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Clinical Neurology
David Greenberg, Michael Aminoff, Roger Simon
McGraw-Hill Education

Merritt's Neurology
Elan D. Louis, Stephan A. Mayer, James M. Noble
Wolters Kluwer

The student has to: a) acquire the fundamentals of neurological symptoms and signs; 2) acquire the main notion to have a correct clinical approach to a neurological patient; b) know the different diagnostic procedures and tools which can help the clinician in the differential diagnosis; c) achieve the correct clinical method

The student has to possess an adequate knowledge of basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology

Frontal lessons and clinical cases presentations

Oral examination.The oral exam will start with the presentation of a simple clinical case and then the student has to illustrate the diagnostic protocol to achieve the diagnosis.
Moreover, the student must have a deep knowledge of the most common neurological diseases- being able to connect neurological symptoms and signs with diseases. The final grade is expressed in 30/30 were 18 represents the minimum and 30 the maximum and it is established during the oral exam .

a) NEUROLOGY
Cerebrovascular Disease: ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage,
Neurodegenerative disorders: Dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia); motoneuron disorders (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy,) Parkinsonisms and other movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, atypical Parkinsonisms , essential tremor, dystonia, tics and Tourette syndrome, Huntington disease, Spinal cerebellar ataxias)
Demyelinating disease (central and peripheral): multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, Guillain Barre’syndrome, leukodystrophies.
Paroxymal disorders: migraine and other headaches; trigeminal neuralgia; epilepsy; sleep disorders;
Spinal cord diseases: hereditary and acquired spastic paraplegia, syringomyelia
Disorders of neuromuscular junction: myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Myopathies and polineuropathies: progressive muscular dystrophies, dermatomyositis, polymyositis, inclusion body myositis, and related myopathies; hereditary neuropathies, acquired neuropathies.
Neurocutaneous disorders: neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis
Tumors: of central and peripheral nervous system
Infections of the nervous system: viral and batteria meningitis; encephalitis; neurolue, neuroHIV, prion diseases.
Hydrocephalus
Cranial nerves disorders: in particular Bell’s palsy, trigeminal neuralgia.