The Official Patient´s Sourcebook on Machado-Joseph Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age - ICON Health Publications

This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to machado-joseph disease, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on machado-joseph disease. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Machado-Joseph Disease: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Multimedia on Machado-Joseph Disease; Chapter 4. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Your Medications; Appendix B. Researching Nutrition; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Autosomal Dominant Spinocerebellar Degeneration, Azorean Neurologic Disease, Machado Disease, Machado-Joseph Disease, Nigrospinodentatal Degeneration, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type III, Striatonigral Degeneration, Autosomal Dominant Type.

Author: ICON Health Publications
Publisher: ICON Health Publications
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Machado-Joseph Disease: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2002-09-09
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780597830129
Category: Medical : Neurology - General
Category: Health & Fitness : Diseases - Genetic