Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders TN Mehrotra, Kalyan B Bhattacharyya
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1Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders2
3Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Editors TN Mehrotra Professor of Medicine (Neurology) Head, Department of Medicine (Retd) LLRM Medical College Meerut President PDMDS Kalyan B Bhattacharyya Associate Professor Department of Neurology Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital Kolkata
PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND MOVEMENT DISORDER SOCIETY
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We dedicate this book to
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society
as well as to our professional colleagues
who have shared with us their experiences
in coping with their patients of Parkinson's Disease
and have thus shaped this book
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7Contributors 13
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society
OFFICE BEARERS
GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOUNDER MEMBERS
  1. Dr AB Shah
  2. Dr Charu Sankhla
  3. Dr BS Singhal
  4. Dr JA Lalkaka
  5. Dr SV Khadilkar
  6. Dr N Surya
  7. Ms Katie Vania
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15Preface
Parkinson's disease is a common disorder. Most physicians as well as neurologists have patients of parkinsonism in their practice. The care of patients with parkinsonism is complex.
In the early stages when the diagnosis is made many patients may only need education about the disease and reassurance. Over the ensuing years, however, the clinicians may be orchestrating pharmacologic interventions and a variety of community and medical services to cope with a diversity of problems that may be associated with parkinsonism.
There are number of monographs on parkinsonism and movement disorders. However, there is none published by experts in this field from our country. In this book we have attempted to gather experiences of our colleagues engaged in handling these patients.
Optimal care of parkinsonian patients requires more than just intelligent use of antiparkinsonian drugs and hence we have also discussed often less appreciated aspects of management.
I hope that this publication will help our fellow colleagues, physicians and neurologists alike to offer better care to the people suffering from Parkinson's disease.
T N Mehrotra
Kalyan B Bhattacharyya
16Acknowledgements
We are thankful to Professor BS Singhal who has guided us from time to time to enable us to present this book in its present form.