UID:
almahu_9949983337202882
Format:
1 online resource :
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illustrations (some color)
Edition:
Third edition.
ISBN:
0-323-90007-0
Content:
"Movement Disorders in Childhood, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date information on the diseases and disorders that affect motor control, an important area of specialization within child neurology. In this new edition, each chapter has been fully revised to include all of the latest scientific and therapeutic advances. Updates include new insights in motor development, control, goal-directed and habitual behaviors, classifications of movements and their complex and integrated circuitry. The authors also discuss developments in pathophysiologic mechanisms, immunology and metabolic disorders. New chapters include coverage of genetics of movement disorders and movement disorders in psychiatric conditions. Appendices include an updated and revised drug index and genetic search strategy. An updated Companion website hosts selected educational videos to help diagnose movement disorders" -- publisher's description.
Note:
Previous edition: 2015.
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Section I: Overview -- Basal ganglia anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology -- Cerebellar anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, and plasticity -- Classification of movement disorders -- Diagnostic evaluation of children with movement disorders -- Motor assessments -- Section II: Developmental Movement Disorders -- Transient and developmental movement disorders -- Section III: Paroxysmal Movement Disorders -- Tics and tourette syndrome -- Motor stereotypies -- Paroxysmal dyskinesias -- Section IV: Hyperkinetic And Hypokinetic Movement Disorders -- Chorea, athetosis, and ballism -- Dystonia -- Myoclonus -- Tremor -- Ataxia -- Parkinsonism -- Hereditary spastic paraplegia -- Section V: Selected Secondary Movement Disorders -- Metabolic disorders with associated movement abnormalities -- Movement disorders in autoimmune diseases -- Movement disorders in sleep -- Cerebral palsy -- Movement disorders and neuropsychiatric conditions -- Drug-induced movement disorders in children -- Functional movement disorders.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Singer, Harvey S. Movement disorders in childhood. Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2022 ISBN 9780128205525
Language:
English
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