Neuropathologic evaluation
Subtitle: from pathologic features to diagnosis
By: Murat Gokden
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9781451116557
Subjects: Nervous System Diseases; Pathology; Diagnosis
Description: Thorough evaluation of patient complaints, accurate interpretation of clinical signs, and assessment of gross and microscopic features are the keys to accurate neuropathologic diagnosis. With this quick reference, readers will sharpen their analytical skills and enhance their interpretive abilities.using an accessible and reader-friendly format that takes you from initial findings to differential diagnosis. The book's broad-based coverage addresses the entire neuropathology areas, including skeletal muscle and nerve pathology, non-neoplastic neuropathology and pediatric neuropathology. An easy-to-follow format groups disease processes by common pathologic features, and an encyclopedic narrative style makes quick-referencing easy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gross features; title: Microscopic features; title: Intraoperative consultations; title: Radiologic features; title: Cerebrospinal fluid; title: Histochemistry; title: Immunohistochemical features; title: Non-neoplastic diseases of skeletal muscle; title: Non-neoplastic diseases of peripheral nerve.