Neurological Practice: An Indian Perspective - E-Book

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• Thoroughly revised and updated text and references
• Each chapter deals with the Indian perspective of epidemiology, clinical presentations and

           prevalent management principles, pointing out the differences and similarities with world literature

• More diagrams, figures and tables are added to make the text self-explanatory

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• Published by: Elsevier India
• Published: 05 February 2015
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• EAN13: 9788131238745
• Language: English
• Document size: 10 MB

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NEUROLOGICAL PRACTICE

SECOND EDITION

Consulting Editor

Noshir H Wadia, MD, FRCP, FAMS, FNA, FASc, D Sc (H ONS )

Director Emeritus, Department of Neurology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Former Professor of Neurology, Consultant Neurologist for Life

Editor

The J J Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Mumbai, INDIA

Satish V Khadilkar, MD, DM, DNBE, FIAN

Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Grant Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai Consultant Neurologist, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, INDIA

Table of Contents

Cover image

Title page

Copyright

Dedication

Contributors

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the first edition

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Infections

Epilepsy

Cerebrovascular diseases

Movement disorders

Headaches

Brain tumours

Dementias

Hereditary ataxias

Diseases of central nervous system myelin

Congenital craniovertebral anomalies

Peripheral neuropathies

Myopathies

Paediatric neurology

Infectious diseases

Malnutrition

Environmental diseases

References

1. Acute viral encephalitis

Herpes simplex encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis

Dengue

Chikungunya

References

2. Subacute and chronic viral infections of nervous system and prion diseases

Introduction

Neurobiology of HIV/AIDS

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and measles encephalitis

Creutzfeldt-jakob disease: Spongiform encephalopathies

References

References: HIV

References: Sspe

References cjd

3. Neurotuberculosis

Introduction

Epidemiology

Immunopathogenesis and pathology

Clinical features

Investigations

Management

Outcome

Children with TBM

Conclusion

References

4. Neurocysticercosis

Introduction

Taenia solium: Overview of life cycle

Historical aspects

Epidemiology

NCC: Stages, classification and criteria for diagnosis

Overview of experimental studies

Pathology

Clinical manifestations

Heavy nonencephalitic cysticercosis

Investigations

Treatment

Prevention

References

5. Cerebrovascular diseases

Epidemiology

Risk factors

Stroke subtypes

Stroke in the young population

Treatment for acute ischaemic stroke

Secondary prevention

Treatment of intracerebral haemorrhage

Rehabilitation

Outcome

Recurrence