Dystonia and dystonic syndromes. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Petr Kanovsky, Kailash P. Bhatia, Raymond L. Rosales, editors ; contributors Giovanni Abbruzzese [and twenty five others].
• Editors: Kanovsky, Petr; Bhatia, Kailash P; Rosales, Raymond L
• Other Names: Abbruzzese, G (Giovanni) contributor.
• Contents: Contributors; Part I: Pathophysiology and Nosology of Dystonia; 1: Dystonia: The Syndrome, Its Term, Concept and Their Evolution; References; 2: Physiology of Dystonia; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Loss of Inhibition; 2.3 Sensory and Sensorimotor Integration Abnormalities; 2.4 Changes of Cortical Plasticity; 2.5 The Role of Basal Ganglia; 2.6 The Role of Cerebellum; Conclusions; References; 3: Genetics of Dystonia; 3.1 Classification of Dystonia; 3.1.1 Isolated Dystonias; 3.1.1.1 TOR1A (DYT1); 3.1.1.2 THAP1 (DYT6); 3.1.1.3 GNAL (DYT25); 3.1.1.4 CIZ1 (DYT23); 3.1.1.5 ANO3 (DYT24) 3.1.1.6 TUBB4 (DYT4)3.1.2 Combined Dystonias; 3.1.2.1 Persistent Combined Dystonias with Parkinsonism; GCH1 (DYT5a), TH (DYT5b), and SPR (no DYT Designation); ATP1A3 (DYT12); PRKRA (DYT16); TAF1 (DYT3); 3.1.2.2 Persistent Combined Dystonias with Myoclonus; SGCE (DYT11); 3.1.2.3 Paroxysmal Combined Dystonias; PNKD (DYT8); SLC2A1 (DYT18/DYT9); PRRT2 (DYT10); 3.2 Inconsistencies of DYT Designation; 3.3 Identification of New Dystonia Genes; 3.4 Genetic Testing: Whom to Test and How?; References; 4: Nosology and Classification of Dystonia; 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Axis I: Clinical Characteristics of Dystonia4.2.1 Classification by Age at Onset; 4.2.2 Classification by Body Distribution; 4.2.3 Classification According to Temporal Pattern; 4.2.4 Recognition of Associated Features; 4.3 Axis II: Etiology; References; 5: Secondary Dystonia; 5.1 Secondary (Symptomatic) Dystonia; 5.2 Dystonia-Plus Syndromes; 5.2.1 Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD, DYT-5, DYT-14); 5.2.2 Myoclonus -- Dystonia (DYT-11); 5.3 Heredodegenerative Dystonia; 5.3.1 Heredodegenerative Dystonia in the Mitochondriopathies. 5.3.2 Heredodegenerative Dystonia in the Inherited Metabolic Disorders5.3.3 Heredodegenerative Dystonia Caused by the Storage Diseases; 5.3.4 Heredodegenerative Dystonia Caused by the Nucleotide Repeat Diseases; 5.4 Dystonia as a Feature of Another Neurologic Diseases; References; 6: Dystonia-Parkinsonism Syndromes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia; 6.2.1 Parkinson's Disease (PD) Therapy and Dystonia; 6.3 Inherited Diseases of Dystonia and Parkinsonism; 6.3.1 Juvenile-Onset Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia; 6.4 Heredo-degenerative Disorders. 6.4.1 DYT3 or X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP)6.5 Neurochemical Dystonia-Parkinsonism; 6.5.1 DYT5 or Dopa-Responsive Dystonia (DRD); 6.5.2 DYT12 or Rapid-Onset Dystonia-Parkinsonism (RDP); 6.5.3 DYT16: Early-Onset Dystonia; 6.6 Dystonia-Parkinsonism in Other Characterized Syndromes; 6.6.1 Guadeloupean Parkinsonism; 6.7 Spinocerebellar Ataxia Syndromes; 6.7.1 Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2 (SCA 2); 6.7.2 Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 (SCA 3); 6.8 Huntington's Disease; References; 7: Dystonia in Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and Corticobasal Degeneration.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg [Germany] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (254 pages), illustrations, photographs
• Subjects: 616.8; Nervous system -- Diseases; Dystonia; Dystonia; Nervous system -- Diseases; Medicine; Health & Biological Sciences; Neurology; Dystonic Disorders; Bhatia, Kailash; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783709115169; 3709115167; 3709115159; 9783709115152
• Related ISBNs: 9783709115152; 3709115159
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 30, 2015).
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