TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Diagnostic Testing in Neurologic Disease A1 - Ropper, Allan H. A1 - Samuels, Martin A. A1 - Klein, Joshua P. A1 - Prasad, Sashank Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 12e AB - Neurologic diagnosis is frequently determined solely on the basis of careful history and examination. In that case, ancillary testing is unnecessary or simply corroborates the clinical impression. It also happens that the diagnoses can be reduced to a few possibilities, but that testing is necessary to arrive at the correct one. The aim of the neurologist is to arrive at a diagnosis by artful integration of clinical data with laboratory procedures. Commonly, the clinician already has at his disposal some laboratory information when the patient presents for a consultation. This may orient or distract from the correct course of action. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/05 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1199440379 ER -