Neurologic disease in women / edited by Peter W. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaplan, Peter W., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases.

Nervous system.

Women--Diseases.

Women.

Sex factors in disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Demos Medical Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Although there appears to be a general understanding that the human brain functions similarly in women and in men, an increasing body of knowledge indicates that neuronal connectivity, recruitment, and disease patterns exhibit gender differences. There are clear gender differences in genetic expression, physiologic function, metabolism, hormonal makeup, and psychosocial profile, which often modify the clinical expression of neurologic and other diseases. In addition, ethnic, cultural, and economic factors are frequently overlooked in dealing with health problems of women, even though they undo

Contents:

Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; PART I: GENERAL ISSUES IN WOMEN; PART II: LIFE STAGES AND NEUROLOGIC DISEASE EXPRESSION IN WOMEN; PART III: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS IN WOMEN; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4237-4236-2

1-281-97473-0

9786611974732

1-934559-33-4

OCLC:

437177228