Cerebellar Disorders - A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Informationen zum Autor Mario Ubaldo Manto is the Founding Editor of the journal The Cerebellum and the founder of the Society for Research on the Cerebellum (SRC). Klappentext This practical guide summarizes and evaluates knowledge in the field of cerebellar disorders. Zusammenfassung This practical guide summarizes and evaluates current knowledge in the field of cerebellar disorders. Encompassing details of both common and uncommon cerebellar ataxias! including vascular! immune! neoplastic! infectious! traumatic! toxic and inherited disorders! this book will assist clinicians in the diagnosis and management of the full spectrum of cerebellar ataxias. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Embryology and anatomy; 2. Physiology of the cerebellum; 3. Symptoms of cerebellar disorders; 4. Clinical scales; 5. Diagnosis of cerebellar disorders as a function of age; 6. Overview of the general management of cerebellar disorders; 7. Malformations; 8. Cerebellar stroke; 9. Immune diseases; 10. Endocrine disorders; 11. Infectious diseases; 12. Corticobasal degeneration; 13. Tumors and paraneoplastic disorders; 14. Trauma of the posterior fossa; 15. Toxic agents; 16. Autism spectrum disorders and ataxia; 17. Progressive myoclonic epilepsies; 18. Multiple system atrophy (MSA); 19. Essential tremor; 20. Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxias (ARCAs); 21. Mitochondrial disorders; 22. X-linked ataxias; 23. Dominant ataxias; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mario Ubaldo (University of Brussels) Manto
• Assisted by: Mario Ubaldo Manto (Editor), Mario Ubaldo (University of Brussels) Manto (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521878135
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87813-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Radiology, MEDICAL / Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Medical Genetics, Paediatric medicine, Congenital diseases & disorders