Peripheral neuropathies in clinical practice

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Autore principale: Herskovitz, Steven
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Altri autori: Scelsa, Stephen N., Schaumburg, Herbert H., 1932-
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Serie:Contemporary neurology series ; 76.
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Sommario:
  • Basic concepts and glossary of common clinical terms
  • Anatomic classification of peripheral nervous system disorders
  • Evaluation and management of the patient with peripheral neuropathy
  • Electrodiagnostic, imaging, nerve, and skin biopsy investigations in peripheral nerve diseases
  • Case presentations illustrating the diagnostic method
  • Acute immune-mediated neuropathies
  • Chronic immune-mediated neuropathies
  • Neuropathies associated with monoclonal gammopathies and cancer
  • Infectious and granulomatous neuropathies
  • Diabetic and other endocrine neuropathies
  • Neuropathies associated with vitamin and essential mineral deficiencies and malabsorption
  • Vascular/ischemic neuropathies
  • Neuropathies associated with organ failure
  • The hereditary neuropathies
  • Hereditary metabolic/multisystem disorders with neuropathy
  • The toxic neuropathy : principles of general and peripheral neurotoxicology; pharmaceutical agents
  • The toxic neuropathies : industrial, occupational, and environmental agents
  • Focal neuropathies : nerve injuries, entrapments, and other mononeuropathies
  • Plexopathies
  • Disorders of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability.