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Fundamentals of neurologic disease an introductory text / by Davis, Larry E. (Larry Ernest)

Table of Contents: “…Approach to the patient with a neurological problem -- Neurologic examination -- Common neurologic tests -- Disorders of muscle -- Disorders of neuromuscular junction -- Disorders of peripheral nerves -- Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies -- Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum -- Disorders of the cerebrovascular system -- Disorders of myelin -- Disorders of higher cortical function -- Disorders of the extrapyramidal system -- Central nervous system infections -- Brain tumors -- Seizures and status epilepticus -- Coma and cerebral death -- Disorders of the developing nervous system -- Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma -- Neurologic complications of alcoholism -- Disorders of pain and headache -- Disorders of the vestibular system.…”
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Clinical adult neurology

Table of Contents: “…Lanska -- Dementia / Douglas J. Lanska -- Coma / Joseph R. Berger -- The epilepsies / Evelyn S. …”
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Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text /

Table of Contents: “…hyrotoxic storm -- Diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis -- Treatment of thyrotoxicosis -- Subclinical thyrotoxicosis -- Introduction to hypothyroidism -- Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis -- Genetic defects causing hypothyroidism -- Primary hypothyroidism due to other causes -- Central hypothyroidism -- Overview of the clinical manifestations of hypothyroidism -- The cardiovascular system in hypothyroidism -- The male and female reproductive system in hypothyroidism -- The skeletal system in hypothyroidism -- Psychiatric and cognitive effects of hypothyroidism -- Myxedema coma -- Diagnosis of hypothyroidism -- Treatment of hypothyroidism -- Subclinical hypothyroidism -- Multinodular goiter: pathogenesis and management -- Clincial evaluation and management of thyroid nodules -- Carcinomas of follicular epithelium: epidemiology and pathogenesis -- Molecular genetics of tumors of thyroid follicular cells -- Carcinoma of the follicular epithelium: surgical therapy -- Staging and prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer -- Medical management of differentiated epithelial cell thyroid cancer -- Medullary thyroid carcinoma -- Anaplastic thyroid cancer and miscellaneous tumors of the thyroid -- The maturation of thyroid function in the perinatal period and during childhood -- Hypothyroidism in infants and children: neonatal screening -- Hypothyroidism in infants and children: congenital hypothyroidism -- Hypothyroidism in infants, children, and adolescents: acquired hypothyroidism -- Hyperthyroidism in the neonatal period and childhood -- Thyroid disorders during pregnancy and postpartum -- Thyroid disruptors -- Reduced sensitivity to thyroid hormone: defects of transport, metabolism, and action.…”
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Merritt's neurology.

Table of Contents: “…Signs and symptoms in neurologic diagnosis: approach to the patient -- Delirium and confusion -- Memory loss, behavioral changes and dementia -- Aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia -- Syncope, seizures and their mimics -- Coma -- Headache -- Diagnosis of pain and paresthesias -- Dizziness, vertigo, and hearing loss -- Impaired vision -- Involuntary movements -- Syndromes caused by weak muscles -- Gait disorders -- CT and MRI -- Electroencephalography and evoked potentials -- Electromyography, nerve conduction studies, and and magnetic stimulation -- Autonomic testing -- Neurovascular imaging -- Endovascular neuroradiology -- Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid examination -- Muscle and nerve biopsy -- Neuropsychological evaluation -- DNA diagnosis -- Bacterial infections -- Focal infections -- Viral infections and postviral syndromes -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) -- Fungal infections -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosyphilis -- Leptospirosis -- Lyme disease -- Parasitic infections -- Bacterial toxins -- Prion diseases -- Whipple disease -- Pathogenesis, classification, and epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease -- Examination of the patient with cerebrovascular disease -- Transient ischemic attack -- Cerebral infarction -- Intracerebral hemorrhage -- Genetics of stroke -- Other cerebrovascular syndromes -- Differential diagnosis of stroke -- Stroke in children -- Treatment and prevention of stroke -- Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis -- Vascular disease of the spinal cord -- Vasculitis -- Susac syndrome -- Vascular tumors and malformations -- Hydrocephalus -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) -- Brain edema and disorders of intracranial pressure -- Superficial siderosis and intracerebral hypotension -- Hyperosmolar syndromes -- General considerations -- Tumors of the skull and cranial nerves -- Tumors of the meninges -- Gliomas -- Lymphomas -- Pineal region tumors -- Tumors of the pituitary gland -- Congenital and childhood tumors -- Metastatic tumors -- Spinal tumors -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Complications of cancer chemotherapy --…”
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