Harrison’s Neurology in Clinical Medicine

Stephen L. Hauser, MDChairman and Betty Anker Fife ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyUniversity of California, San Francisco Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)William Ellery Channing Professor of MedicineProfessor of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsExecutive Dean for Academic ProgramsHarvard Medical SchoolDirector, Channing LaboratoryDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Womens Hospital Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Braunwald is the editor of HEART DISEASE; a major competitor to HURST'S THE HEART and he is one of the primary editors of Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. Anthony S. Fauci, MDChief, Laboratory of ImmunoregulationDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award. Dan L. Longo, MDScientific DirectorNational Institute on AgingNational Institutes of HealthBethesda, Maryland

Section 1: Diagnosis of Neurologic Disorders1. Neurobiology of Disease 2. Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease 3. Neuroimaging in Neurologic DisordersSection 2: Diseases of the Central Nervous System4. Seizures and Epilepsy 5. Cerebrovascular Diseases6. Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Primary Dementias 7. Parkinson’s Disease and Other Movement Disorders8. Ataxic Disorders9. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases10. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System 11.Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell’s Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders12.Diseases of the Spinal Cord 13. Concussion and Other Head Injuries 14. Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System15. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases16. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess, and Empyema17.Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis 18.Prion DiseasesSection 3: Nerve and Muscle Disorders19.Approach to the Patient with Peripheral Neuropathy20. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Other Inherited Neuropathies21.Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies22.Myasthenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction23.Approach to the Patient with Muscle Disease24.Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases25.Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body MyositisSection 4: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome26.Chronic Fatigue SyndromeSection 5: Psychiatric Disorders27.Mental DisordersSection 6: Alcoholism and Drug Dependency28.Alcohol and Alcoholism29.Opioid Drug Abuse and Dependence30.Cocaine and Other Commonly Abused Drugs31.Nicotine AddictionFinal review questions (20-40) with answers