Does anyone know a good textbook for Child Neurology or just plain ole' general neurology (other than Meritt's)? Is there any text that is considered gold standard, i.e. very good? or even a book about practicing child neurology in a developing country? i.e. common pediatric neurological conditions amoung the indigent i.e. hypothyroidism. . .
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For Peds, Fenichel is pretty much "the" book for cramming in sort-of-systematized lists of differential diagnosis for board exams, but I never liked how it was arranged ("symptoms" based . . . unfortunately, as we all know, the same symptom can be present in multiple conditions, so it's kind of random what chapter things pop up in. There are a lot of comments like "this is discussed in more detail in chapter X" so you have to keep bouncing around.) Also, the book is slim on actual detail for any given condition. Nevertheless, it gets pretty much everyone through neurology boards, and at about $90, it's pretty cheap for a textbook.
Menkes is more comprehensive, but kind of "sloggy," pedantic reading.
Swaiman & Ashwal have a nice 2-volume peds neuro set "Pediatric Neurology -- Principles and practice" I would recommend this over the previous 2 for a good comprehensive peds neuro text.
For general/adult neuro, I used Merritt's and Bradley during residency; Merritt is a good, relatively quick read, and I was a big Bradley fan for more detailed info, but recently I have discovered "Neurological Therapeutics: Principles and Practice" by Noseworthy. Wow! Amazing book. Unfortunately, it's a big, BIG book (newest edition is 3 volumes) and costly ($854.95 new on Amazon, but can get used cheaper).
"Office Practice of Neurology" by Samuels & Feske is pretty good too.
