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Neuropathology
Roberta
J. Seidman, M.D., Associate Professor.
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A primer of basic
neuropathology- The Central Nervous System and Skeletal Muscle
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nervous system is affected by similar categories of disease that affect
all other organ systems, including congenital and developmental, vascular,
inflammatory, infectious and traumatic disorders. The additional important
category of neurodegenerative disease is unique to the nervous system.
This primer of neuropathology is organized in chapters by category
of disease with a separate chapter for skeletal muscle. Many of the
diseases could be included in more than one chapter because of overlapping
pathophysiology; in each case the disorder is included in a single
section in the interest of convenience. |
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order to recognize pathology one must have a basic foundation in normal
structure, so the first chapter is an overview of basic regional central
nervous system structure and anatomy. It includes an introduction
to neurohistology. Other chapters address the pathophysiology of different
categories of disease and provide examples of gross and microscopic
pathology when they are available.
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