The Lancet Handbook of Treatment in Neurology (The Lancet Handbooks S.)

Warlow BA MB BChir MD FRCP, Charles P.

ISBN 10: 0080446507 ISBN 13: 9780080446509

Publisher: Elsevier / The Lancet, 2006

Synopsis

This pocket book is written for the practicing neurologist in a practical, easy to use format to help the clinician when treating patients with neurological problems. This is not a book on how to make a diagnosis, but rather starts from the point of diagnosis and covers all the main neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and migraine as well as some of the rarer conditions such as Wilson's disease showing which treatments are evidence-based but also describing those which at present need more trials. Each condition is described in the following way: definition, cause, frequency, and prognosis. Written by expert contributors, this book describes the treatment that neurologists are responsible for, indicates when to refer, shows complications of treatment, as well as drug interactions.

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Review

"This book covers all common general neurology well and the rarities briefly, but as such is an invaluable tool when deciding upon treatment of a condition which you have never seen before. It is inevitable in a handbook that content will be abbreviated; however, I think that this book is a successful balance of brevity and information." -- Journal Neuromuscular Disorders

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier / The Lancet
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080446507
• ISBN 13: 9780080446509
• Binding: Vinyl Bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420