A practical approach to movement disorders : diagnosis and medical and surgical management /
This book provides the busy clinician with a quick, symptom-based guide to the clinical presentation, diagnosis, work-up, and management of the most common types of movement disorders encountered in clinical practice, including Parkinson's disease, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, and ataxia. Writt...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Demos Medical Pub.,
2007
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Getting started : the phenomenology of movement disorders
- Medical approach to movement disorders. The "dancing" patient ; The "jerky" patient ; The "shaky" patient ; The "shuffling" patient ; The "twisted" patient ; The "tic patient" ; The "unsteady" patient
- Surgical approach to movement disorders. Key concepts for surgical therapy for Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
- Nonpharmacologic approach to movement disorders. Speech and swallowing therapy ; Physical and occupational therapy ; Nutritional considerations.
