This title's practical and applicable information makes it a perfect clinical resource for the practicing neurologist. While it is not a case-based text - it focuses more on common problems and chronic problems that require long-term management - it provides guidelines and pathways through the decision-making process that prove invaluable in practice. With an expanded section on multiple sclerosis, updated and revised information in nearly every section, and decision-approach summary tables at the beginning of every chapter, the second edition promises to stay in the limelight as the definitive text for outpatient neurologists and internists.Features contributions from more than 200 authors, representing a wide spectrum of specialists in neurology and related fields.Covers the major problems that any practicing neurologist might encounter, including those that may be rare.Presents a wealth of useful clinical information with enough comprehensive coverage on the difficult, long-term, and complicated disorders.Features an expanded section on multiple sclerosis, with in-depth discussions on the clinical issues surrounding the disease.Discusses the latest molecular genetic studies, including new information on the progressive ataxias Alzheimer's disease Huntington's disease mitochondrial disorders and familial stroke and headache syndromes.Reports on the results of recent clinical studies on asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis and symptomatic carotid endarterectomy.Includes the latest methods for treating stroke seizures multiple sclerosis migraine Parkinson's disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.Presents a summary table at the beginning of each chapter, highlighting the authors' approaches to various problems of diagnosis and management.