Chapter
Breath-holding attacks in children
Intermittent obstructive hydrocephalus
Cryptogenic drop attacks of women
Investigation and management
Chapter 4. Funny turns-eardiac
Funny turns resulting from cardiac arrhythmias
Funny turns in patients with pacemakers
Funny turns that do not involve arrhythmias
Cardiac investigation of patients with funny turn
Chapter 5. Hyperventilation
Dental occlusion and malfunction of the temporomandibular joint
Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)
Clinically significant nystagmus
Commoner types of nystagmus
Other abnormal ocular movements
Chapter 10. Pins and needles
Pins and needles localized to the limbs
Pins and needles localized to an area of a limb
Chapter 11. The wasted hand
Combined median and ulnar nerve lesions
Chapter 12. Weakness of the legs
Chronic spastic paraparesis
Unilateral spastic weakness
Proximal weakness: the quadriceps syndrome
Other causes of weakness of the legs
Chapter 13. Loss of memory
Neuropathology of amnesia
Transient amnestic states
Chapter 14. Stupor and akinetic mutism
Organic stupor (akinetic mutism)
Chapter 17. Complications of alcoholism
Toxic and deficiency disorders
"Functional" disorders with an alcoholic component
Chapter 19. Emergency treatment of seizures
Chapter 20. Temporal lobe epilepsy
Chapter 21. Surgery for epilepsy
Chapter 22. Parkinson's disease
Is there a premorbid parkinsonian personality?
Chapter 23. Tics and spasms
Differential diagnosis of tics and spasms
Characteristics and classification of tremor
Some factors influencing tremor
Normal (physiological) tremor
Chapter 25. Surgery for involuntary movements
Chapter 26. Muscle diseases
Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO)
Myopathies due to identified biochemical defects
Chapter 27. Drug-induced disorders of muscle
Epsilon aminocaproic acid
Chapter 28. Painful disorders of muscle
Acute inflammatory myopathies
Painful drug-induced myopathies
Myopathies of metabolic bone disease
Myopathies due to defects in muscle energy metabolism
Idiopathic paroxysmal myoglobinurias
Muscle pain syndromes of unknown aetiology
Chapter 29. Peripheral neuropathy
Does the patient have a peripheral neuropathy
The clinical significance of neurophysiological abnormality
The pathological significance of neurophysiological abnormality
Aspects of some common neuropathies
Chapter 30. Acute inflammatory poly neuropathy
Chapter 31. Entrapment neuropathy
Chapter 32. The carpal tunnel syndrome
Electrophysiological abnormalities
Chapter 33. Neuromuscular syndromes associated with malignant disease
Primary disorders of muscle
Muscular weakness of neuropathic origin
Muscular weakness due to endocrine disorders
Chapter 34. Acute optic neuritis
Chapter 35. Immunological aspects of multiple sclerosis
Histological evidence of an immunological reaction
Histocompatibility types and MS
Evidence for autoimmunity in MS
General immune responsiveness in MS
Immune responses to specific infective agents in MS
Linoleic acid and the immune response in MS
Immunological treatment of multiple sclerosis
Chapter 36. New treatments for multiple sclerosis
Myelin basic protein desensitization
Chapter 37. Spinal cord stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation for pain
SCS in neurological disease
SCS in peripheral vascular disease
Neurophysiological assessment
Antimicrobial drug treatment
Other aspects of management
Chapter 39. Tuberculous meningitis
Tuberculous spinal arachnoiditis
Tuberculous serous meningitis
Tuberculous encephalopathy
Chapter 40. Intracerebral abscess
Outcome and complications
Chapter 41. Opportunistic infections
Chapter 44. Neurosyphilis
Asymptomatic neurosyphilis
Meningovascular neurosyphilis
Parenchymatous neurosyphilis
Chapter 45. The young stroke
Congenital vascular anomalies
Inflammatory arterial diseases
Cortical venous thrombosis
Atheroma and hypertension
Chapter 46. Giant cell arteritis
Chapter 47. Measurement of cerebral blood flow
Blood pressure and hypertension
Raised intracranial pressure
Haematocrit, viscosity, and oxygen carriage
Chapter 48. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Arteriovenous malformations
Chapter 49. Prevention of stroke
Transient ischaemic attacks
Chapter 50. Surgery for ischaemic stroke
Chapter 51. Head injuries
Complications of head injury
Less seriously injured patients
Chapter 52. Subdural haematoma
Relationship of pathology to clinical manifestations
Bilateral subdural haematoma
Surgical anatomy and microanatomy
Evolution of present-day methods of nerve repair
Interfascicular nerve grafting
Chapter 54. Intracranial pressure monitoring
What are the clinical correlates of raised ICP
What is the incidence of raised ICP
What harm does raised ICP do
How do you monitor ICP and display and process the information?
What are the risks of ICP monitoring?
What are the indications for ICP monitoring and how may it help the patient?
What should be done if ICP increases
Chapter 55. The detection of intracranial tumours
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography
Contrast media in the CSF
Chapter 56. Brain tumours
Pathological classification
Incidence and epidemiology
Natural history of common brain tumours
Chapter 57. The management of cerebral oedema
The pathological nature of cerebral oedema
Causes of cerebral oedema
Progress and resolution of cerebral oedema
Effects of cerebral oedema
Treatment of cerebral oedema
Chapter 58. Adult communicating hydrocephalus
Pathology of idiopathic NPH
Chapter 59. Spinal cord compression
Important factors in diagnosis
Chapter 60. Lumbar canal stenosis
The anatomy and pathology of lumbar canal stenosis
Classification and pathology
Assessment and management of spina bifida occulta
Assessment and management of spina bifida aperta
Chapter 62. Congenital abnormalities of the CNS
Problems of classification
Meningomyelocele and myelocele
Chapter 63. How to do a lumbar puncture
Chapter 64. How to do a cisternal punctur
Contemporary Neurology
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