Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook Of Neurology

A quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurologic diseases. It presents specific management recommendations in an outline format and includes protocols, step-by-step tests and procedures, and treatment algorithms. It also includes material from related disciplines such as general medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, and radiology. Now in its revised, updated Second Edition, this pocket-sized handbook is a practical quick-reference guide to the diagnosis and management of neurologic diseases. It presents specific management recommendations in a succinct outline format and includes protocols, step-by-step tests and procedures, and treatment algorithms. This handbook is unique in its inclusion of material from related disciplines such as general medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, and radiology. The authors offer guidance in using contemporary neuroimaging techniques in diagnosis.