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9781908517043
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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:
9781858734408
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. 978-1-85873-440-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-908517-04-3
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