RT Book, Section
A1 Brust, John C. M. 
SR Print(0)
ID 1180668815
T1 Overview
T2 Practice of Neural Science: A Case-Based Approach
YR 1
FD 1
PB 
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258956
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180668815
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  human  brain  is  the  most  complicated  biological  system;  Ramón  y  Cajal  referred  to  it  as  the  “masterpiece  of  life.”  Not  surprisingly,  neurological  disease  produces  very  diverse  symptoms  and  signs.  (Symptoms  are  what  a  patient  experiences;  signs  are  what  an  examiner  observes.)  To  assess  a  patient’s  “chief  complaint,”  a  clinician  elicits  a  neurological  history  and  performs  a  neurological  examination  addressing  three  basic  questions:  (1)  Do  the  symptoms  and  signs  signify  neurological  disease  or  injury?  (2)  What  part  of  the  nervous  system  is  affected?  (3)  What  is  the  disease  process?