Parkinsonian Syndromes

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: examines multiple system atrophies, including striatonigral degeneration, olivopontocerebellar atrophy, and shy-drager syndrome; reviews symptomatic parkinsonisms due to structural or vascular alterations, drugs, toxins, and metabolic changes; covers hereditofamilial disorders with parkinsonism; encompasses neurodegenerative syndromes that can not be otherwise classified according to overlapping pathology, mode of inheritance, or etiology; describes several miscellaneous conditions such as hemiatrophy-hemiparkinsonism and basal ganglionic calcifications with parkinsonism; and explores parkinsonism as it relates to the aging process.; Written by over 30 renowned clinical investigators with special expertise in parkinsonisms, Parkinsonian Syndromes is a resource for neurologists, neuroscientists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, physical therapists, general medicine clinicians, internists, and medical students in these disciplines.Stern, Matthew B. is the author of 'Parkinsonian Syndromes' with ISBN 9780824788384 and ISBN 0824788389.