Movement Disorder Emergencies Diagnosis and Treatment /

Although patients with movement disorders nearly always present as outpatients, there are certain situations in which patients may present to the emergency room or in the hospital with emergencies. In Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis and Treatment, prominent neurologists and movement disorde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frucht, Steven J. (Author), Fahn, Stanley (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.
Series:Current Clinical Neurology
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • A Brief Introduction to Movement Disorders
  • Acute Parkinsonism
  • Parkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome in Parkinson’s Disease
  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
  • Malignant Catatonia
  • Abductor Paresis in Shy-Drager Disease
  • Movement Disorder Emergencies of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
  • Dystonic Storm
  • Pseudodystonic Emergencies
  • Tardive and Neuroleptic-Induced Emergencies
  • Hemiballism-Hemichorea
  • Sydenham’s Chorea, PANDAS, and Other Poststreptococcal Neurological Disorders
  • Acute Spinal Rigidity
  • Tic Emergencies
  • Malignant Phonic Tics
  • Serotonin Syndrome
  • Risks and Dangers From Hyperekplexia and Other Startle Disorders
  • Wilson’s Disease
  • Dopa-Responsive Dystonia
  • Whipple’s Disease.