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A physician specializing in the evaluation and treatment of disorders of the nervous system, e.g., disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and muscles. In the USA and Canada, these specialists have received an M.D. or D.O. degree followed by 1–3 years of pediatric or internal medicine training and then a 3-year fellowship in neurology. The neurology training can focus entirely on adults or can have an emphasis on children. Following specialty training, board certification is available in neurology or neurology with special competence in child neurology. Thereafter, the individual can practice general adult or general child neurology, or pursue subspecialty training in a wide range of areas such as behavioral neurology, genetics, epilepsy, developmental disabilities, geriatrics, stroke, dementia, etc. In addition, there are neurologists who have also completed a Ph.D. in an area of interest that confers additional expertise. Training systems differ somewhat in...
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Minshew, N.J. (2013). Neurologist. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_680
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