Desordens do movimento: 40 aspectos e muitas dicas - Neurossemiologia

Os autores ressaltam aspectos neurossemiologicos que contribuem para a caracterizacao fenotipica de diversas desordens do movimento. Devido a alta prevalencia, atencao maior e dada a doenca de Parkinson e as sindromes parkinsonianas, sem contudo desprestigiar os tremores e outras hipercinesias tais como: atetose, balismo, coreia, distonias, mioclonias e as desordens do movimento de origem psicogenica... The authors point out neurosemiologic aspects that contribute to phenotypic characterization of several movement disorders. Due to high prevalence, the authors mainly address Parkinson's disease and parkinsonian syndromes, but also consider tremors and other hyperkinesias such as: athetosis, ballism, chorea, dystonia, myoclonus and movement disorders of psychogenic origin...