Cerebellar Disorders: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

ISBN-13: 9780521878135 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 312 str.

Mario Ubaldo Manto

Opis

This practical guide summarizes and evaluates current knowledge in the field of cerebellar disorders.

Recenzje

'… an easy to read, comprehensively referenced, and up-to-date compendium of cerebellar diseases and their management and should prove extremely useful to the practitioner and student alike.' Lancet Neurology

Spis treści

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.