Full Description
An authoritative introduction to Parkinson's disease and its related disorders and syndromes, this book provides a concise overview of the disease and its diagnosis and management. The author presents samples of clinical, investigative (CT, MRI, and PET), and pathological images with succinct descriptive text of the disorders featured. He describes the conditions related to Parkinson's disease, and the pictures provide pathological macroscopic and microscopic sections, various imaging studies, and details of movement disorders in general. The book will serve as a useful teaching tool that demonstrates the imaging and pathology of the disease.
Contents
ANATOMY. PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Neuropathology. Epidemiology. Clinical Features. Imaging. Drug Interventions. PARKINSONIAN SYNDROMES. Postencephalitic Parkinsonism. Drug-induced Parkinsonism. Arteriosclerotic Parkinsonism. Cortical Lewy Body Disease. RELATED DISORDERS. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (Steele-Richardson-Olszewski Syndrome). Striatonigral Degeneration. Multiple System Atrophy. Corticobasal Degeneration. Dystonia. Wilson's Disease. Huntington's Disease. Hallervorden-Spatz Disease. Sydenham's Chorea. Tremor. Myoclonus. Tardive Dyskinesia. Bibliography.
