Customer Reviews

CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Neurology (LANGE CURRENT Series)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This book is great for a quick review of specific diagnoses and common laboratory techniques, and it has many useful tables suited for "point of care". Treatment guidelines are often more updated and clear than those given in the big books (i.e. "Neurology in Clinical Practice" and "Adam And Victor's").

It is not recommended if you are a beginner in neurology, because it dose not deal with examinations skills or a differential approach by symptoms and signs. In the latter case I strongly recommend "Clinical Neurology (Lange Medical Books) by the great Michael J. Aminoff and the general neurology chapters in Harrisons, especially "Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease, ...with Peripheral Neuropathy, and ...with Muscle Disease". The general section in Harrisons: "Nervous System Dysfunction" and some specific chapters (Seizures and Epilepsy, MS, WD and many others) are also recommended.

To make this book even better I would suggest the authors to expand the sections on differential diagnoses listed for each major disease topic, i.e. to highlight the most characteristic features distinguishing among related diagnoses. Also inclusion of more diagnostic criteria would be nice (e.g. IHS).

Overall a great book if it is used properly. Already looking forward to a new and updated edition

I found this book really great. It did help me a lot of times in differential diagnosis of patients in my short career as a young neurologist. Just the paperback edition it`s not the best choice for 600 pages.

This is a fabulous book for quick references and diagnoses. I find it very useful for both the classroom and clinical scenes.

This book was a perfect compliment to MKSAP when studying for the boards. Easy to read. Gets right to the point. Nice reference text.

A great book, really helpful. Wonderful chapters about Infections (including HIV), dementias, movement dis...etc, it has some weak points: aphasia, apraxia, but its ok, nothing is perfect. Great treatments!! I really,really recommend it!

Since neurology is so complex, neurology appointments are so short, and I have so many questions about what is going on in my head, I decided to educate myself on the subject. After reading 'Adrenaline, the Inner World', I moved on to this text. I was pleasantly surprised that the text is well organized, the narrative is clear, simple and direct and on the whole, eminently readable. I applaud this text for being neither too simple nor too complex for a relatively well educated person to understand. Thanks