CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Neurology, Second EditionA handy, practical, and management-oriented neurology sourcebook – delivering everything you need in one easy-to-carry volume CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Neurology, 2e provides busy clinicians with practical, up-to-date strategies for assessing and managing the most frequently seen neurologic conditions in adults and children.Features
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... dysfunction involving the oculomotor nerve (including compression by the inferomedial temporal lobe during transtentorial herniation or by a posterior communicating/internal carotid artery aneurysm). A smaller pupil could indicate ...
... dysfunction involving the oculomotor nerve (including compression by the inferomedial temporal lobe during transtentorial herniation or by a posterior communicating/internal carotid artery aneurysm). A smaller pupil could indicate ...
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... dysfunction due to vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke. Semin Neurol 2009;29:534–540. [PMID: 19834865] Lee H, et al. Sudden deafness and anterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction. Stroke 2002;33:2807–2812. [PMID: 12468774] Lee H, Yi HA ...
... dysfunction due to vertebrobasilar ischemic stroke. Semin Neurol 2009;29:534–540. [PMID: 19834865] Lee H, et al. Sudden deafness and anterior inferior cerebellar artery infarction. Stroke 2002;33:2807–2812. [PMID: 12468774] Lee H, Yi HA ...
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... dysfunction secondary to abnormal electrical activity. They are common, affecting approximately 10% of individuals at some point in their lives. Approximately 25% of seizures have a clearly identifiable, temporally associated cause ...
... dysfunction secondary to abnormal electrical activity. They are common, affecting approximately 10% of individuals at some point in their lives. Approximately 25% of seizures have a clearly identifiable, temporally associated cause ...
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... dysfunction. The predominant features distinguishing TIAs from seizures involve positive versus negative phenomena, confusion, and the number of events. 1. Positive versus negative phenomena—TIAs are associated with negative phenomena ...
... dysfunction. The predominant features distinguishing TIAs from seizures involve positive versus negative phenomena, confusion, and the number of events. 1. Positive versus negative phenomena—TIAs are associated with negative phenomena ...
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