Parkinsons Disease And Movement Disorders: Diagnosis And Treatment Guidelines For The Practicing Physician (current Clinical Practice)

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Highly experienced clinician-researchers distill the immense amount of new information now available about movement disorders to create a practice-oriented tutorial for all physicians treating movement disorders. Their book helps physicians to distinguish each disorder, providing a basic understanding of both the test and treatment options needed in active practices, as well as the effective use of the therapeutic recommendations of consulting specialists. The first half of the book is devoted to Parkinson's disease and conditions masquerading as parkinsonism, while the remainder details the recognition and treatment of tremor, dystonia, chorea, myoclonus, tics, gait disorders, the ataxias, conditions resulting in spasms, and restless legs syndrome. In all cases, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for the Practicing Physician provides sufficient background so that even relatively inexperienced clinicians can readily master the diagnosis and treatment of these neurologic conditions.

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CURRENT CLINICAL PRACTICE PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN Edited by CHARLES H. ADLER, MD, PhD J. ERIC AHLSKOG, PhD, MD HUMANA PRESS PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN CURRENT 9 CLINICAL 9 PRACTICE Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for the Practicing Physician, edited by CHARLES H. ADLER AND J. ERIC AHLSKOG, 2000 Bone Densitometry in Clinical Practice: Application and Interpretation, by SYDNEY LOU BONNICK, 1998 Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by GEORGE Y. WU AND JONATHAN ISRAEL, 1998 The Pain Management Handbook: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by M. ERIC GERSHWIN AND MAURICE E. HAMILTON, 1998 Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by J. STEVEN POCETA AND MERRILL M. MITLER, 1998 Allergic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment, edited by PHIL LIEBERMAN AND JOHN A. ANDERSON, 1997 Osteoporosis: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Principles, edited by CLIFFORD J. ROSEN, 1996 PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDERS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN Edited by CHARLES H. ADLER, MD, PHD Consultant and Co-Director, Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ; Associate Professor of Neurology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN and J. ERIC AHLSKOG, PHD, MD Chair, Division of Movement Disorders, and Consultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN; Professor of Neurology, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN HUMANA PRESS TOTOWA, NEW JERSEY Copyright © 2000 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. For additional copies, pricing for bulk purchases, and/or information about other Humana titles, contact Humana at the above address or at any of the following numbers: Tel: 973-256-1699; Fax: 973-256-8341; E-mail: [email protected] or visit our website at http://humanapress.com All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Mayo Foundation. As new scientific information becomes available through basic and clinical research, recommended treatments and drug therapies undergo changes. The authors and publisher have made all reasonable attempts to make this book accurate, up to date, and in