READINGS
Text for problems sets, online cases, question set, exam preparation, and general study.
- We recommend Clinical Neurology, 6th edition by MichaelJ.Aminoff, DavidA.Greenberg, & RogerP.Simon (2005, McGraw-Hill). Lange series, Available through AccessMedicine on the UVa Library's site.
- Rich narrative descriptions of neurological phenomena characterize Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 8th Edition by Allan H. Ropper, Robert H. Brown (2005.) Available through AccessMedicine on the UVa Library's site
Neurological Examination
- A particularly excellent, brief, and readable book is Neurological Examination Made Easy, by Geraint Fuller (2004, Elsevier; ISBN 0443074208).
Neuroanatomy
- A nice overview emphasizing the "forest" with mnemonics and clinical focus, is Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple, by Stephen Goldberg (2003, Medmaster; ISBN 0940780577)
Neurologic differential diagnosis and localization (Library resources)
- Neurological Differential Diagnosis, 2nd Edition, by John Patton (1996, Springer-Verlag, New York; ISBN: 3540199373).
- Localization in Clinical Neurology, 5th edition, by Paul Brazis, Joseph Masdeu, and Jose Biller (2006, Lippincott Williams, & Wilkins, ISBN 0-7817-9952-X)
More detailed reading about your patients' conditions
- Merritt's Neurology, 11th edition (2005) full text available through UVA Library (R2 Library)