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
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Mononeuropathy
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Multiple Mononeuropathy
Muscle Stimulation Disorders
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Myasthenia Gravis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Botulism
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prevention
Treatment
Eaton-Lambert Syndrome
Plexus Disorders
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Polyneuropathy
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Diagnosis and Treatment
Spinal Muscular Atrophies
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Thoracic Outlet Syndromes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prion Diseases
Introduction
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Fatal Familial Insomnia
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease
Kuru
Seizure Disorders
Seizure Disorders
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Sleep Disorders
Introduction
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Hypersomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
Diagnosis
Treatment
Insomnia
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Narcolepsy
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Parasomnias
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and Restless Legs Syndrome
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Sleep Disorders in Dementia
Spinal Cord Disorders
Introduction
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Acute Transverse Myelitis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Blockage of the Spinal Cord's Blood Supply
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Cervical Spondylosis
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Compression of the Spinal Cord
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
Symptoms and Diagnosis
Treatment
Injuries of the Spinal Cord and Vertebrae
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Subacute Combined Degeneration
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Syrinx
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Tropical Spastic Paraparesis/HTLV-1–Associated Myelopathy
Symptoms
Diagnosis and Treatment
Stroke (CVA)
Introduction
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Prevention
Treatment
End-of-Life Issues
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Ischemic Stroke
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Treatment
Transient Ischemic Attacks
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Stupor and Coma
Stupor and Coma
Causes
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prognosis
Tumors of the Nervous System
Introduction
Brain Tumors
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Radiation Damage
Spinal Cord Tumors
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
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