Escourolle & Poirier Manual of basic neuropathology
By: editors, Franc ʹoise Gray, Umberto De Girolami, Jacques Poirier ; foreword by Martin A. Samuels.
Contributors: Gray, Franc ʹoise.; De Girolami, Umberto.; Poirier, Jacques, 1937-; Escourolle, Raymond, 1924-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Nervous system -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Nervous System Diseases -- pathology
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Escourolle and Poirier Manual of basic neuropathology; Manual of basic neuropathology
Description: The purpose of this manual is to present in a clear, concise, and didactic manner, and illustrate with images in color and with schemes, the broad range of different lesions that affect the nervous system and how diagnosis is reached. After a general description of the basic macroscopic and microscopic changes specific to the nervous system, the different pathological processes which affect the nervous system, i.e., tumors, trauma, strokes, infections, prion diseases, degenerative processes, acquired and hereditary metabolic disorders and developmental malformations, are described. Specific chapters are devoted to epilepsy and the pathology of peripheral nerves, skeletal muscle and pituitary. Each chapter has been written by internationally recognized experts in the field, and provides updated information including genetic as well as basic technical and practical data.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Manual of basic neuropathology / by Jacques Poirier, Franc ʹoise Gray, Raymond Escourolle. 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.