Principles and practice of movement disorders /
Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders provides the complete, expert guidance you need to diagnose and manage these challenging conditions. Drs. Stanley Fahn, Joseph Jankovic and Mark Hallett explore all facets of these disorders, including the latest rating scales for clinical research, neur...
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Elsevier Saunders,
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Clinical overview and phenomenology of movement disorders
- Motor control:physiology of voluntary and involuntary movements
- Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia
- Parkinsonism: clinical features and differential diagnosis
- Current concepts on the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson disease
- Medical treatment of Parkinson disease
- Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders
- Nonmotor problems in Parkinson disease
- Atypical parkinsonism, parkinsonism-plus syndromes, and secondary parkinsonian disorders
- Gait disorders: pathophysiology and clinical syndromes
- Stiffness syndromes
- Dystonia: phenomenology, classification, etiology, pathology, biochemistry, and genetics
- Treatment of dystonia
- Huntington disease
- Chorea, ballism, and athetosis
- Tics and Tourette syndrome
- Stereotypies
- The tardive syndrome: phenomenology, concepts on pathophysiology and treatment, and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes
- Myoclonus: phenomenology, etiology, physiology, and treatment
- Ataxia: pathophysiology and clinical syndromes
- The paroxysmal dyskinesias
- Restless legs and peripheral movement disorders
- Wilson disease
- Psychogenic movement disorders: phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment.