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Book SynopsisNeurology trainees will learn of presentations and diagnostic features from a wide range of neurological disorders including infective, inflammatory, neoplastic and functional neurology. Patient perspectives offer the personal impact of the specific neurological condition to further understanding of the different disorders and enhance patient care.
Table of ContentsSection I. Visual Disturbance; 1. Weight loss effects on vision and limbs; 2. Adult-onset visual loss; 3. A bee of a syndrome; 4. Multiple problems; 5. Chasing periorbital nerves; 6. High pressure; 7. Test characteristic limitations; 8. Temporary visual failure; 9. Chasing the clot; Section II. Headache and Pain: 10. Losing volume; 11. Where is the pus?; 12. Recurrent acute headaches; 13. A 'never' recurring event; 14. Headache and fever; 15. Brain infection; 16. Headache and droopy eye; 17. Facial somatic mosaicism; 18. An alarm clock headache; Section III. Weakness: 19. Bleeding brain; 20. A battery issue; 21. Symptoms took years to develop; 22. High-frequency improvement; 23. Singling out dermatomes; 24. Asthmatic neurology; 25. Neurological consequences of infection; 26. When speech and swallow fail; 27. Recurrent weakness; 28. Increasing golfing handicap; Section IV. Behavioural and Language Changes: 29. Emotional consequences; 30. Covalent cascade; 31. Progressive silence; 32. Personality change; 33. Evolving and changing neurology; Section V. Confusion: 34. Clouding of consciousness in hospital; 35. Leaky effects of rising pressure; 36. Smoking encephalopathy; 37. Losing running memories; Section VI. Movement Disturbances: 38. Involuntary arm movement; 39. Salt control; 40. A young man with more than dizziness; 41. Late Familial Falling; 42. Non-familial falling; 43. Shaking leg; 44. A viral opportunity; 45. More searching for causes of progressive unsteadiness; Section VII. Acute Onset of Neurological Symptoms: 46, A neurological miscarriage; 47. Am I repeating myself?; 48. A raspberry causing trouble; 49. Different spells; 50. Following the eyes; 51. Fuming loss of consciousness; 52. From skin to brain; 53. Self-tolerance failure; 54. Not a minor problem; 55. Seized; Index.
