nervous system disease: References & Edit History
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Sources on the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of nervous diseases and disorders include Clinical Neurology on CD-ROM (2000); H. Houston Merritt, Merritt’s Neurology, 10th ed., ed. by Lewis P. Rowland (2000); Maurice Victor, Allan H. Ropper, and Raymond D. Adams, Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology, 7th ed. (2001); W. Russell Brain, Brain’s Diseases of the Nervous System, 11th ed., ed. by Michael Donaghy (2001); Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Examinations in Neurology, 7th ed. (1998); M.-Marsel Mesulam (ed.), Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, 2nd ed. (2000); Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales (1970, reissued 1998); and William E.M. Pryse-Phillips and T.J. Murray, Essential Neurology, 4th ed. (1992).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New media added. | Feb 01, 2021 | ||
| Added information about risk factors for dementia. | Jun 25, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 02, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Mar 02, 2018 | ||
| Added information on diseases caused by prions. | Mar 02, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 02, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Feb 23, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| In the Unlocalized or multifocal disorders section, changed "the Elephant Man" to "Joseph Merrick (also known as the Elephant Man)." | Dec 22, 2016 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: LiveScience - Nervous System: Facts, Function and Diseases. | Nov 28, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - Anatomy and Function of the Urinary System. | May 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Brain and Nervous System Health Center. | May 27, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Nervous System: Facts, Function and Diseases. | May 27, 2016 | ||
| Added an image showing endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier in a zebra fish. | Mar 08, 2016 | ||
| Changed "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" in section on unlocalized or multifocal disorders. | Feb 08, 2016 | ||
| Changed "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" in section on diseases and disorders of the cerebrum. | Feb 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Des Moines University - Nervous System Diseases. | Dec 06, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: KidsHealth - TeensHealth - Brain and Nervous System. | Sep 04, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Diseases of the Nervous System. | Jul 15, 2014 | ||
| Added photos of persons affected by nervous system disease and of various techniques used in the diagnosis of nervous system disease. | Jan 04, 2012 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 12, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 28, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 23, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 19, 1998 |