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Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders Summary

Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders by Joseph Jankovic, MD (Professor Neurology, Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, Director, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX)

Offering a state-of-the-art, authoritative summary of the most relevant scientific and clinical advances in the field, Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders provides the expert guidance you need to diagnose and manage the full range of these challenging conditions. Superb summary tables, a large video library, and a new, easy-to-navigate format help you find information quickly and apply it in your practice. Based on the authors' popular Aspen Course of Movement Disorders in conjunction with the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, this 3rd Edition is an indispensable resource for movement disorder specialists, general neurologists, and neurology residents. Explores all facets of movement disorders, including the latest rating scales for clinical research, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics. Provides the essential information you need for a clinical approach to diagnosis and management, with minimal emphasis on basic science. Reflects recent advances in areas such as the genetics of Parkinsonian and other movement disorders, diagnostic brain imaging, new surgical approaches to patients with movement disorders, and new treatment guidelines for conditions such as restless legs syndrome. Features a reader-friendly, full-color format, with plentiful diagrams, photographs, and tables. Includes access to several hundred updated, professional-quality video clips that illustrate the manifestations of all the movement disorders in the book along with their differential diagnoses. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders Reviews

"This book is excellent. It introduces readers to detailed, insightful information about common and complex movement disorders and will serve as a tremendous resource for current and future learners." Doody's Review Service, 2022, Shilpa Chitnis, MD, PhD, FAAN (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) Doody's Score: 5 Stars! "Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, 3rd Edition is a well-organized, comprehensive overview of movement disorders developed with the clinician in mind. Readers will be pleased with the relatability, easy access, and common-sense structure of the information provided, with the lagniappe of a spectacular accompanying video library. If you can't make it to Aspen, this is the next best thing." - Brian J.Copeland, Journal of the Neurological Sciences (Volume 436, 15 May 2022, 120230)

Table of Contents

Section 1: Overview 1 Clinical Overview and Phenomenology of Movement Disorders 2 Motor Control: Physiology of Voluntary and Involuntary Movements 3 Functional Neuroanatomy of the Basal Ganglia Section 2: Hypokinetic disorders 4 Parkinsonism: Clinical Features and Diagnosis 5 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Parkinson Disease 6 Medical Treatment of the Motor Features of Parkinson Disease 7 Surgical Treatment of Parkinson Disease and Other Movement Disorders 8 Non-Motor Problems in Parkinson Disease 9 Atypical Parkinsonism, Parkinsonism-Plus Syndromes and Secondary Parkinsonian Disorders 10 Tremors Section 3: Hyperkinetic disorders 11 Dystonia: Phenomenology, classification, etiology, pathology, biochemistry, and genetics 12 Treatment of Dystonia 13 Huntington Disease 14 Chorea, Ballism, and Athetosis 15 Tics and Tourette Syndrome 16 Stereotypies 17 The Tardive Syndromes: Phenomenology, Concepts on Pathophysiology and Treatment, and Other Neuroleptic-Induced Syndromes 18 Myoclonus: Phenomenology, Etiology, Physiology, and Treatment 19 Gait Disorders: Pathophysiology and Clinical Syndromes 20 Ataxia: Pathophysiology and Clinical Syndromes 21 Stiffness Syndromes 22 Wilson Disease 23 Autoimmune Movement Disorders 24 Paroxysmal Dyskinesias 25 Restless Legs Syndrome 26 Peripheral Movement Disorders 27 Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders: Phenomenology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Additional information

CIN0323310710G
9780323310710
0323310710
Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders by Joseph Jankovic, MD (Professor Neurology, Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders, Director, Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX)
Used - Good
Hardback
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2021-09-27
564
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