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Wolters Kluwer
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NEUROLOGY
Pocket Neurology
Second Edition
Brandon M. Westover, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
March 2016 / Spiralbound / 4” x 7” / 328 pp / 29 Illus / 212 Tables
978-1-4963-0553-4
Series: Pocket Notebook Series
DESCRIPTION
Written by residents for residents, Pocket Neurology,
2nd Edition is your go-to resource for essential
neurologic information in a high-yield, easy-to-use
format. Concise and well organized, it provides must-
know information on hospital- and clinic-based
neurologic workup, diagnosis, and management.
The second edition of this pocket-sized bestseller
delivers highly relevant adult neurologic coverage in
an easily portable source.
FEATURES
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Find what you need quickly and easily with
concise text, numerous tables, and bulleted lists
throughout.
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Progress logically from neurologic signs and
symptoms to differential diagnosis, workup and
diagnosis, assessment of risks and benefits of
available treatments, to treatment and prognosis.
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Focus on the most important, highly relevant
facts thanks to a, streamlined presentation that
allows for more algorithms, tables, diagrams, and
images.
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Stay up to date in every area of neurology with
significantly revised chapters on stroke, epilepsy,
dementia, and MS, and more drug dosing
information regarding inpatient care.
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Consult this high-yield handbook by clinical
presentation, such as coma, stroke, headaches,
and seizures, or by special topic, such as
neuroimaging, behavioral neurology, and sleep
medicine.
NEW
• NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES: QUICK
REFERENCE
• LESION LOCALIZATION IN CLINICAL
NEUROLOGY
• NEUROIMAGING
• VASCULAR NEUROLOGY
• NEUROCRITICAL CARE
• INTERVENTIONAL NEUROLOGY
• SEIZURES, EPILEPSY, AND EEG
• DELIRIUM
• POISONS AND VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
• RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE DEMENTIA
• DEMENTIA
• BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY
• MOVEMENT DISORDERS
• MENINGITIS, ENCEPHALITIS, AND BRAIN
ABSCESSES
• NEUROLOGIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• HEADACHE
• CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMVASCULITIS
• DIZZINESS AND DEAFNESS
• DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• SPINE AND SPINAL CORD DISEASES
• MOTOR NEURON DISEASE
• PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
• RADICULOPATHY AND PLEXOPATHY
• NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION
DISORDERS
• MYOPATHY
• NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES AND
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
• NEURO-RHEUMATOLOGY
• NEURO-ONCOLOGY
• SLEEP MEDICINE
• PREGNANCY NEUROLOGY
• NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
TABLE OF CONTENTS