PRACTICAL NEUROLOGY
FIFTH EDITION
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Names: Biller, Jos.
Title: Practical neurology / [edited by] Jos Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FAHA, professor and chairman, Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois. Fifth edition.
Description: Fifth edition. | Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Heath, [2017] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016044459 | eISBN 9781496376657
Subjects: LCSH: Neurology.
Classification: LCC RC346.P685 2017 | DDC 616.8dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016044459
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This book is dedicated in memory of my parents Elena and Osas, and to my wife Rhonda, my children Sofa, Rebecca, Gabriel and Monique, my stepchildren Adam, Emily and Jon, and my grandchildren Selim, Ira, and Oz.
Harold P. Adams, Jr., MD
Director
Department of Neurology
Comprehensive Stroke Center of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa
Joseph G. Akar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Sara Anderson-Kim, MS, RN, FNP-C, APN
Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Alon Y. Avidan, MD, MPH
Professor of Neurology
Director
UCLA Sleep Disorders Center
UCLA Neurology Clinic
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Maria Baldwin, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Xabier Beristain, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Jos Biller, MD, FACP, FAAN, FANA, FAHA
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neurology
Loyola University Chicago
Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois
Valrie Biousse, MD
Cyrus H. Stoner Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Cynthia L. Bodkin, MD
Associate Professor in Clinical Neurology
Associate Professor in Physical Medical Rehabilitation
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Troy Buck, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Marcello Cherchi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Melissa G. Chung, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Critical Care and Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Natalie L. Denburg, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences
Department of Neurology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa
Kathleen B. Digre, MD
Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology
Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Edward J. Dropcho, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Andrew P. Duker, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Department of Neurology
James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinsons Disease and Movement Disorders
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
David W. Dunn, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mark E. Dyken, MD, FAHA, FAASM, FANA
Professor of Neurology
Director
Sleep Disorders Center and Sleep Medicine and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Programs
Department of Neurology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa
Nilfer Ertekin-Taner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida
Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc, FAAN
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