Living with Huntington's Disease

Challenges, Perspectives and Quality of Life

Buch | Softcover

172 Seiten

2019
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5361-6729-0 (ISBN)

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The book first discusses the variety of sleep disorders in Huntington's Disease, as well as how sleep quality can be associated with other important clinical symptoms. Although Huntington's disease is categorised as a movement disorder, the wide range of non-motor symptoms including cognitive impairment and behavioural abnormalities are considered by patients and their caregivers to be just as disabling as the motor symptoms. As such, the authors explore the importance of symptomatic treatment of Huntington's disease-related symptoms. Following this, the emotional and communicational issues in Huntington's disease and their interrelations are examined, including depressive symptomatology, anxiety, helplessness or anger, as well as verbal and non-verbal communication and assistive technology. Lastly, the authors describe current trends and efforts in gene therapy techniques and the improvements in health conditions of Huntington's disease patients and their families.

Preface; Sleep Problems in HD; Clinical Trials in HD: Lessons Learned, Progress, and Perspectives; Emotional and Communicational Issues in Huntington's Disease; Gene Therapy as a Potential Decelerator of the Huntingtons Disease Progression; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.01.2020
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	258 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-5361-6729-0 / 1536167290
ISBN-13	978-1-5361-6729-0 / 9781536167290
Zustand	Neuware