Description
This book is a definitive work on movement disorders, written by three leading authorities in the field. Video tapes are of patients, illustrating the manifestations of various movement disorders and their differential diagnosis.
Product Details
Reference
35703
EAN13
9780443079412
ISBN
9780443079412
Data sheet
Publication date
2007
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
672
Dimensions (mm)
216 x 276
Weight (g)
2091
OVERVIEW SECTION Chapter 1. Anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of basal ganglia (Jenner) Chapter 2. Overview of movement disorders (Fahn) (definitions, categories, phenomenology, assessments) Chapter 3. Diagnostic evaluations of movement disorders (Jankovic)SECTION ON HYPOKINETIC DISORDERS Chapter 4. Concept, clinical features and DDx of parkinsonism (Jankovic) Chapter 5. Cause(s) of Parkinsons disease (Jenner) Chapter 6. Medical treatment of PD (Fahn) Chapter 7. Surgical treatment of PD (Jankovic) Chapter 8. Treatment of non-motor problems of PD (Fahn) Chapter 9. Parkinsonism-plus syndromes (Jankovic) Chapter 10. Gait disorders (Hallett) Chapter 11. Stiff-person syndrome, spasticity and other syndromes of continuous motoneuron activity (Hallett)SECTION ON HYPERKINETIC DISORDERS Chapter 12. Dystonia (Fahn) Chapter 13. Treatment of dystonia (Jankovic) Chapter 14. Huntingtons disease (Jankovic) Chapter 15. Chorea, Ballism and Athetosis (Jankovic) Chapter 16. Tics (Jankovic) Chapter 17. Stereotypies (Jankovic) Chapter 18. Tremor and Myorhythmia (Jankovic) Chapter 19. Drug-induced Mov. Disord. incl Tardive Dyskinesia Syndromes (Fahn) Chapter 20. Myoclonus and startle syndromes (Hallett) Chapter 21. Hereditary ataxias (Hallett) Chapter 22. Paroxysmal dyskinesias (Fahn) Chapter 23. Peripheral and Miscellaneous Movement Disorders (includes restless legs and abdominal dyskinesias) (Hallett) Chapter 24. Wilsons disease (Jankovic) Chapter 25. Psychogenic movement disorders (Fahn)