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Viral Infections of the Nervous System
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Motor DysfunctionNeurological DisorderViral PathogenesisBook ReviewsoutCommon Neurological DisordersSocial SciencesNeurobiology Of DiseaseViral PersistenceVoluntary MovementChemis- TryNeurologyNeuropathologyNeuroimmunologyMotor DisorderDiagnostic VirologyNeurovirologyVirologyNervous SystemNeurological DiseaseMovement DisordersParkinson DiseaseHypokinetic Movement DisordersNeuroscienceCentral Nervous SystemMedicine
Book reviewsout under headings grouping together indi- vidual neurological diseases.For example.chapter 3 describes disorders of voluntary movement, and includes myaesthenia, myotonia, spasticity, Bell's palsy and periodic para- lysis, while chapter 4 deals with involuntary movements including Parkinsonism, and dyskinesias such as chorea, dystonia, myoclonus.tremor and so on.Each clinical entity is dealt with in a standard fashion.The disordered mechanisms responsible for the condition are discussed, the drugs used to treat the syndrome are described (with full details of their chemis- try, biochemical pharmacology, pharmacody-