Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology: Expert Consult - Online and Print - Hardcover

Aminoff MD DSc FRCP, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0443066477 ISBN 13: 9780443066474

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2005

Synopsis

The New Edition of this respected reference delivers complete, practical guidance on current electrodiagnostic techniques and their clinical applications for investigating problems of both the central and peripheral nervous systems. Completely revised and updated, this 5th Edition provides state-of-the-art knowledge on electroencephalography, electromyography, nerve conduction studies, evoked potentials, polysomnography, and electronystagmography.

• Emphasizes the clinical applications of each electrodiagnostic technique, providing state-of-the-art guidance for both non-specialists and specialists.
• Discusses the principles, scope, limitations, diagnostic importance, prognostic relevance, and complications for each technique.
• Clarifies the technical and practical aspects of electrodiagnostic tests with over 700 charts, figures, and tables.

• Includes a new chapter on Magnetoencephalography that discusses the use of this newer modality for the evaluation of patients with disorders such as epilepsy.
• Provides a new chapter on Quantitative Electromyography as well as a new chapter on Neurophysiological Evaluation of Sacral Function that includes new discussions of how to evaluate bladder, bowel, and sexual function.
• Features revisions and updates to all other existing chapters.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Michael J. Aminoff, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in neurology at the University of California San Francisco, is an internationally recognized neurologist, clinical investigator, and author. His published contributions led to the award of a Doctor of Science degree by the University of London in 2000. He is one of the two editors-in-chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (2003; 2014) as well as one of the series editors of the multivolume Handbook of Clinical Neurology. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Muscle & Nerve from 1998 to 2007 and has served on numerous other editorial boards. He was a director of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology for eight years and served as board chair in 2011. In 2006, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine and, in 2007, the A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Education from the American Academy of Neurology. In 2019 he received the Robert S. Schwab Award for outstanding contributions to research in peripheral clinical neurophysiology from the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443066477
• ISBN 13: 9780443066474
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 864