Part I: Principles of Ambulatory Neurology and the Approach to Clinical Problems Section 1: Principles of Diagnosis: The General Approach to Neurologic Diagnosis 1. Neurologic History and Examination Section 2: Principles of Diagnosis: Common Presenting Symptoms and Findings 2. Weakness 3. Movement Disorders 4. Gait Impairment and Falling 5. Sensory Loss and Paresthesias 6. Disorders of the Eyes and Eyelids 7. Facial Palsy 8.
Dizziness and Vertigo 9. Hearing Loss and Tinnitus 10. Disorders of Taste and Smell 11. Dysarthria and Dysphagia 12. Transient Events 13. Respiratory Dysfunction 14. Autonomic Dysfunction 15. Sexual Dysfunction 16.
Disorders of Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow 17. Traumatic Brain Injury Section 3: Principles of Diagnosis: Special Tests 18. Laboratory Evaluation 19. Molecular Diagnosis 20. Electrophysiology: Electroencephalography and Evoked Potentials 21. Electrophysiology: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography 22. Neuroimaging: Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography 23. Biopsy of the Brain 24.
Biopsy of Nerve and Muscle Section 4: Principles of Treatment 25. Pharmacology of Commonly Used Drugs 26. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange 27. Rehabilitation of Neurologic Disability Part II: Cerebrovascular Disease Section 1: General aspects of Cerebrovascular Disease 28. Epidemiology and Stroke Risk Factors 29. Neurodiagnostic Testing Section 2: Common Pathogeneses of Stroke 30. Atherothrombotic Cerebral Infarction 31. Cerebral Embolism 32.
Lacunar Infarction 33. Intracerebral Hemorrhage 34. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 35. Vascular Malformation Section 3: Less Common Causes of Stroke 36. Stroke in Young Adults 37. Coagulation-Related Causes of Stroke 38. Illicit Drugs and Stroke Section 4: Clinical Features and Management of Cerebrovascular Disease 39. Cardinal Clinical Features of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease in Relation to Vascular Territories 40.
Differential Diagnosis of the Major Stroke Subtypes 41. Common Vascular Problems in Office Practice 42. Current Treatment Strategies for Cerebrovascular Diseases Part III: Immune and Infectious Disease Section 1: Immune-Mediated Disease 43. Pathophysiology and Clinical Features of Multiple Sclerosis 44. Immunotherapy of Multiple Sclerosis 45. Multiple Sclerosis: Management of Disease Complications 46. Optic Neuritis 47. Transverse Myelitis 48.
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Section 2: Infectious Diseases 49. Approach to the Patient with Central Nervous System Infection 50. Bacterial Meningitis 51. Brain and Spinal Abscess 52. Tuberculosis 53. Leprosy 54. Brucellosis 55. Legionellosis 56.
Tetanus Spirochetal Infections 57. Neurosyphilis 58. Lyme Disease 59. Leptospirosis Fungal and Parasitic Infections 60. Fungal Infections 61. Cysticercosis 62. Trichinosis 63. Toxoplamosis Viral Infections 64.
Viral Meningitis and Encephalitis 65. Herpes Simplex Encephalitis 66. Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection 67. Cytomegalovirus Infection 68. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection 69. Poliomyelitis 70. Measles and Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis 71. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy 72.
Rabies 73. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis 74. Rubella 75. HIV Infection and Diseases of the Brain 76. HIV Infection and Diseases of the Spinal Cord, Nerve Roots, Peripheral Nerves, and Muscles 77. HTLV-1 Infection Other Infections and Mimickers 78. Chronic and Recurrent Noninfectious Meningitis 79. Prion Diseases 80.
Rickettsial Infections of the Nervous System 81. Mycoplasma Infections Part IV: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Neuromuscular Disease 82. Clinical Approach to Disease of the Spinal Cord 83. Syringomyelia and Related Conditions 84. Spondylosis and Disk Disease 85. Vascular Disease of the Spinal Cord Section 2: Motor Neuron Disease 86. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 87. Spinal Muscular Atrophy 88.
Postpolio Syndrome 89. Atypical Motor Neuron Disease Section 3: Diseases of Peripheral Nerve 90. Approach to and Classification of Peripheral Neuropathy 91. Radiculopathies and Plexopathies 92. Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathies 93. Diabetic Neuropathy 94. Metabolic Neuropathy 95. Infectious and Granulomatous Neuropathy 96.
