Libri di William J. Weiner
Biografia e opere di William J. Weiner
Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
D. F. Swaab
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Eduardo Tolosa
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editore: Elsevier Science Ltd
pagine: 768
The Handbook of Clinical Neurology Vol 100: Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders discusses hyperkinetic disorders related mainly to basal ganglia dysfunction and pathology. It contains 13 sections and 51 chapters written by authoritative and experienced investigators and clinicians in this extremely broad and diverse group of diseases and syndromes. The first section on choreoathetoid diseases and syndromes includes chapters on Huntington's disease and Huntington's disease look-alikes; spinocerebellar degenerations; neuroacanthocytosis; entatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy; neuroferritinopathy; neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; mitochondrial disorders; acquired hepatocerebral degeneration; benign hereditary chorea; and "senile chorea. The remaining chapters focus on the abnormal involuntary movements associated with each disease or syndrome. These include immune-related chorea, vascular chorea, metabolic disturbances that can induce chorea, chorea in other medical settings (e.g., postpump chorea in children, cancer-related paraneoplastic syndromes), myoclonus, essential tremor, and dystonia, including dystonia plus syndromes.
There are also chapters on tardive dyskinesia, unusual clinical syndromes, and tics and stereotyped movements in children. The text is a valuable resource for neurology and psychiatry residents, practicing neurologists and psychiatrists, and specialists in movement disorders. * An authoritative, comprehensive guide to movement disorders * An invaluable reference for the diagnosis and treatment of hyperkinetic diseases and syndromes * High-level discussions that are ideal for specialists in movement disorders, practitioners and residents alike
Parkinson's Disease
Diagnosis and Clinical Management
Stewart A. Factor , William J. Weiner
editore: Demos Medical Publishing
pagine: 912
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. Still the only major text on the subject, the completely revised and updated second edition of "Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management" comes at a time when specialists have made important advances in our understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, investigation, and management of Parkinson's disease.The book includes 23 completely new chapters, and has updated information on: Genetics; Pathology; Biomarkers; Pathogenesis; Impulse control disorders in Parkinson's disease; Updated outcome measures; and, complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.Together the chapters form a comprehensive review of the many issues facing PD physicians today. Lucid and easily readable from beginning to end, each chapter may also stand on its own as a scholarly review of the individual subject. Each one is concisely written and heavily referenced for this purpose.The second edition of "Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management" provides a state-of-the-art review of where we've been, where we are now, and where we are going in treating this disease.
Parkinson's Disease
Diagnosis and Clinical Management
Stuart A. Factor , William J. Weiner
editore: Demos Medical Publishing
pagine: 714
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. As the population of the industrialized world ages the impact of this disease on clinical neurology will expand. The growing literature regarding PD reflects this phenomenon. The time is now appropriate for a comprehensive text on PD that provides the reader with an up-to-date review on the multiple aspects of the disease and puts them into perspective. The scholarly contributions from many of the leading researchers in the field has made such a text a reality. This book will be useful to movement disorder specialists, general neurologists and neurology residents, gerontologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, and neuroscience researchers. The text provides both theoretical and practical approaches to PD.
