Principles and practice of movement disorders /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fahn, Stanley, 1933-
Other Authors: Jankovic, Joseph., Hallett, Mark, 1943-
Format: Electronic
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier/Saunders, c2011.
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.