Mayo Clinic Essential Neurology, Second Edition has been updated and designed with the busy medical student, resident, and clinician in mind. This rapidly changing specialty has more therapeutic options available to treat neurologic disease than ever before. The text, tables, and illustrations are enhanced with online videos, all designed to provide quick and concise information on common neurologic disorders.
The book addresses three main areas in fourteen user-friendly chapters: the neurologic examination and diagnostic testing, common neurologic symptoms, and common neurologic diseases. Each chapter is highly illustrated with figures and tables and is accompanied with audio samples portraying dysarthria’s and videos showing gait, movement disorder, fasciculation, and other neurologic phenomena.
Overview
New to this Edition:
"I would highly recommend this book to any clinician who deals with patients with neurological problems and is looking for a place to start. The book is excellent and a must for every neurology beginner's bookshelf."
-- Sridhar Yaddanapudi, MD (Thomas Jefferson University) Doody's Review
The audience is beginners in neurology such as students, residents, and clinicians at the start of their careers. As a tertiary care center, Mayo Clinic sees a wide range of neuropathologies, and as a clinical educator there, the author is a credible authority.