Essential Neurology (Essentials) [Paperback]

I. M. S. Wilkinson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0865428549 | ISBN-13: 978-0865428546 | Publication Date: May 15, 1999 | Edition: 3

The third edition of Essential Neurology continues to live up to its title, and will provide medical students with the essential knowledge of neurology and neurosurgery required for qualification. For this edition the author has written a new first chapter, which integrates the traditional pre-clinical and clinical phases to correspond to the new medical curriculum. Therefore a student at any stage should be able to use this book. The illustrations have been improved and the text updated and slightly condensed, to make neurology as easy to understand as possible.

Editorial Reviews

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Reviews of previous editions
"this is an excellent introductory text for medical students who want their neurology without frills."
British Medical Journal

"A well-presented manual of practical clinical neurologyrecommended as easy and enjoyable fundamental reading." Brain

"this is an excellent book with a very good all round approach to an understanding of neurology at student level"
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

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A brand new edition of Essential Neurology brings the text fully up-to-date. This book is a core text for medical students and junior doctors, who want a comprehensive yet concise practical guide to clinical neurology. To make the book more readable and digestible, we have introduced colour into the text. This text provides clear explanations of the most common neurological and neurosurgical disorders. the most up-to-date clinical methods are covered to ensure students are learning the newest techniques. To enhance the readers' understanding of this subject more illustrations, line drawings and scans are incorporated into the text. Another new addition is the inclusion of clinical cases with self-assessment questions at the end of every chapter. These help to clearly illustrate the clinical presentations of key neurological disorders. Essential Neurology is ideal for medical students on neurology attachments and an excellent review text for the MRCP examination. Reviews of previous edition "This is an excellent introductory text for medical students who want their neurology without frills."British Medical Journal "A well-presented manual of practical clinical neurology recommended as easy and enjoyable fundamental reading." Brain "This is an excellent book with a very good all round approach to an understanding of neurology at student level"Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 3 edition (May 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865428549
• ISBN-13: 978-0865428546
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,283,225 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars note this book!, September 15, 2002

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Jun Dong Moon "pulse" (seoul. Korea) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Neurology (Essentials) (Paperback)

I feel this book is underestimated. I can't know why. ...Anyway This book have all things for medical student or beginners in neurology or preparing the usmle - readable , explaining high yield fact easily with schematic figure and updated information. Also it's author's hope written in the preface. it feels like i'm attending author's kind and clear lecture. 'Clinical neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple' and this book ' Essential neulology' made me love neurology.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview, May 3, 2011

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This review is from: Essential Neurology (Essentials) (Paperback)

Splendid primer on neurology. This is excellent as an introduction or as a quick review if you've been away from the subject for a while. In 250 pages, this is of course not comprehensive; having Adams & Victor's nearby can be handy for delving in a little deeper. The text serves its purpose very well in that it does hit the "bread and butter" areas of neurology. Further, every time I read a question and thought "well, there's really more than one answer to that" - the authors acknowledged as much! So really, an added bonus is a brief insight into the clinical reasoning of Drs Wilkinson and Lennox via the questions at the end of each chapter. Well done.

Further, you get the authors' dry humor - you'll know what I mean when you read about syringomyelia prevalence!

4.0 out of 5 stars great review exactly what you're looking for, April 6, 2000

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mauro nunez ramos (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Neurology (Essentials) (Paperback)

In this books you will be able to find an easy way to understand the clinical aspect of neurology focus in the most common pathologies as Parkinson's disease, headache and movement illness