Movement Disorders in Children

Acknowledgements Foreword Bengt Hagberg Preface 1. General concepts 2. Disorders in which a hypokinetic-rigid syndrome is the predominant feature 3. Movement disorders with tremor as the main clinical manifestation 4. Disorders with chorea or ballismus as predominant clinical features 5. Movement disorders with dystonia or athetosis as the main clinical manifestation 6. Diseases with several types of movement disorder 7. Paroxysmal movement disorders 8. Movement disorders with myclonus as the main clinical manifestation 9. Tic disorders 10. Drug-induced movement disorders 11. Movement disorders in cerebral palsy: miscellaneous movement disorders in childhood 12. Ancillary investigations: section 1. recording of abnormal movements section 2. studies with positron emission tomography section 3. examination of biopsied tissue Index