Autonomic Neurology

Emerging subspecialties in neurology: autonomic disorders.

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction as a cause of disease is an increasingly recognized health problem, not only in the field of neurology, but also in cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, urology, psychiatry, and primary care medicine. Patients may present with a myriad of symptoms including orthostatic intolerance, recurrent syncope, labile blood pressure, disorders of sweating...

Neurology

tion has a function to fulfill; each phenomenon therefore has a significance. This does not mean that it has a purpose; it was not made as a "part of an intelligent design". Barcroft's book not only makes delightful reading but it is also distinctly useful. In order to understand the bodily functions it is important to memorize the facts of physiology, but this task is made easier if the facts ...

[Neurology].

Aducanumab reduces the burden of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease, with significant improvement of clinical scores. Endovascular thrombectomy is recommended in patients with acute stroke with proximal occlusion of the anterior circulation. CGRP antagonists and botulinum toxin are effective in migraine. ZIKA virus infection has been linked to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Edaravone has been...

Neurology

Neurology

This is an excellent book on neurology written by an author who has devoted his whole attention to the study of the diseases of the nervous system in one of the important institutions in America. That this volume has passed through a second edition within a short period of three years is enough evidence to prove its usefulness to the medical profession. Errors and omissions are fully rectified ...