Haematology and neurology

Haematology in Tropical Areas: Clinics in Haematology

CLINICS in Haematology were introduced some 10 years ago to provide in depth reviews of different aspects of the discipline and have become an accepted and highly respected part of haematology literature. To mark the 10th anniversary there has been a break from tradition and rather than dealing with a specialised topic, the present issue is devoted to Haematology in Tropical Areas. That the spe...

Haematology--trends and opportunities.

NEUROLOGY AND MEDICINE Neurology and the liver

Neurological syndromes commonly occur in patients with liver disease. A neurological syndrome associated with a liver disease may be a complication of the disease, it may be induced by a factor that also contributes to the disease—for example, alcohol—or it may have no relation to the presence of the liver disease. Neurological deficits associated with liver disease may aVect the CNS, the perip...

NEUROLOGY AND MEDICINE Neurology and the skin

Many disorders aVect both the nervous system and the skin. The complementary—and some would say—diametrically opposite—clinical methods of the dermatologist and the neurologist can in these circumstances reduce an otherwise dauntingly large diVerential into a more tractable, smaller list. Often triangulation with these and other clinical findings is suYcient for accurate diagnosis, but in other...

NEUROLOGY AND MEDICINE Neurology and the kidney

Renal failure is relatively common, but except in association with spina bifida or paraplegia it is unlikely to occur as a result of disease of the CNS. Renal failure, however, commonly aVects the nervous system. The eVects of kidney failure on the nervous system are more pronounced when failure is acute. In addition to the important problems related to renal failure there are both acquired and...