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Parkinson's disease & movement disorders / [edited by] Joseph Jankovic, MD, Eduardo Tolosa, MD.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, 2015Edition: Sixth editionDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 576 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781496317636
  • 1496317637
Other title:
  • Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Parkinson's disease & movement disorders.DDC classification:
  • 616.833 23
LOC classification:
  • RC382
NLM classification:
  • WL 359
Online resources:
Contents:
Functional organization of the basal ganglia -- Neurophysiologic testing of motor control and movement disorders -- Neurobehavioral disorders associated with basal ganglia lesions -- Mechanisms and prevention of cell death -- Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease -- Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease -- Etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease -- Genetics of Parkinson's disease -- Disease-modifying strategies in Parkinson's disease -- Pharmacologic management of Parkinson's disease -- Experimental therapeutics of Parkinson's disease -- Dementia associated with Parkinson's disease: features and management -- Neuropsychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Multiple system atrophy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Extrapyramidal syndromes in frontotemporal dementia -- Secondary Parkinsonsim -- Huntington's disease -- Sydenham chorea and other choreas -- Ballism -- Stereotypies -- Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation -- Neurologic aspects of Wilson's disease: clinical manifestations and treatment considerations -- Neuropathology of Parkinsonian disorders -- Mitochondria in movement disorders -- Essential tremor and other tremors -- Dystonic disorders -- Treatment of dystonia -- Tics and tourette syndrome -- Myoclonus and exaggerated startle syndrome -- Paraneoplastic and immunologically mediated movement disorders -- Drug-induced movement disorders -- Restless legs syndrome and akathisia -- Hereditary ataxias -- Disorders of gait -- Paroxysmal dyskinesias -- Catatonia -- Movement disorders in children -- Rigidity and spasticity -- Sleep and fatigue in Parkinson's disease -- Movement disorders in systemic disease -- Functional (psychogenic) movement disorders -- Neuroacanthocytosis -- Functional neuroimaging in movement disorders -- Botulinum toxin in movement disorders -- Surgery for Parkinson's disease -- Surgery for hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease -- Trophic factor and gene therapies for Parkinson's disease -- Nonpharmacologic multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of Parkinson's disease -- Peripherally induced movement disorders -- Clinical rating scales in movement disorders.
Summary: Top experts from all over the world have been brought together by the editors, to give a world of expertise on this important subject, with a strong emphasis on therapy and management.
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Online resource; title from resource home page (Ovid, viewed November 27, 2017).

Functional organization of the basal ganglia -- Neurophysiologic testing of motor control and movement disorders -- Neurobehavioral disorders associated with basal ganglia lesions -- Mechanisms and prevention of cell death -- Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease -- Nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease -- Etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease -- Genetics of Parkinson's disease -- Disease-modifying strategies in Parkinson's disease -- Pharmacologic management of Parkinson's disease -- Experimental therapeutics of Parkinson's disease -- Dementia associated with Parkinson's disease: features and management -- Neuropsychiatric aspects of Parkinson's disease -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Multiple system atrophy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Extrapyramidal syndromes in frontotemporal dementia -- Secondary Parkinsonsim -- Huntington's disease -- Sydenham chorea and other choreas -- Ballism -- Stereotypies -- Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation -- Neurologic aspects of Wilson's disease: clinical manifestations and treatment considerations -- Neuropathology of Parkinsonian disorders -- Mitochondria in movement disorders -- Essential tremor and other tremors -- Dystonic disorders -- Treatment of dystonia -- Tics and tourette syndrome -- Myoclonus and exaggerated startle syndrome -- Paraneoplastic and immunologically mediated movement disorders -- Drug-induced movement disorders -- Restless legs syndrome and akathisia -- Hereditary ataxias -- Disorders of gait -- Paroxysmal dyskinesias -- Catatonia -- Movement disorders in children -- Rigidity and spasticity -- Sleep and fatigue in Parkinson's disease -- Movement disorders in systemic disease -- Functional (psychogenic) movement disorders -- Neuroacanthocytosis -- Functional neuroimaging in movement disorders -- Botulinum toxin in movement disorders -- Surgery for Parkinson's disease -- Surgery for hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease -- Trophic factor and gene therapies for Parkinson's disease -- Nonpharmacologic multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of Parkinson's disease -- Peripherally induced movement disorders -- Clinical rating scales in movement disorders.

Top experts from all over the world have been brought together by the editors, to give a world of expertise on this important subject, with a strong emphasis on therapy and management.

English.

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