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Greenfield's 10e is the world's leading neuropathology reference. The two volume work provides a comprehensive account of the pathological findings in neurological disease, their biological basis, and their clinical manifestations. The key reference for scientists, clinicians, researchers, and students.
List of contents
Volume Two.
Section 7:Infections of the Nervous System.Viral infections of the nervous system. Bacterial, fungal, protozoal and parasitic infections of the nervous system.
Section 8: Nutritional and Toxic Disorders. Nutritional and toxic disorders.
Section 9: Neurotrauma. The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
Section 10: Neuro-oncology. Introduction to tumours. Adult-type diffuse gliomas. Paediatric-type diffuse gliomas. Circumscribed astrocytic gliomas. Glioneuronal and neuronal tumours. Ependymal tumours. Choroid plexus tumours. Embryonal tumours. Pineal tumours. Tumours of the peripheral nerves. Meningiomas. Mesenchymal non-meningothelial tumours. Germ cell tumours. Melanocytic tumours. Lymphomas and haematopoietic neoplasms. Pituitary and suprasellar tumours. Cysts and tumour-like conditions. Metastatic disease. Hereditary tumour syndromes. CNS reactions to anti-neoplastic therapies.
Section 11: Neuromuscular Disorders. Peripheral nerve pathology. Skeletal muscle disorders.
Section 12: Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Pathology of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders._
About the author
Professor Colin Smith, Chair of Neuropathology, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences,Centre for Comparative Pathology,The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Graduated MBChB from Glasgow 1992, and FRCPath 2000. Appointed Senior Lecturer in Pathology in 2001 and has both a diagnostic and research component to his role. Main research interests lie around neurotrauma and neurovascular disease, and particularly assessment of human tissue in these disorders. Professor Tom Jacques, Professor of Paediatric Neuropathology, ICH Development Bio & Cancer Programme,UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London, UK. Gabor G Kovacs, MD, PhD, FRCPC is Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, a Consultant Neuropathologist at the Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP) at the University Health Network (UHN) and a Principal Investigator at the Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute, a Faculty member of the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and the Co-Director of the Rossy Program for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Research (UHN).
Summary
Greenfield's 10e is the world’s leading neuropathology reference. The two volume work provides a comprehensive account of the pathological findings in neurological disease, their biological basis, and their clinical manifestations. The key reference for scientists, clinicians, researchers, and students.
