This pocket-size manual examines essential diagnostic criteria for each neurological disorder, and recommends approaches to treatment. There are charts to help in choosing the correct drug and dosage. This updated edition includes the pharmacologic agents recently approved for the treatment of neurologic disorders including: migraine, epileptic seizures and status epilepticus, acute stroke, Alzheimer disease and neurological manifestations of HIV. Also covered are new stereotactic radiosurgical approaches to brain tumour treatment, pallidotomy and various deep brain stimulation techniques for patients with Parkinson disease and diagnostic testing for genetically determined neurological diseases.