Brain's diseases of the nervous system.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A short history of clinical neurology -- The clinical approach -- Investigations -- Psychologically determined disorders -- Toxic and environmental disorders -- Principles of neurological rehabilitation -- Clinical approach to developmental neurology -- Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central nervous system -- Neurodevelopmental disorders -- Neurometabolic disorders -- Neurocutaneous syndromes -- Abnormal vision -- Ocular motor disorders -- Disorders of hearing -- Vertigo and imbalance -- Abnormalities of smell and taste -- Neuropathic pain -- Headache -- Craniofacial pain -- The lower cranial nerves and dysphagia -- Polyneuropathy -- Focal peripheal neuropathy -- The motor neurone disorders -- Muscle diseases -- Head injury -- Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and hydrocephalus -- Tumors of the brain and skull -- Spinal cord disorders -- Cauda equina lesions, radiculopathies, and sphincter disorders -- Seizures and related disorders in children -- Seizures, epilepsy, and other episodic disorders in adults -- Sleep disorders -- Coma -- Neuropsychological disorders, dementia, and behavioural neurology -- Cerebrovascular diseases -- Vasculities and collagen vascular diseases -- Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases -- Paraneoplastic disorders and neuroimmunology -- Tremors, ataxia, and cerebellar disorders -- Movement disorders -- Meningitis -- Encephalitis and infectious encephalopathies -- Intracranial space occupying infections and neurological HIV disease.