Neurodegenerative Disorders: Dementia and Parkinsonism, Lumping Together or Splitting Apart?

MALCO ROSSI; MARCELO MERELLO

Movement Disorders in Dementias

Springer-Verlag London

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2014; p. 1 - 278

Neurodegenerative diseases encompass several entities characterized by variable clinical features. Clinical presentation, anatomical regions affected, neuropathology, or molecular aspects of this group of diseases overlap frequently, rendering the ?perfect? classifi cation an almost impossible mission in many cases despite presence of the hallmark molecular fi ndings. In this chapter, we will review the different classifi cations of neurodegenerative disorders as well as the artificial boundaries between movement disorders and dementias.