Peripheral neuropathies in clinical practice /
Herskovitz, Steven.
Scelsa, Stephen N.
Schaumburg, Herbert H.,1932-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts and glossary of common clinical terms -- Anatomic classification of peripheral nervous system disorders -- Evaluation and management of the patient with peripheral neuropathy -- Electrodiagnostic, imaging, nerve, and skin biopsy investigations in peripheral nerve diseases -- Case presentations illustrating the diagnostic method -- Acute immune-mediated neuropathies -- Chronic immune-mediated neuropathies -- Neuropathies associated with monoclonal gammopathies and cancer -- Infectious and granulomatous neuropathies -- Diabetic and other endocrine neuropathies -- Neuropathies associated with vitamin and essential mineral deficiencies and malabsorption -- Vascular/ischemic neuropathies -- Neuropathies associated with organ failure -- The hereditary neuropathies -- Hereditary metabolic/multisystem disorders with neuropathy -- The toxic neuropathy : principles of general and peripheral neurotoxicology; pharmaceutical agents -- The toxic neuropathies : industrial, occupational, and environmental agents -- Focal neuropathies : nerve injuries, entrapments, and other mononeuropathies -- Plexopathies -- Disorders of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability.
Nerves, Peripheral