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The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Bedside Approach is an introductory text that simplifies the often unwieldy method of making a neurologic diagnosis. Medical students are often intimidated by a deluge of data, extensive differential diagnoses, and have no organizational structure to follow. Diagnostic techniques of general medicine are not applicable. Neurology is a unique specialty since it requires the intermediary step of an anatomic diagnosis prior to proffering a differential diagnosis. Yet the required knowledge of neuroanatomy need not be profound for the student who will specialize in any field other than neurology and neurosurgery. This text is directed to medical students and residents who will all be regularly faced with numerous patients who have neurologic symptomatology. Typical one-month neurology rotations out of four years of medical school is clearly inadequate training to make a cogent neurologic diagnosis, especially since subsequent instruction is commonly provided by upper level residents who have the same background and numerous misconceptions. This is not a comprehensive text. The emphasis in this concise and practical title is on establishing a neuroanatomic diagnosis before formulating a differential diagnosis. In addition, treatment is seldom discussed since it is likely to change radically over time. Focused and succinct, The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Bedside Approach is an invaluable resource for medical students and residents interested in the practice of neurological diagnosis.

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From the reviews: The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Bedside Approach is a well-written and easy to understand introduction to the neurologic examination and common clinical cases. ... Information is presented in a logical format, with related clinical correlates that help cement knowledge in the reader's memory. ... This book would be most appropriate for a senior medical student or junior neurology resident, as it presents detailed information in an easy-to-read format. (The Official Blog of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, March, 2013)

From the reviews: The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Bedside Approach is a well-written and easy to understand introduction to the neurologic examination and common clinical cases. ... Information is presented in a logical format, with related clinical correlates that help cement knowledge in the reader's memory. ... This book would be most appropriate for a senior medical student or junior neurology resident, as it presents detailed information in an easy-to-read format. (The Official Blog of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, March, 2013)

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