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Index A abdominal superficial reflexes 17 abducens nerve 8–11 abetalipoproteinemia 70 abstract thought 19 accommodation reflex 6 Acetinobacter 290 acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) 338–9, 340 acquired polyneuropathies 95–106 acromegalic neuropathy 103 alcoholic neuropathy 104 amyloid neuropathy 102 brachial neuritis 105 chronic inflammatory demyelinating poly radiculoneuropathy 98–9 diabetic neuropathy 95–6 diphtheric neuropathy 104 drugs neuropathy 105 Guillain–Barré syndrome 96–8 heavy metals neuropathy 105 HIV neuropathy 104 hypothyroid neuropathy 103 idiopathic autonomic neuropathy 100 leprosy 103 Lyme neuropathy 104 monoclonal gammopathies, neuropathies associated with 101–2 multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block 100 paraneoplastic neuropathy 103 radiation plexopathy 106 sarcoid neuropathy 104 sensory neuronopathy or neuropathy 100 uremic neuropathy 103 vasculitic neuropathy 101 acromegalic neuropathy 103 acromegaly 338 ACTH_secreting tumors 338 adrenoleukodystrophy 67 advanced sleep–phase syndrome 281 advanced trauma life support protocol 348 alcoholic neuropathy 104 alertness 18 allodynia 92 allotriptan 205 alpha coma 396–8, 399, 400 alpha rhythm 386, 398 ALS 125
altitudinal defects 5 Alzheimer disease 221–3 amantadine 244 amaurosis fugax 71 amebic infection 309 amitriptyline 207 ampicillin 289 amyloid neuropathy 102 amyloidosis 94 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 130–2 anal superficial reflexes 17 analgesia 204 angiitis, primary, of the central nervous system 154–6 anhidrosis 7 anosomia 3, 29 anterior circulation 139 anterior column 356 anterior horn cell disorder 64 anterior interosseous branch 110 anterior ischemic optic neuropathy 71 anterior spinal artery syndrome 64, 67 antibiotics 287–90 anticholinergic agents 244 anticoagulation 148 anticonvulsants 207, 350 antiemetics 204 antiplatelet drugs 148, 150 Anton syndrome 73 aphasia 19–21, 230 apnea–hypopnea index 275 apoliprotein E 222 apomorphine 243–4 apraxia 18, 21 aqueduct stenosis 371–2 arachnoid cysts 369–70 Argyll Robertson pupil 7 arousal disorders 278, 279 arsenic 105 arterial dissection 146 articulation 20 astrocytoma 332, 333 Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study 149 ataxia 68–71, 262 acquired 267 episodic 263, 265 gait 68 and paraneoplastic disorders 268 sensory 18, 70–1, 262 sporadic 267 vestibular 262 see also hereditary ataxias atenolol 206 atheroembolism 149 atherothromboembolism 138 athetosis 85–6, 251, 252
attention 18–19 autoimmune disorders 67 autonomic dysfunction 93 autonomic function 422 autonomic symptoms and peripheral neuropathy 92 autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias 263, 265 autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias 265 axilla 111 axillary mononeuropathy 111 axillary nerve 36 axonal loss 414 axonal neuropathy 104, 106, 404–5 azathioprine 115
B B12 deficiency 67 baclofen 213 bacterial infections and toxins 291–7 bacterial endocarditis 292 botulism (Clostridia botulinum) 296–7 brucellosis (Brucella) 295 diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) 296 epidural infections 291–2 Legionella pneumophila 296 leprosy (Mycobacterium leprae) 295 mycoplasma infection (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) 296 Rickettsial infections 295 spirochete infections 293–4 subdural infections 291 tetanus (Clostridia tetani) 297 viral meningoencephalitis 297–300 West Nile virus 301 Whipple disease (Tropheryma whippelii) 294–5 see also HIV/AIDS bacterial meningitis 286–91 acquired risk factors 286 clinical features 286 common meningitides by age 286 investigations 287, 288 management 287–91 ballism 251, 252 barbiturate coma 349 basal aspect of the brain 26 basal ganglia pathways 236 basal skull fractures 355–6 Becker muscular dystrophy 125–6 bedside cognitive testing including language 18–21