The most popular and widely acclaimed guide for parkinsonian patients and their families is now in its thoroughly updated Fifth Edition. In layperson's terms, Drs. Duvoisin and Sage explain the pathology, symptoms, and course of Parkinson's Disease, discuss current drug therapies and surgical procedures, and examine the latest research on the ...
Filled with tips, techniques, and shortcuts Shelley learned from personal experience and from the people around her, this book encompasses several guiding principles that underlie her labor-saving suggestions. Everyone with a chronic medical condition such as Parkinson's disease should know, for example, to alternate periods of activity with ...
Written by an international group of renowned experts, the Fifth Edition of this premier reference provides comprehensive, current information on the genetics, pathophysiology, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment, and behavioral and psychologic concomitants of all common and uncommon movement disorders. Coverage includes Parkinson's disease, ...
The definitive how-to book on living with Parkinson's Disease written by the author of When Your Loved One Has Alzheimer's. Carroll describes what Parkinson's is, gives practical advice on dealing with its frustrating symptoms, and provides a thorough analysis of the various available treatments.
This comprehensive reference provides a detailed overview of current concepts regarding the cause of Parkinson's disease-emphasizing the issues involved in the design, implementation, and analysis of epidemiological studies of parkinsonism.
Emphasizing the role of monoamine oxidase (MAO) in the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, this up-to-date reference describes the genetics, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and clinical aspects of this very important class of enzymes. It details how the interaction between selegiline (deprenyl) and MAO ...
This text explores the history of pallidal surgery, and explains the basic anatomy and physiology behind it. Patient selection, technical aspects, and clinical results and evaluation are all explained. The contributors also consider treatment modalities (pallidotomy, pallidal deep brain stimulation, and pallidal radiosurgery), and three points of ...
This collection of review articles provides detailed clinical descriptions and treatment recommendations for the important, but often unrecognized, nonmotor dysfunctions of Parkinson's disease. Topics range from behavioral abnormalities and autonomic dysfunction to sleep-related and sensory dysfunction, and include depression and anxiety, dementia ...
This work offers a comprehensive and fully updated overview of supportive patient management strategies, highlighting therapeutic approaches other that dopaminergic agents and conventional antiparkinsonian drugs. This second edition: reviews the neuroprotective effects of selegiline on Parkinson's disease; investigates ways of enhancing the ...
Emotional and cognitive disorders are common in Parkinson's disease, but are frequently overlooked or undertreated. This book provides a comprehensive account of these aspects of Parkinson's disease, based on the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It also offers a thorough survey of the published ...
This volume provides an up-to-date review of current methods of treating Parkingson's disease - and the scientific basis on which these methods are based. Parkinson's disease remains at the cutting edge of clinical neuroscience. During the 1960s the discovery of the first effective neurotransmitter replacement was made. In the 1980s there has been ...
The new text reviews all the developments in this key area of neurology including Parkinson's disease and other rigid syndromes leading to akinesia (or loss of the facility of movement). David Marsden, one of the co-editors of 'Bradley's Neurology In Clinical Practice', is the acknowledged world expert on the subject. He and his co-editor, Stanley ...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. Still the only major text on the subject, the completely revised and updated second edition of "Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management" comes at a time when specialists have made important advances in our understanding of the etiology, ...
This clear, concise illustrated guide gives expert advice on understanding Parkinson's disease and how treatments can control its symptoms to allow as normal a life as possible, including: causes and characteristics of Parkinson's; symptoms, tests, and diagnosis; learning to live with Parkinson's disease; drug treatments and surgery; and useful ...
This manual provides the information and materials needed to conduct an eight session patient education programme for people with Parkinson's disease and their carers, complementing medical treatment. This programme was developed within an interdisciplinary European consortium, comprising research and clinical centres in Germany, Spain, Finland, ...
Far from celebrity media spotlight, ordinary individuals, many older and less advantaged, suffer the disabling pain of Parkinson's Disease (PD), an illness whose progressive symptoms often mimic old age and cause mobility impairment, communication barriers, and social isolation. At the heart of "With Shaking Hands" is the account of elder ...
This book provides a practical, concise review of current knowledge about Parkinson's disease, focusing on the theory and practice of its correct diagnosis and management. The author has aimed to provide the physician with a full account of the clinical vagaries of the several parkinsonian syndromes and to summarize the relevant knowledge of ...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. As the population of the industrialized world ages the impact of this disease on clinical neurology will expand. The growing literature regarding PD reflects this phenomenon. The time is now appropriate for a comprehensive text on PD that provides the reader with an up ...
Parkinson's Disease (PD is a devastating degenerative central nervous system disorder that affects 1.5 million people in the US, with approximately 60,000 new cases diagnosed each year. It affects both men and women equally, and while the conidition usually develops after the age of 65, 15% of those diagnosed are under age 50. The disease ...
The "International Winter Conferences on Neurodegeneration" have become an established forum to discuss various aspects of basic and clinical topics related to the underlying mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders. This volume is a special edition of supplement 49 from "The Journal of Neural Transmission". The first part of the book focuses on ...
Providing discussions of all syndromes in which parkinsonism may be a feature, this reference refines nosologic conceptions of parkinsonism, elucidates its cause, and points the way toward future investigative strategies. Detailing the progress made by clinical neurologists in understanding and managing movement disorders "Parkinsonian Syndromes": ...
Lisette Bunting-Perry and Gwyn Vernon have many years of experience working with movement disorders and have edited "Comprehensive Nursing Care for Parkinson's Disease" to supply all the necessary clinical information nurses will need in the care of patients with this complex clinical profile. The topics covered include what is currently known ...
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