Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders [[electronic resource] ] : Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910141313803321
• Autore: Albanese Alberto
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-45416-5; 9786613454164; 1-118-22802-2; 1-4443-4618-0; 1-4443-4615-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JankovicJoseph
• Disciplina: 616.85; 616.8589
• Soggetti: Diagnosis, Differential; Movement Disorders; Hyperkinesia; Dyskinesias; Central Nervous System Diseases; Diagnosis; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Hyperkinesis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Differential diagnosis and treatment; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; List of Videos; Part 1 General Issues in Hyperkinetic Disorders; 1 Distinguishing Clinical Features of Hyperkinetic Disorders; 2 Pathophysiology and Molecular Pathology of Dystonia and Tics; 3 Pathophysiology and Molecular Pathology of ; Tremor, Myoclonus, and Chorea; 4 Overview of the Medical Treatments of Hyperkinetic Disorders; 5 Overview of Surgical Treatment Possibilities in Hyperkinetic Disorders; Part 2 Tremor Syndromes; 6 Essential Tremor; 7 Other Tremors; Part 3 Dystonia Syndromes 8 Primary Dystonias; 9 Secondary Dystonias; Part 4 Chorea Syndromes; 10 Huntington Disease and Other Genetic Choreas; 11 Acquired Choreas; 12 Tics and Tourette Syndrome; 13 Secondary Tics; Part 5 Myoclonus Syndromes; 14 Inherited Myoclonus Syndromes; 15 Segmental Myoclonus; 16 Other Jerks and Startles; Part 6 Ataxias; 17 Clinical and Pathophysiological Features of Cerebellar Dysfunction; 18 Inherited and Sporadic Ataxias; Part 7 Other Hyperkinetic Disorders; 19 Dyskinesias in Parkinsonian Syndromes; 20 Restless Legs Syndrome; 21 Tardive Dyskinesias; 22 Stereotypies and Other Developmental Hyperkinesias 23 Paroxysmal Dyskinesias; 24 Psychogenic Movement Disorders; Index; Color Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: Hyperkinetic movement disorders comprise a range of diseases characterized by unwanted and uncontrollable, or poorly controllable, involuntary movements. The phenomenology of these disorders is quite variable encompassing chorea, tremor, dystonia, myoclonus, tics, other dyskinesias, jerks and shakes. Discerning the underlying condition can be very difficult given the range and variability of symptoms. But recognizing the phenomenology and understanding the pathophysiology are essential to ensure appropriate treatment. Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders provides a clinical pathway for eff