Samenvatting
[Paperback edition of former hardback] In Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, a major multidisciplinary overview of neurological movement disorders will be provided. In this textbook, not only etiology and pathophysiology of the mostly dramatic signs and symptoms of these disorders will be dealt with, also diagnostic procedures, differential diagnostic problems and, above all, pharmaco-therapeutical and neurosurgical strategies are adequately discussed. As Parkinsonism and Related Disorders also comes with a CD-ROM showing the clinical manifestations of most movement disorders dealt with, this book will function as a excellent comprehensive guide to classify these disorders, thereby meeting the need for well formulated, generally accepted definitions. It will provide you with the essential tools to better recognize and understand the various disorders in daily practice, to discuss and interpret the clinical manifestations and to select adequate therapeutical strategies. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders will be an excellent practical source for those medical and allied health professionals who are confronted with patients suffering these diseases, and will certainly help them to better treat these patients and improve their quality of life. CD-ROM included