How to use this book. List of abbreviations. Acoustic neuroma. Alzheimer’s disease. Arnold-Chiari malformations. Ataxia telangiectasia. Bell’s palsy. Broca’s aphasia. Brown-Séquard syndrome. Cavernous Sinus syndrome. Central pontine myelinolysis. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Creutzfeldt-Jacon disease. Encephalitis. Epilepsy. Extradural haematoma. Friedreich’s ataxia. Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Horner’s syndrome. Huntingdon’s disease. Hydrocephalus. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Intracrancial venous thrombosis. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. Lateral medullary syndrome. Lewy body dementia. Meningitis. Migraine. Motor neurone disease. Multiple sclerosis. Myasthenia gravis. Myotonic dystrophy. Neurofibromatosis. Normal pressure hydrocephalus. Parkinson’s disease. Frontotemporal dementia. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Spina bifida. Stroke. Sturge-Weber syndrome. Subacute combined degeneration. Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Subdural haematoma. Syringomyelia. Trigeminal neuralgia. Tuberous sclerosis. Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Wernicke’s aphasia. Appendix I. Appendix II. Glossary.
Sunjay Parmar is a Core Medical Doctor based at Nottingham
University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. He is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy and is internationally recognised for his work on
learning strategies in medicine built on his background in
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qualifications in Medical Education, he has extensive experience
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Professor Dame Pam Shaw is Professor of Neurology at the University
of Sheffield and Director of the Sheffield Institute for
Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), one of the world's leading
centres for ALS/MND research. She is a Clinician Scientist in
Neurology and formerly a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical
Science.
For the last 8 years she has led the Clinical Studies Group for
ALS/MND within the NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases
(DeNDRoN) clinical research network which links 19 ALS/MND Care and
Research Centres and has developed a network of 10 UK centres
experienced in ALS clinical trials. Prof. Shaw has taken part in
more than 15 ALS clinical trials, including roles as UK Chief
Investigator and Steering Committee member and also including
several academic led studies. She is an active member of the
European Network for the Cure of ALS (ENCALS). She has been the
recipient of the following awards: American Academy of Neurology
Sheila Essey Award for outstanding research contribution into
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/ motor neuron disease (2001); UK
Royal College of Physicians Jean Hunter Prize for research into
nervous disorders (2006); the International ALS/MND Forbes Norris
Award for excellence in research and compassion in clinical care
(2007); UK NIHR Senior Investigator Award (2013); Dame Commander of
the Order of the British Empire DBE for services to Neuroscience
(2014); UK ACCEA Platinum Clinical Excellence Award (2014).
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