Stroke Part I: Basic and Epidemiological Aspects: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab) - Softcover

9780444602480: Stroke Part I: Basic and Epidemiological Aspects: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0444602488 ISBN 13: 9780444602480

Publisher: Elsevier, 2014

This volume provides a vital and comprehensive resource on stroke, including research, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment modalities. Practitioners in these fields will find invaluable information in this handbook, from basic mechanisms of the disease, to enhanced diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities for patient care. With the field of cerebrovascular disorders, including stroke, making rapid advancements, clinicians will find illuminating and insightful chapters on the pathophysiological basis of this disorder. Advances in our understanding of the biochemical background of strokes, coupled with an examination of breakthroughs in epidemiology, genetics, neuroimaging, interventional radiology, surgery, and even clinical psychology are also explored, giving researchers and clinicians a profoundly altered way to approach stroke research, diagnosis, and patient treatment and care.

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