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Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis and Clinical Management
edited by Factor SA and Weiner WJ, 716 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 1-888799-50-1, New York, NY, Demos Medical Publishing,
Arch Neurol. 2003;60:288.
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In contrast with the comparably substantial movement disorder texts of a few years ago (one edited by Watts and Koller, the other by Jankovic and Tolosa) this monograph is specifically focused on Parkinson disease. As with the previous books, it is primarily by physicians for physicians, although there is appropriate treatment of the basic science underpinnings. Drs Factor and Weiner succeed in their goal of providing a "comprehensive . . . review on the multiple aspects of the disease and putting them into perspective."
The book has 11 sections, each with between 4 and 10 chapters. The first section covers the evolution of knowledge since the initial description by James Parkinson in 1817. The role of Charcot in framing what are now considered the cardinal signs of Parkinson disease is highlighted. A reproduction of one of his detailed longhand prescriptions, and correspondence with a patient soliciting observations after each medication . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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