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9781858734408
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K Ray Chaudhuri is Consultant Neurologist and Professor in Neurology and Movement Disorders at King's College Hospital NHS foundation Trust, University Hospital Lewisham, King's College London and the Institute of Psychiatry. He is a recognized teacher and active researcher within the King's College London School of Medicine, London, and is the medical director of the National Parkinson Foundation International Centre of Excellence at King's College, London. He also serves as chairman of the RLS:UK group and of the International Parkinson's Disease Non Motor Group, and is a member of the Move
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Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Author biographies; Preface; Chapter 1 Parkinson's disease; Introduction; Epidemiology, incidence, and prevalence; Risk factors; Genetic factors; Pathophysiology; Symptoms and signs; The motor disorder; Useful clinical assessments; The nonmotor symptom complex; Confirmation of diagnosis; Management of Parkinson's disease; The PDLIFE study; Levodopa; Intrajejunal levodopa; COMT inhibitors; Monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors; Dopamine receptor agonists; Apomorphine; Anticholinergics; Amantadine; Neuroprotection
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Stereotactic thalamotomy and deep brain stimulationTransplant therapies; Glial-cell-line-derived neurotropic factor; Retinal cell transplantation; Nondopaminergic drug therapy; Specialist nursing care; Physiotherapy; Occupational therapy; Speech and language therapy; Palliative care; Cost of care; Mortality and prognosis; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Parkinsonian syndromes; Introduction; Neurodegeneration-linked parkinsonism; Multiple system atrophy; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Corticobasal degeneration; Vascular pseudoparkinsonism
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Other parkinsonian syndromesPostencephalitic parkinsonism; Dopa-responsive dystonia; Wilson's disease; Juvenile Huntington's disease; Management; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 Dystonia; Definition; Classification; Location; Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis); Blepharospasm; Writer's cramp; Spasmodic dysphonia; Hemifacial spasm; Pathophysiology; Primary dystonia; Secondary dystonia; Heredodegenerative dystonia; Dystonia-plus syndromes; Drug-induced dystonia; Epidemiology; Genetics; DYT1; GCH1; Lubag; Signs and symptoms; History and investigations; Psychogenic dystonia; Treatments
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MedicationAnticholinergic agents; Benzodiazepines; Baclofen; Intrathecal baclofen pump; Dopaminergic agents (eg, levodopa, bromocriptine, amantadine); Dopamine antagonists; Botulinum toxin injection; Surgery; Other surgical options; Physical treatment; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Essential tremor; Introduction; Tremor subtypes and differential diagnosis; Physical examination and clinical evaluation; Epidemiology and neuropathology; Treatment; References; Chapter 5 Restless legs syndrome; Restless legs syndrome; Periodic limb movements of sleep; RLS in children; Diagnostic evaluation
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EpidemiologyGenetics; Pathophysiology; Secondary RLS; Treatment; Dopamine antagonists; Opioids; Gabapentin; Other treatments; References; Chapter 6 Other movement disorders; Drug-induced movement disorders; Tardive dyskinesia; Acute dystonic reaction; Drug-induced parkinsonism; Neuroleptic malignant syndrome; Akathisia; Serotonin syndrome; Drug-induced action tremor; Tics and Tourette's syndrome; Chorea, ballismus and athetosis; Chorea; Hemiballismus; Athetosis; Myoclonus; Ataxia; Conclusions; References; Index
Additional Edition:
9781908517043
Additional Edition:
Print version Handbook of Movement Disorders
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English
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