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Inthisbook,Drs.AlisonI.ThalerandMalcolmS.Thalerhavemanagedtocompleteanalmost impossibletask:totakeaclinicaldisciplineascomplicatedasneurologyandbreakitdownintoits simpleanddigestiblecomponents.Youwilllearnaboutstroke,seizures,aneurysms,neuropathies, migraines,andallmannerofneurologicaldisease.Butyouwillalsolearntheapproachtothe neurologicalpatient,toldwiththevoicesofthosewhohavebeenthereandseenitall.Itisacompanion thatyouwantatyourside.

Thisisnotatextbookinneurology.Itisnotanencyclopedicreviewofneuroanatomyor pathophysiology.Instead,ithighlightswhatyouneedtoknow—asathird-yearmedicalstudentstudying fortheshelf;aneurologyresidentpreparingfornightfloat;oranurse,physician’sassistant,orphysician facedwithevaluatingandtreatingneurologicdisease.Therelevantneuroanatomyandpathophysiology arebroughttolifeandgivenclinicalcontext.

ChairoftheDepartmentofNeurology

ProfessorofNeurologyandNeuro-Ophthalmology

NYUGrossmanSchoolofMedicine

Thisbookisdifferentfromotherneurologybooksyoumayhaveencountered.Thetextis conversational.Therearetonsofillustrationsandimages.Clinicalpearls—thekindsofthingsyouwon’t findinotherbooks—aresprinkledliberallythroughout.Mostimportantly,wefocusonthoseelementsof neurologythatmattermostforpatientcare.Ourgoalisnottoimpressyouwithvastquantitiesof neuroanatomicesoterica;rather,wewillstressoverandoveragainthebasicprinciplesunderlying neurologicdiagnosisandmanagement.

Thisbookcanandshouldbeuseddifferentlydependingonwhoyouareandwhatyouwantoutofit.It coverseverythingyouneedforthemedicalstudentshelfexaminationbutattimesgoesaboveandbeyond, soifyouwantonlystreamlinedandtestablematerial,focusontheflashcardsinthecompanionebookand boldedtopicsinthetext;usetherestofthebookasareference,tohelpclarifywhensomethingdoesn’t makesense,whenyoufindyourselfwantingtoknowmoreaboutaparticulartopic,orwhenyouneedto prepareapresentationforrounds.Forpreliminaryinternsandjuniorneurologyresidents,readitcover­to-cover.Wehavedoneourbesttomakesureitreadslightlyandquickly(atleastasfarasmedical textbooksgo!),anditcontainseverythingwewishwe’dknownatthestartofourcareers.Youwillbeas wellpreparedforneurologyresidencyasispossible,wepromise.Andfornon-neurologytrained physicians,nurses,NPAsandPAswhotreatpatientswithneurologicillness,keepthisbyyoursideasa companion—aneasilydigestiblewhat-you-really-need-to-knowguidetothediagnosisandmanagement ofneurologicdisease.

AlisonI.Thaler