Dementia: A Clinical Approach

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Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003 - Medical - 654 pages
Here is all of the very latest scientific and clinical information for every type for dementing disease - presented in a handy, easy-to-read format. Noted specialists in the field equip readers with the guidance they need to understand, diagnose, and manage these conditions using all of the best approaches available today. They emphasize a neurologic investigative approach to differentiate the curable from the noncurable dementias. Disorders are organised into cortical and subcortical dementias to emphasise the different clinical features that facilitate diagnosis.
  • an easy-to-read format for efficient reference.
  • Organizes dementias by cortical and subcortical to facilitate diagnosis by clinical features.
  • Uses an easy-to-read format for efficient reference.
  • Organises dementias by cortical and subcortical to facilitate diagnosis by clinical features.
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    Contents

    Significance Definition and Epidemiology
    1
    Mental Status Assessment
    14
    Diagnosis of Dementia
    38
    Alzheimers Disease
    87
    12470
    114
    16
    121
    Vascular Dementia
    124
    34
    132
    Parkinsonian Disorders with Dementia
    236
    Nonparkinsonian Motor Disorders with Dementia
    280
    Huntingtons Disease
    291
    HallervordenSpatz Disease
    303
    Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisParkinsons Dementia Complex
    310
    Hereditary Spinocerebellar Ataxias
    316
    9
    325
    CreutzfeldtJakob Disease and Other Prion Disorders
    387

    Classification and Characteristics of Vascular Dementia
    147
    Risk Factors
    153
    36
    155
    41
    161
    45
    170
    Frontotemporal Dementia and the Asymmetric Cortical Atrophies
    179
    46
    184
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    195
    51
    210
    ToxicMetabolic Causes of Dementia
    421
    Psychiatric Dementias Associated with Psychiatric Disorders
    477
    Miscellaneous Dementia Syndromes
    503
    Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias
    559
    Nonpharmacologic Management of Dementia
    583
    Conclusions and Directions
    605
    Index
    615
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