ISBN:

• 9780190231866
• 0190231866

Edition: Second edition.

Description: x, 528 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Revision of: Parkinson's disease treatment book. 2005.

Contents:

• Basic facts about the brain and Parkinson's disease
• Parkinson's disease: diagnosis and prognosis
• Distinguishing Parkinson's disease from other disorders
• The cause and progression of Parkinson's disease
• The movement problems of Parkinson's disease: medication rationale and choices
• Beginning treatment of Parkinson's disease: medication guidelines
• The early years on medications
• Later medication inconsistency: motor fluctuations and dyskinesias
• Other treatment problems: not just a movement disorder
• Nutrition, exercise, work, and family
• Surgery and procedures for Parkinson's disease: present and future
• Parkinson's disease information services.

LCCN: 2015008118

Control Number: 1926603

Subjects: Parkinson's disease -- Treatment -- Popular works.

Other Authors: Ahlskog, J. Eric. Parkinson's disease treatment book.