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Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders

Mark Hallett author Cynthia L Comella author Michael S Okun author Joseph Jankovic author Stanley Fahn author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Published:27th Sep '21

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Offering a state-of-the-art, authoritative summary of the most relevant scientific and clinical advances in the field, Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders provides the expert guidance you need to diagnose and manage the full range of these challenging conditions. Superb summary tables, a large video library, and a new, easy-to-navigate format help you find information quickly and apply it in your practice. Based on the authors' popular Aspen Course of Movement Disorders in conjunction with the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, this 3rd Edition is an indispensable resource for movement disorder specialists, general neurologists, and neurology residents. Explores all facets of movement disorders, including the latest rating scales for clinical research, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics. Provides the essential information you need for a clinical approach to diagnosis and management, with minimal emphasis on basic science. 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. Features a reader-friendly, full-color format, with plentiful diagrams, photographs, and tables.  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.  Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

"This book is excellent. It introduces readers to detailed, insightful information about common and complex movement disorders and will serve as a tremendous resource for current and future learners." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, Shilpa Chitnis, MD, PhD, FAAN (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) Doody's Score: 5 Stars! "Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, 3rd Edition is a well-organized, comprehensive overview of movement disorders developed with the clinician in mind. Readers will be pleased with the relatability, easy access, and common-sense structure of the information provided, with the lagniappe of a spectacular accompanying video library. If you can't make it to Aspen, this is the next best thing." - Brian J.Copeland, Journal of the Neurological Sciences (Volume 436, 15 May 2022, 120230)

ISBN: 9780323310710

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1520g

564 pages

3rd edition