Alzheimer's is a progressive disease, painful to witness as the patient's cognitive abilities fail. Alzheimer's Disease, with its complete and authoritative discussions, will help you understand all facets of this complex disease. It offers an up-to-date perspective on key issues presented by the world's best known authorities on Alzheimer's disease. This volume addresses the broad spectrum of topics ranging from diagnosis, causes, treatment, epidemiology, genetics, risk factors, and care and management. A one-stop educational resource, this text provides valuable information on treatment strategies, care, and management of Alzheimer's disease. Short TOC
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), a degenerative disorder that attacks the brain and leads to dementia, is one of the most common dementing disorders of old age, affecting nearly 4 million individuals in the U.S. alone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intrinsic biological aging, verbally disruptive behaviors, oxidative metabolism lead, brief screening tests, cerebral oxidative metabolism, second caregivers, mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, elderly demented patients, precursor protein gene, mild senile dementia, autopsy diagnosis, paired helical filaments, dystrophic neurites, neuropil threads, disease assessment scale, senescent phenotype, amyloid protein precursor, central cholinergic neurons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Institute, Brain Res, Raven Press, Nuclear Med, American Psychiatric Association, Mini-Mental State Examination, Cerebral Metabolic Impairments, East Boston, Oxford University Press, Alzheimer's Association, Acta Neuropathol, Historical Perspective, Newbury Park, Sage Publications, Work Group, United States, Alois Alzheimer, Clinical Assessment of Patients, Barry Gurland, Clinical Brain Imaging, Clinical Neurology of Aging, Methodological Considerations, Synthesis of Critical Topics, The Influence of Social Context New!
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), a degenerative disorder that attacks the brain and leads to dementia, is one of the most common dementing disorders of old age, affecting nearly 4 million individuals in the U.S. alone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intrinsic biological aging, verbally disruptive behaviors, oxidative metabolism lead, brief screening tests, cerebral oxidative metabolism, second caregivers, mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, elderly demented patients, precursor protein gene, mild senile dementia, autopsy diagnosis, paired helical filaments, dystrophic neurites, neuropil threads, disease assessment scale, senescent phenotype, amyloid protein precursor, central cholinergic neurons Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, National Institute, Brain Res, Raven Press, Nuclear Med, American Psychiatric Association, Mini-Mental State Examination, Cerebral Metabolic Impairments, East Boston, Oxford University Press, Alzheimer's Association, Acta Neuropathol, Historical Perspective, Newbury Park, Sage Publications, Work Group, United States, Alois Alzheimer, Clinical Assessment of Patients, Barry Gurland, Clinical Brain Imaging, Clinical Neurology of Aging, Methodological Considerations, Synthesis of Critical Topics, The Influence of Social Context New!
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- Alzheimer Disease (Periodicals) by Robert D. Terry on 4 pages
- The Neurology of Aging (Contemporary Neurology Series) by Robert Katzman on page 94, page 137, and page 254
- Clinical Neurology of Aging by Martin L. Albert on page 94, and page 137
- The Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma (Contemporary Neurology) by Fred Plum on page 196, and page 205
- Gender, Families, and Elder Care (SAGE Focus Editions) by Jeffrey W. Dwyer on page 319, and page 320
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