Dementia: A Clinical ApproachHere 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.
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Contents
Significance Definition and Epidemiology | 1 |
Mental Status Assessment | 14 |
Diagnosis of Dementia | 38 |
Alzheimers Disease | 87 |
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Vascular Dementia | 124 |
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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 |
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CreutzfeldtJakob Disease and Other Prion Disorders | 387 |
Classification and Characteristics of Vascular Dementia | 147 |
Risk Factors | 153 |
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Frontotemporal Dementia and the Asymmetric Cortical Atrophies | 179 |
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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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