title: [History-taking in neurology (author's transl)].
abstract: History-taking in neurology is particularly favored by the fact that the disease processes occur at or in structures which underlie direct sensation and perception. No-one can so exactly report on disturbances of seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting, and equilibrium as the patient himself. But the personality of the observer is particularly involved: Is he minimizing, dramatizing, or are there changes in the cerebral cortex? For this reason the statements of relatives have special importance, particularly in convulsions and in the matter of personality changes.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010465:Perception; D010551:Personality
vernacular_title: Anamnese-Erhebung in der Neurologie.