Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 100: Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

DESCRIPTION

A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series on hyperkinetic movement disorders.

KEY FEATURES

• A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology.
• International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field.
• Describes the advances which have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences, their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SECTION 1 - Choreoathetoid Diseases and Syndromes:
  • 1. Huntington's disease - clinical signs, symptoms, pre-symptomatic diagnosis and diagnosis
  • 2. Huntington's disease
  • 3. Molecular biology of Huntington's disease
  • 4. Huntington's disease - neuropathology
  • 5. Huntington's disease - look-alikes
  • 6. Spinocerebellar degenerations
  • 7. Neuroacanthocytosis
  • 8. Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy
  • 9. Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation
  • 10. Movement disorders and mitochondrial disease
  • 11. Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration
  • 12. Benign hereditary chorea
  • 13. Senile chorea
• SECTION 2 - Immune Related Chorea:
  • 14. Sydenham's chorea
  • 15. Chorea gravidarum
  • 16. Antiphospholipid sydrome and other lupus related movement disorders
• SECTION 3 - Vascular Related Chorea:
  • 17. Hemiballismus
  • 18. Vascular chorea in adults and children
  • 19. Polycythemia and chorea
• SECTION 4 - Metabolic Disturbances:
  • 20. Hyperthyroid chorea
  • 21. Hyperglycemic non-ketotic states and other metabolic imbalances
• SECTION 5 - Chorea in Other Medical Settings:
  • 22. Postoperative encephalopathy with choreoathetosis
  • 23. Movement disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis
  • 24. Paraneoplastic syndromes causing movement disorders
  • 25. Hyperkinetic movement disorders associated with HIV and other viral infections
  • 26. Chorea caused by toxins
  • 27. Drug-induced hyperkinetic movement disorders by non-neuroleptic agents
• SECTION 6 - Other Syndromes:
  • 28. Paroxysmal choreodystonic disorders
  • 29. Painful legs and moving toes
• SECTION 7 - Athetosis:
  • 30. Birth-related syndromes of athetosis and kernicterus
• SECTION 8 - Myoclonus:
  • 31. Myoclonus
  • 32. Startle syndromes
• SECTION 9 - Essential Tremor:
  • 33. Essential tremor
  • 34. Management of essential tremor including medical and surgical approaches
  • 35. Orthostatic tremor - a review
• SECTION 10 - Dystonia:
  • 36. Early-onset primary dystonia
  • 37. Adult-onset dystonia
  • 38. Non-primary dystonias
  • 39. Dopa responsive dystonia
  • 40. Rapid-onset dystonia-Parkinsonism
  • 41. Myoclonus dystonia syndrome
• SECTION 11 - Tardive Dyskinesia:
  • 42. Typical and atypical neuroleptics
  • 43. Epidemiology of tardive dyskinesia before and during the era of modern antipsychotic drugs
  • 44. Unusual focal dyskinesias
• SECTION 12 - Tics:
  • 45. Stereotypic movement disorders
  • 46. Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders
• SECTION 13 - Other Syndromes:
  • 47. Restless legs syndrome
  • 48. Hemifacial spasm
  • 49. Wilson's disease
  • 50. Task-specific tremor
  • 51. Hyperkinetic psychogenic movement disorder

AUTHOR

ByEdited by William J. Weiner, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Director, Maryland Parkinson's Diseases and Movement Disorders Centre, Baltimore, MD, USA and Eduardo Tolosa, MD, Chief of Neurology Service, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain