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1. Clinical Assessment 2. Neuropsychometric Assessment 3. Coma and Brain Death 4. Persistent Vegetative State 5. Hypoxic Brain Damage and Cerebral Palsy 6. Hydrocephalus 7. Disorders of Consciousness 8. Disorders of Memory 9. Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 10. Disorders of Speech and Language 11. Disorders of Swallowing 12. Disorders of Taste and Smell
II. SLEEP
13. Physiology and Pathology 14. REM Disorders 15. Narcoplepsy
XIII. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND DEMYELINATING SYNDROMES
75. Epidemiology and Genetics 76. Pathophysiology of MS: Demyelination and Axonal Injury 77. Clinical Spectrum: Definition, Natural Progression, ADEM 78. Imaging in MS: Clinical and Radiological Correlates 79. Management of MS 80. Leukodystrophies
XIV. NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS: NERVE
81. Anatomy and Physiology of Muscle and Nerve 82. Inherited Neuropathies 83. Toxic and Metabolic Neuropathies 84. Infective Neuropathies 85. Vasculitides