Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders

Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders provides expert guidance for diagnosing and managing movement disorders, with a focus on clinical application. It covers rating scales, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics, and includes updated information on genetics, diagnostic brain imaging, surgical approaches, and treatment guidelines. The 3rd Edition features a reader-friendly, full-color format with numerous diagrams, photographs, and tables, and includes access to hundreds of video clips. An enhanced eBook version is also available.

Format: Hardback
Length: 564 pages
Publication date: 27 September 2021
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to diagnosing and managing a wide range of movement disorders. Written by experts in the field, this book provides expert guidance and is an indispensable resource for movement disorder specialists, general neurologists, and neurology residents. The book covers all facets of movement disorders, including the latest rating scales for clinical research, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics. It emphasizes a clinical approach to diagnosis and management, with minimal emphasis on basic science. The 3rd Edition reflects recent advances in areas such as the genetics of Parkinsonian and other movement disorders, diagnostic brain imaging, new surgical approaches to patients with movement disorders, and new treatment guidelines for conditions such as restless legs syndrome. The book features a reader-friendly, full-color format with plentiful diagrams, photographs, and tables. It also includes access to several hundred updated, professional-quality video clips that illustrate the manifestations of all the movement disorders in the book along with their differential diagnoses. The enhanced eBook version included with purchase allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Weight: 1582g
Dimension: 225 x 286 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323310710
Edition number: 3 ed