This updated revised and expanded fifth edition of the market leading clinical guide on stroke covers causes prevention clinical features evaluation and management in a comprehensive yet accessible manner While it retains the uniform organization accessible style and patient oriented focus of previous editions its scope has been extended to cover the most recent research providing a fully up to date account of the features of cerebrovascular disease stroke syndromes complications and recovery and rehabilitation Joined by an international team of experts in the field Caplan offers a widened coverage of each chapter topic illustrated by using a large number of real world clinical examples Not previously included this new edition now also contains a chapter on the genetics of stroke Generously illustrated by figures of anatomy and pathology and brain and vascular imaging this is a must have for medical specialists and consultants as well as trainees in neurology stroke medicine internal medicine and neurorehabilitation
