Neurosurgery : the scientific basis of clinical practice
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Neurosurgery : the scientific basis of clinical practice
Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992
2nd ed.
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- 1
- 2
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
An account of the mechanisms that underlie the functions of the brain and spinal chord. This two-volume edition brings together the scientific and clinical information that the neurosurgeon requires, through description of the biomechanical, physiological, anatomical and pathological processes. A major new section on pathology covers the latest classification, grading and biology of brain tumours, and a new section on tomography and scanning, including testing of the visual system is given.
Table of Contents
- The development of the nervous system
- brain function and its maintenance
- response of the nervous system to ageing, disease and injury
- pathology
- the priniciples of neuroinvestigations
- biomechanics and statistics of the neurosurgeon.
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