Nils Erik Gilhus & Michael R. Barnes 
European Handbook of Neurological Management, Volume 2 

Evidence-based, peer reviewed, best practice management
guidelines for neurologists

Diagnosis is only part of the puzzle. Effective treatment is
what your patients really want. The European Federation of
Neurological Societies has been publishing management guidelines in
the European Journal of Neurology for many years. Developed
by a consensus approach, using graded evidence, and then fully peer
reviewed, these guidelines provide gold-standard, best-practice
guidance to the treatment of neurological disorders. They help
bridge the gap between what is done and what should be done for
patients with neurological disorders.

The basic guidelines have been expanded with ‘Recommendations’
based on strong evidence and ‘Good Practice Points’ where only
weaker evidence is available. The Guidelines in this volume
include, amongst others:

* Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain

* Molecular diagnosis for a range of neurological conditions

* Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological
diseases

* Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke

* Management of low-grade gliomas

* Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders

The European Handbook of Neurological Management
provides a thoroughly rounded and grounded approach to
best-practice neurological management using evidence-based
principles.

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Table of Content

Introduction, 1

1 Guidance for the preparation of neurological management
guidelines by EFNS Scientific Task Forces: revised recommendations
2004, 5

2 Neurostimulation therapy for neuropathic pain, 11

3 Trigeminal neuralgia management, 31

4 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: general issues,
Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dystonias, 51

5 Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders, 61

6 Molecular diagnosis of ataxias and spastic paraplegias, 73

7 Molecular diagnosis of channelopathies, epilepsies, migraine,
stroke and dementias, 87

8 Molecular diagnosis of neurogenetic disorders: motoneuron,
peripheral nerve and muscle disorders, 97

9 Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neurological
diseases, 111

10 Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative disorders and stroke,
129

11 Management of community-acquired bacterial meningitis,
145

12 Diagnosis and management of European lyme neuroborreliosis,
159

13 Disease-specifi c cerebrospinal fluid investigations, 175

14 Neuroimaging in the management of motor neuron diseases,
199

15 Management of low-grade gliomas, 213

16 Treatment of tension-type headache, 225

17 Diagnosis, therapy and prevention of Wernicke’s
encephalopathy, 239

18 Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of
spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage, 253

19 Diagnostic approach to pauci- or asymptomatic hyper CKemia,
279

20 Diagnosis and management of neuromyelitis optica, 287

21 Screening for tumours in paraneoplastic syndromes, 309

22 Treatment of miscellaneous idiopathic headache disorders,
321

23 Treatment of medication overuse headache, 337

Index, 345

About the author

Nils Erik Gilhus, MD, University of Bergen, Norway
Michael Brainin, MD, Danube University Krems, Austria
Michael Barnes, MBBS, FRCP, University of Newcastle, UK