Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The most concise guide to one of the most complex topics in medicine updated with the latest advances in the field. Clinical Neurology, 11th Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of basic and clinical neurology in a concise, digestible format. It links clinical neuroscience to current approaches for accurately diagnosing and effectively treating neurologic disorders. Covering all the advances in molecular biology and genetics, this popular guide emphasizes history taking and neurologic examination as the cornerstones of diagnosis, and presents all information as a practice-oriented approach to neurology based on the patient's presenting symptoms or signs. This new edition covers the latest developments in neurogenetics ; pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders ; and treatment of neurologic infections, migraine, cluster headache, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and stroke."--taken from back cover.