Top 100 Diagnoses in Neurology

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CHAPTER 1 Peripheral Nervous System and the Innervation of the Upper Extremities
	A Very Brief Introduction to the Peripheral Nervous System and Innervation of the Upper Extremities
	1 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
	2 Ulnar Neuropathy
	3 Radial Nerve Palsy
	4 Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injuries
	5 Acute Cervical Radiculopathies: C6 and C7
CHAPTER 2 Innervation of the Legs
	A Very Brief Introduction to the Innervation of the Legs
	6 Meralgia Paresthetica
	7 Peripheral Foot Drop
	8 Neoplastic Lumbosacral Plexopathy
	9 Acute Lumbosacral Radiculopathies: L5 and S1
	10 Diabetic Amyotrophy (Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy)
CHAPTER 3 Polyneuropathies
	A Very Brief Introduction to Polyneuropathies
	11 Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy
	12 Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
	13 Guillain-­Barré Syndrome
	14 Critical Illness Polyneuropathy and Critical Illness Myopathy
CHAPTER 4 Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
	A Very Brief Introduction to Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
	15 Myasthenia Gravis
	16 Lambert-­Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
	17 Botulism
CHAPTER 5 Disorders of the Skeletal Muscle
	A Very Brief Introduction to Disorders of the Skeletal Muscle
	18 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
	19 Myotonic Dystrophy Type
	20 Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
	21 Inclusion Body Myositis
	22 Toxic myopathies
	23 Chronic Alcoholic myopathy
	24 Hypothyroid myopathy
CHAPTER 6 Disorders of the Spinal Cord
	A Very Brief Introduction to Disorders of the Spinal Cord
	25 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
	26 Vitamin B12 Deficiency (Subacute Combined degeneration)
	27 Cervical Spondylotic myelopathy
	28 Syringomyelia (Syrinx)
	29 Acute Transverse Myelitis
	30 Conus Medullaris Syndrome and Cauda Equina Syndrome
CHAPTER 7 Disorders of the Brainstem and Cranial Nerves
	A Very Brief Introduction to Disorders of the Brainstem and the Cranial Nerves
	31 Bell Palsy
	32 Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux)
	33 Third Nerve Palsy
	34 Cavernous Sinus Syndrome
	35 Wernicke Encephalopathy
CHAPTER 8 Neurologic Disorders of Vision
	A Very Brief Introduction to Neurological Disorders of Vision
	36 Optic Neuritis
	37 Giant Cell Arteritis
	38 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
CHAPTER 9 Movement Disorders
	A Very Brief Introduction to Movement Disorders
	39 Parkinson Disease
	40 Essential Tremor
	41 Huntington Disease
	42 Wilson Disease
	43 Tardive Dystonia
	44 Restless Legs Syndrome
	45 Tourette Syndrome
	46 Functional Movement Disorders
CHAPTER 10 Disorders of Consciousness and Higher Cognitive Functions
	A Very Brief Introduction to Disorders of Consciousness and Higher Cognitive Functions
	47 Delirium (Acute Confusional State)
	48 Concussion (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury)
	49 Transient Global Amnesia
	50 Alzheimer Disease
	51 Dementia with Lewy Bodies
	52 Frontotemporal Dementia
	53 Vascular Dementia
	54 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
	55 Brain death
CHAPTER 11 Cerebrovascular Disorders
	A Very Brief Introduction to Cerebrovascular Disorders
	56 Cervical Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
	57 Middle Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction
	58 Posterior Cerebral Artery Territory Infarction
	59 Basilar Artery Occlusion
	60 Cervical Vertebral Artery Dissection
	61 “Crossed“ Brainstem Vascular Syndromes
	62 Lacunar (Small-­Vessel) Syndromes
	63 Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage
	64 Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
	65 Acute and Chronic Subdural Hematoma
	66 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
CHAPTER 12 Epilepsy
	A Very Brief Introduction to Epilepsy
	67 Focal Seizures
	68 Generalized Tonic-­Clonic Seizures
	69 Febrile Seizures
	70 Childhood Absence Epilepsy
	71 Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
	72 West Syndrome and Infantile Spasms
	73 Lennox-­Gastaut Syndrome
CHAPTER 13 Nonepileptic Paroxysmal Neurologic Disorders
	A Very Brief Introduction to Nonepileptic Paroxysmal Neurologic Disorders
	74 Transient Ischemic Attack
	75 Migraine Aura
	76 Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
	77 Periodic Paralyses
	78 Narcolepsy Type 1
	79 Sleepwalking and Rapid Eye Movement Behavior Disorder
CHAPTER 14 Headache Disorders
	A Very Brief Introduction to Headache Disorders
	80 Migraine
	81 Tension-­Type Headache
	82 Cluster Headache
	83 Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
CHAPTER 15 Infections of the Central Nervous System
	A Very Brief Introduction to Infections of the Central Nervous System
	84 Acute Viral Encephalitis
	85 Acute Bacterial Meningitis
	86 Brain Abscess
	87 Lyme Neuroborreliosis
	88 Neurocysticercosis
	89 HIV-­1 Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
	90 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
	91 Creutzfeldt-­Jakob Disease
CHAPTER 16 Immune-­Mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
	A Very Brief Introduction to Immune-­Mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
	92 Multiple Sclerosis
	93 Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
	94 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
	95 Neurosarcoidosis
CHAPTER 17 Miscellaneous Section: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurotoxicology, Neuro-­oncology
	A Very Brief Introduction to the Miscellaneous Section: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Neurotoxicology, Neuro-­oncology
	96 Autism Spectrum Disorder
	97 Cerebral Palsy
	98 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome
	99 Opioid overdose
	100 Brain tumors
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