Companion to Clinical Neurology / Edition 3

by William Pryse-Phillips

Overview

This book is designed for the neurologist who (in this day of unusually strict accountability) needs to have at hand an authoritative guide to the diagnostic criteria for all conditions that he or she may be faced with in clinical practice. While originally conceived as a compendium of diagnostic criteria, the author has felt the need to expand the work to include definitions of practically all terms that are used in neurology today. Historical elements are also provided—including entries of important neurologists and neurosurgeons who have impacted the field. The result is an effective representation of the tools of the trade for the neurologist in training and a concise and precise source for the practicing neurologist.

The second edition was published in 2003. Since then, advances in the definition of many neurological conditions have been made, all of which have been incorporated in the third edition. There has also been a fine tuning of the definitions and diagnostic criteria of many other conditions. The author has collated over 1300 articles since the last edition in order to update many of the entries. As such, the entries will have the most up-to-date definition of diseases, symptoms, diagnostic tests, and pearls of wisdom. The third edition remains an invaluable guide to the spectrum of neurological practice and with nearly 7,000 references this truly is the bible of neurological terms and conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195367720
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	06/10/2009
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	1232
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 11.20(h) x 2.70(d)

Editorial Reviews

"The book is written with so much enthusiasm, fascination for the field of neurology, and dedication to completeness that I would not like to miss it in academic and clinical practice." —Archives of Neurology

"This book is a must for any resident training clinic where the quick ability to look up terms and define accurately a disorder or differential is needed. This is obviously a book for a library but also for the neurologist's office where it will be a tool for staff to look up and understand relevant terms." —American Academy of Neurology

From the Publisher

5 Stars! from Doody

The book is a comprehensive guide to contemporary neurological terminology, clinical and research classifications, grading scales, eponyms, and historical data. It provides a convenient reference source of clear and relevant definitions of neurological terms, both contemporary and historical. The book is designed to be a comprehensive guide to the best existing definitions of neurological phenomena, to provide practitioners and researchers with a source of quick and precise reference of professional vocabulary. Summaries of diagnostic criteria, grading parameters, differential diagnostic algorithms, and clinical classifications are presented to make a review of large information masses easy, yet compehensive. The book is targeted for both neurologists and general practitioners as well as medical students. It provides valuable information for clinicians and research specialists in the field of neuroscience. It is an excellent addition to every neurologist's desk reference books. The book presents a multitude of definitions, eponymic terms, historical data, contemporary clinical and research classifications and scales in encyclopedic format. This is a very useful source of terminology, clinical and research-oriented definitions and classifications. Alphabetically arranged articles present a reader with meticulously selected relevant and clear explanations. The book fills a need for an encyclopedic source of the vast menu of clinical and neurological terms.

Igor Rechitsky