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Synopsis
Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. Nevertheless, medical, emotional, and physical challenges remain. The second edition of this accessible and comprehensive guide provides crucial information for managing this complex condition, including details on the use of medications, diet, exercise, complementary therapies, and surgery.
The second edition includes new information about:
· The genetic and hereditary pattern of the disease
· Medications and uses of established medications
· Other approaches to treating the symptoms of Parkinson’s
· Juvenile-onset Parkinson’s disease
· Normal pressure hydrocephalus
· The effects of fluctuating hormones on disease symptoms
· Fetal cell transplants and porcine cell transplants
· The nutritional supplement Co-Enzyme Q10
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From leading authorities in movement and neurological disorders--a comprehensive resource for coping with medical, emotional, and practical challenges
About the Author
William J. Weiner, M.D., is director of the Maryland Parkinson's Disease Center and professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also serves as the chief of neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He is the author of numerous books and papers on Parkinson's disease. Lisa M. Shulman, M.D., is a professor of neurology, holds the Eugenia Brin Professorship, and is the Rosalyn Newman Distinguished Scholar in Parkinson's Disease at the University of Maryland. Anthony E. Lang, M.D., F.R.C.P., is a professor of neurology and holds the Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research at the University of Toronto. He is the director of the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Center at Toronto Western Hospital, as well as the past editor of the journal Movement Disorders and the president-elect of the Movement Disorders Society.
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- PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0801885450
- ISBN 13 9780801885457
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages296
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