Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders

by Fahn, Stanley; Jankovic, Joseph; Hallett, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781437723694
• ISBN10: 1437723691
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-11
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co

Summary

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, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics. This edition features many new full-color images, additional coverage of pediatric disorders, updated Parkinson information, and many other valuable updates. An accompanying Expert Consult website makes the content fully searchable and contains several hundred video clips that illustrate the manifestations of all the movement disorders in the book along with their differential diagnoses. Get just the information you need for a clinical approach to diagnosis and management, with minimal emphasis on basic science. Find the answers you need quickly and easily thanks to a reader-friendly full-color format, with plentiful diagrams, photographs, and tables. Apply the latest advances to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric movement disorders, Parkinson disease, and much more.#xA0; View the characteristic presentation of each disorder with a complete collection of professional-quality, narrated videos online. Better visualize every concept with new full-color illustrations throughout. Search the complete text online, follow links to PubMed abstracts, and download all of the illustrations, at www.expertconsult.com. Drs. Fahn, Jankovic and Hallett provide you with the guidance you need to diagnose and manage the full range of movement disorders.

Table of Contents

: Overview

Clinical overview and phenomenology of movement disorders

Motor control: Physiology of voluntary and involuntary movements

Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia

: Hypokinetic disorders

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

: Hyperkinetic disorders

Dystonia: Phenomenology, classification, etiology, pathology, biochemistry, and genetics

Treatment of dystonia

Huntington disease

Chorea, ballism, and athetosis

Tics and Tourette syndrome

Stereotypies

Tremors

The tardive syndromes: 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

Index

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