Oppenheimer's Diagnostic Neuropathology: A Practical Manual

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CRC Press, Feb 24, 2006 - Medical - 576 pages
Oppenheimers Diagnostic Neuropathology, A Practical Manual has become a modern classic in its field, covering the practical aspects of the work of the neuropathologist. Full of sensible advice and observations often omitted from neuropathology texts, it guides the neuropathologist through the methods available to them when facing diagnostic questio
 

Contents

1 The post mortem
1
2 The cutup
15
3 Histology
57
4 Biopsies
85
5 Injuries
111
6 Hemorrhages
127
7 Infarctionhypoxia
143
8 Pyogenic infections and granulomas
163
16 Hydrocephalus cysts and syrinxes
355
17 Malformations
365
18 Epilepsy
387
19 Pediatric and fetal neuropathology
397
20 Metabolic diseases
415
21 Intoxications and nutritional diseases of the nervous system
439
22 Diseases of peripheral nerves
455
23 Muscle
467

9 Encephalitis and Myelitis
181
10 Multiple sclerosis
211
11 Spaceoccupying lesions
223
12 Intrinsic tumors
233
13 Extrinsic tumors
271
14 Neurodegeneration
305
15 Dementia
329
24 Assorted malfunctions
501
25 Other matters
521
Staining methods
531
Useful addresses
537
Safety precautions in neuropathology laboratories
541
Index
545
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About the author (2006)

Margaret Esiri DM, FRCPath, is a Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Oxford, and Honorary Consultant Neuropathologist at the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust. After preregistration training posts in medicine and obstetrics, Professor Esiri undertook training in research in the Anatomy Department, Oxford, and then trained in general medicine and neuropathology. She held and MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship in Oxford before being appointed Reader and then Professor of Neuropathology at Oxford. Daniel Perl is a Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

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