Aminoff's Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology EXPERT CONSULT - ONLINE AND PRINT

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. Introduction 1. The Emergence of Electrophysiology as an Aid to Neurology 2. Electrophysiologic Equipment and Electrical Safety II. Electroencephalography 3. Electroencephalography: General Principles and Clinical Applications 4. Neonatal and Pediatric Electroencephalography 5. Long-Term Monitoring for Epilepsy 6. Ambulatory Electroencephalographic Monitoring 7. Invasive Clinical Neurophysiology in Epilepsy and Movement Disorders 8. Topographic Mapping, Frequency Analysis, and Other Digital Techniques in Electroencephalograpy 9. Intraoperative Electroencephalographic Monitoring 10. Magnetoencephalography III. Electromyography, Nerve Conduction Studies, and Related Techniques 11. Clinical Electromyography 12. Quantitative Electromyography 13. Nerve Conduction Studies 14. Microneurography as a Clinical research Tool 15. Electrophysiologic Study of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission 16. H-Reflex and F-Response Studies 17. The Blink Reflex 18. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Movement Disorders 19. Evaluation of the Autonomic Nervous System IV. Evoked Potentials and Related Techniques 20. Electroretinography 21. Visual Evoked Potentials in Clinical Neurology 22. Visual Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children 23. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials: Methodology, Interpretation and Clinical Application 24. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Infants 25 Somatosensory Evoked Potentials 26. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children 27. Motor Evoked Potentials 28. Event-Related Potentials 29. Intraoperative Monitoring by Evoked Potential Techniques 30. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Sacral Function V. Testing of Vestibular Function 31. Vestibular Laboratory Testing VI. Electrophyisiologic Evaluation in Special Situations 32. Polysomnographic Evaluation of Sleep Disorders 33. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit 34. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Brain Death: A Critical Appraisal 35. Use of Neurophysiologic Techniques in Clinical Trials 36. Electrophysiologic Techniques in the Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Neurotoxic Disorders