Textbook of peripheral neuropathy / editor, Peter D. Donofrio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donofrio, Peter D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nerves, Peripheral--Diseases.

Nerves, Peripheral.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Textbook of Peripheral Neuropathy is a practical but authoritative reference for clinicians in any medical specialty who are evaluating and treating patients with signs and symptoms of a peripheral neuropathy. Reviewing the full spectrum of clinically signifi cant neuropathies, the book contains chapters on common and rare forms including mononeuropathy in the upper and lower extremities, mononeuritis multiplex, diffuse and symmetric polyneuropathies, brachial and lumbrosacral plexopathies, and spinal root disorders-disorders that can mimic diffuse and/or focal neuropathies, complicating diagn

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1. Clinical Approach to the Patient With; INTRODUCTION; Clinical Presentation and Etiologies; 2. Entrapment Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity; 3. Common Mononeuropathies of the Lower Extremities; 4. Approach to the Evaluation of Mononeuropathy Multiplex; 5. Diabetic Neuropathy; 6. Nutritional and Alcoholic Neuropathies; 7. Occupational, Biologic, and Environmental Toxic Neuropathies; 8. Inherited Peripheral Neuropathies (Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease)*; 9. Role of Electrodiagnosis in the Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathies

10. Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies11. Disorders of Spinal Nerve Roots; 12. Guillain-Barré Syndrome; 13. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, and Related Disorders; 14. Medication-Related Neuropathy; 15. Paraproteinemic Neuropathy: Distinguishing the Ominous From the Ordinary; 16. Neuropathies Due to Amyloidosis; 17. Paraneoplastic Neuropathies; 18. Vasculitic Neuropathies; 19. Infectious Neuropathies; 20. Sensory Neuronopathies or Ganglionopathies; 21. Porphyric Neuropathies; 22. Neuropathies Secondary to Systemic Diseases

23. Neuropathies Associated With HIV Infection and Antiretroviral Therapy24. Peripheral Neuropathies in Childhood; 25. Bolton's Critical Illness Polyneuropathy; 26. Focal Cranial Neuropathies; 27. Multiple Cranial Neuropathy; 28. Autonomic Peripheral Neuropathy; 29. Laboratory Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathies; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61705-034-2

OCLC:

804661539