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Parkinson´s Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families
William J. Weiner
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Description for Parkinson´s Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families
Paperback. Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. This book is suitable for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. They have long relied on this book for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Bringing this trusted guide up to date, three expert neurologists describe: new understandings gained by five years of additional research on Parkinson's disease; new focus on the importance of exercise; new information about imaging techniques such as SPECT Scan and DATScan that are aiding in the diagnosis; new findings about the genetics of the disease; ... Read more
Recent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. They have long relied on this book for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues. Bringing this trusted guide up to date, three expert neurologists describe: new understandings gained by five years of additional research on Parkinson's disease; new focus on the importance of exercise; new information about imaging techniques such as SPECT Scan and DATScan that are aiding in the diagnosis; new findings about the genetics of the disease; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421410760
SKU
V9781421410760
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Ref
99-47
About William J. Weiner
William J. Weiner, M.D., was 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. 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. ... Read more
Reviews for Parkinson´s Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families
The best comprehensive guide on Parkinson's disease I have ever read. If I were suggesting a book for my primary care physician to read on Parkinson's disease, this would be the one. APDA Young Parkinson's Newsletter Patients and their loved ones will find this practical guide the perfect complement to a physician's care. Publishers Weekly