tailieunhanh - Tropical Neurology

Tropical neurology refers to those diseases of the nervous system which prevail between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Warm and humid tropical climates are ideal for growth and multiplication. The diversity and density of flora and fauna, including the human population, is not surprising in this region. Initially the tropical diseases included mainly the infectious and parasitic diseases. Today the world population is close to billion and by 2050, is likely to exceed 10 billion; much of this growth is likely to occur in the tropical region | LANDES BIOSCIENCE V a d e m e cum Tropical Neurology U. K. Misra J. Kalita R. A. Shakir via d e m e c u m Tropical Neurology U. K. Misra . . . Professor and Head Department of Neurology Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow India J. Kalita . . Associate Professor Department of Neurology Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow India R. A. Shakir . Consultant Neurologist Charing Cross Hospital London . L A N D E S B I O S C I E N C E Georgetown Texas . VADEMECUM Tropical Neurology LANDES BIOSCIeNcE Georgetown Texas . Copyright 2003 Landes Bioscience All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopy recording or any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in the . Please address all inquiries to the Publisher Landes Bioscience 810 S. Church Street Georgetown Texas . 78626 Phone 512 863 7762 FAX 512 863 0081 ISBN 1-57059-637-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tropical neurology edited by U. K. Misra J. Kalita R. A. Shakir p. cm. -- Vademecum Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57059-637-9 1. Nervous system--Diseases. 2. Tropical medicine. 3. Nervous system--Infections. 4. Neurological manifestations of general diseases. I. Misra U. K. II. Series. DNLM 1. Nervous System Diseases. 2. Tropical Medicine. WL 140 T8561 2001 RC346. T755 2001 00913--dc21 00-061996 While the authors editors sponsor and publisher believe that drug selection and dosage and the specifications and usage of equipment and devices as set forth in this book are in accord with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication they make no warranty expressed or implied with respect to material described in this book. In view of the ongoing research equipment development changes in governmental