Movement Disorders in Clinical Practice
By: by K. Ray Chaudhuri, William Ondo
Contributors: Ondo, William G.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London Limited; Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9781849960649; 9781849960656
Subjects: Medicine; Neurology; Emergency medicine; Family medicine
Description: Movement disorders are a complex group of disorders spanning all aspects of neurological illnesses and ranging from conditions characterised by too little movement (hypokinesis) to those where movement is excessive (hyperkinesis). Diagnosis is based mostly on observation and examination rather than radiology and serological assessments. The classic example would be Parkinson's disease, while other movement-related problems, such as tremor, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus, hemiballism and tics, occur in a range of inherited, drug-induced and sporadic disorders. Genetics plays an important part in t.