Dysproteinemic Polyneuropathy 97. Neuropathies in Connective Tissue Diseases 98. Toxic Peripheral Neuropathies 99. Drug - Induced Peripheral Neuropathies 100. Inherited Neuropathies Common Entrapment and Compression Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity 101. Common Entrapment and Compression Neuropathies of the Lower Extremity 102. Common Entrapment and Compression Neuropathies of the Medium Extremity Section 4: Diseases of Neuromuscular Transmission 103. Myasthenia Gravis 104.
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome 105. Toxic and Metabolic Disorders of the Neuromuscular Dystrophies Section 5: Diseases of Muscle 106. Approach to Patients with Muscle Disorders 107. Muscular Dystrophies 108. Inflammatory Myopathies 109. Endocrine, Nutritional, and DrugInduced Myopathies 110. Metabolic Myopathies 111. Congenital Myopathies 112.
Myotonia and Periodic Paralysis 113. Abnormal Muscle Activity Part V: Movement Disorders Section 1: Parkinson''s Disease and Parkinson''s-like Syndromes 114. Parkinson''s Disease: Recognition, Diagnosis, and Measurement 115. Initial Therapy of Parkinson''s Disease 116. Management of Motor Response Fluctuations of Parkinson''s Disease 117. Surgical Therapy of Parkinson''s Disease 118. Mental Changes in Parkinson''s Disease 119. Multiple System Atrophy: Striatonigral Degeneration and Shy-Drager Syndrome 120.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy 121. Diffuse Lewy Body Disease 122. Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration 123. Secondary Parkinsonism Section 2: Non-Parkinsonian Movement Disorders 124. Spinocerebellar Ataxias 125. Tremors 126. Huntington''s Disease 127. Tardive Dyskinesia and Other Drug-Related Movement Disorders 128.
Primary and Secondary Generalized Dystonias 129. Focal Dystonia: Treatment with Botulinum Toxin 130. Occupational Cramp 131. Tics and Tourette''s Syndrome 132. Myoclonus 133. Movement Disorders in Sleep and Restless Leg Syndrome 134. Stiff-Man Syndrome Part VI: Behavioral Neurology and Epilepsy Section 1: Behavioral Neurology 135. Examining Mental State 136.
Differential Diagnosis of Dementia 137. Alzheimer''s Disease and Related Disorders 138. Confusional States and Metabolic Encphalopathy 139. Speech and Language Disorders 140. Higher-Order Visual Impairment 141. Disorders of Memory 142. Learning Disabilities in Children 143. Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults Section 2: Epilepsy 144.
Epilepsy in Children 145. Diagnosis and Classification of Epilepsy 146. Medical Treatment of Seizures 147. Status Epilepticus 148. Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy 149. Epilepsy and Behavior Section 3: Disorders of Sleep 150. Disorders of Sleep Section 4: Psychiatric Issues in Neurologic Practice 151. Psychiatric Issues in Neurologic Practice 152.
Psychosocial Issues in Dementia and Epilepsy 153. Medico-Legal Issues of Competence Part VII: Neuro-Oncology Section 1: Brain Tumors: General Aspects 154. Classification, Epidemiology, and Etiology of Brain Tumors 155. Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis Brain Tumors 156. General Principles of Management of Patients with Brain Tumors Section 2: Specific Tumor Types 157. Low-Grade Gliomas 158. Optic Pathway and Hypothalamic Gliomas 159. Brainstem Gliomas 160.
Malignant Gliomas 161. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma 162. Meningiomas 163. Pituitary Tumors 164. Craniopharyngiomas 165. Acoustic Neuroma 166. The Neurofibromatoses 167. Skull Base Tumors 168.
Ependymomas 169. Medullobastomas 170. Pineal Tumors 171. Uncommon Brain Tumors and Intracranial Cysts 172. Brain Metastases Section 3: Spinal Cord Tumors 173. Spinal Cord Tumors Section 4: Neurologic Complications of Systemic Cancer 174. Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression 175. Neoplastic Meningitis 176.
Neurologic Complications of Chemotherapy 177. Neurologic Complications of Radiotherapy 178. Paraneoplastic Syndromes 179. Neurologic Pain Syndromes in Cancer Patients 180. Neurologic Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation 181. Neurologic Complications of Lymphoma 182. Neurologic Complications of Leukem.