Disorders of Movement A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
The prevalence of all movement disorders among the general population has been estimated to be about 25%; they are thus among the most common neurological conditions. Although the past 25 years have witnessed outstanding growth in knowledge on the phenome
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Disorders of Movement
Davide Martino • Alberto J. Espay Alfonso Fasano • Francesca Morgante
Disorders of Movement A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Davide Martino, MD, PhD Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer Neurology Department King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London UK Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Neurology James J. and Joan A. Gardner Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio USA
Alfonso Fasano, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Neurology University of Toronto Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic and the Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease Toronto Western Hospital, UHN Toronto, Ontario Canada Francesca Morgante, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Neurology Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Messina Messina Italy
ISBN 978-3-662-48466-1 ISBN 978-3-662-48468-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-48468-5
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We are grateful to our patients and mentors for their invaluable lessons and to our families for patiently and supportively accepting that there is no end to medical learning. To Kristy Joy, humanity’s magnificent monument to womanhood A.J.E. To my beloved Father F.M. To Nusco and the many travel mates I met so far in this journey A.F. To Eva and Federico D.M.
Foreword
While the main symptoms of movement disorders are clearly defined, patients do not necessarily respect the arbitrary grouping of symptoms that have traditionally defined recognized diseases. Hence, it is refreshing to see a new text that starts with an agnostic view of the
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