Common Movement Disorders Pitfalls

Alberto Espay is Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director of Clinical Research at the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute, Cincinnati, USA. Anthony Lang is the Jack Clark Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research and Director of the Division of Neurology, University of Toronto and also Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease and the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

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• Preface; 1. Missing the diagnosis altogether; 2. Attributing findings to a known or suspected disorder; 3. Clinical findings that are subtle; 4. When movement disorders are difficult to characterize; 5. Over-reliance on negative test results; 6. Failure of pattern recognition; 7. Testing pitfalls of commission or omission; 8. Missing radiographic clues; 9. Management misadventures; Further reading; Appendix: video legends; Index.