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Chapter-10 Neurology

BOOK TITLE: The Definitive Review of Medicine for USMLE

Author
1. Punia Vineet
ISBN
9788184485387
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10970_10
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
18
Author Affiliations
1. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA
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Abstract

This chapter covers all neurological conditions tested on USMLE. The complex nature of this speciality is well know but neurological conditions asked in boards are, thankfully, easy to diagnose. What makes it tricky for an applicant is the localization of stroke/lesion. Special attention has been paid to help chalk out easy ways to localize them with certainty. Therefore it should come as no surprise that one of the most notable topics in this chapter is CVA. Features of each vascular territory involvement have been well defined. Other notable topics are TIA, Coma, Brain death, Delirium and Dementia, Headaches, GBS, Spinal cord diseases, Seizure and Epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Vertigo and dizziness, Myasthenia gravis, CNS malignancies. Few of the high yield features of the book include Localization sites of Stroke, Differentiating Dementia and Delirium, Chronic Epilepsy management, Anti-Epileptic Drugs and side effects.

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