Gray Francoise, De Girolami Umberto, Poirier Jacques (eds.) Escourolle and Poirier's Manual of Basic Neuropathology

4th edition. — Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004. — 406 p. — ISBN: 978-0750674058The purpose of this manual is to present in a clear, concise, and didactic manner, and illustrate with images in color and with schemes, the broad range of different lesions that affect the nervous system and how diagnosis is reached. After a general description of the basic macroscopic and microscopic changes specific to the nervous system, the different pathological processes which affect the nervous system, i.e., tumors, trauma, strokes, infections, prion diseases, degenerative processes, acquired and hereditary metabolic disorders and developmental malformations, are described. Specific chapters are devoted to epilepsy and the pathology of peripheral nerves, skeletal muscle and pituitary. Each chapter has been written by internationally recognized experts in the field, and provides updated information including genetic as well as basic technical and practical data.Basic Pathology of the Central Nervous System
Tumors of the Nervous System
Central Nervous System Trauma
Vascular Pathology
Infections of the Central Nervous System
Human Prion Diseases
Primary Diseases of White Matter
Pathology of Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
Acquired Metabolic Disorders
Hereditary Metabolic Diseases
Congenital Malformations and Perinatal Diseases
Neuropathology of Epilepsy
Skeletal Muscle Diseases
Peripheral Nerve Diseases
Diseases of the Pituitary Gland