Clinical Neuropathology: Text and Color Atlas
Author: Catherine, M.D. Haberland

Description
Divided into fourteen chapters, this text and full-color atlas is a complete overview of the pathologic and clinical aspects of neurologic diseases. Clinical Neuropathology is written for practicing neurologists and pathologists, as well as residents and fellows preparing for the neurology and pathology boards. It provides information on the structural alterations of nervous system diseases along with their clinical manifestations.
The first two chapters cover the process and goals of the neuropathologic exam and histological reactions particular to the nervous system. Subsequent chapters review major disease categories, with each section containing an overview of pathologic and clinical characteristics in general, a description of the gross and histologic features along with their clinical features, and data on pathogenetic mechanisms. Filled with tables to clarify major points, case histories to provide clinical correlates, and Board-type chapter review questions with answers and explanations, this text will be a valuable addition to all individual and reference libraries.
This book, Clinical Neuropathology, is particu-larly aimed at neurologists, pathologists-in-training, and medical students involved in clinical neurosciences and pathology. It also addresses psychiatrists and those practitioners interested in diseases of the nervous system.
Over the last decade, a wealth of information has accumulated, impacting practically all disciplines of neurology. Numerous studies have enriched our knowl- edge of the molecular and genetic basis of neurodegenerative diseases, the genetics of neoplasms, and the molecular biology of inherited neurometabolic diseases, to mention a few. Some studies prompted new classifications, some opened new therapeutic strategies, and some still await elucidation.
The intent of this book is twofold:
• To provide a solid background in the structural alterations of common and less common but important nervous system diseases, along with their clinical manifestations.
• To incorporate into this background new information selected from the vast number of studies on molecular pathology and the pathogenesis of major nervous system diseases.
The reader thus finds easy access to recent developments in basic and clinical neurology.
For psychiatrists, this book presents material on the neuropathologic aspects of psychiatric disorders and on the molecular pathology of several dementing diseases. Pathologists-in-training who, due to a regrettable decline in autopsies, lack personal experience of postmortem examination of neurologic diseases, will find useful material here. Medical students can easily access the essential elements of neuropathology, and those with special interests can find suffi cient material for their particular needs.