Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Clinical, Pathological, and Treatment Issues [Hardcover]

Robert Perry (Editor), Ian McKeith (Editor), Elaine Perry (Editor), Jeffrey L. Cummings (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521561884 | ISBN-13: 978-0521561884 | Publication Date: November 28, 1996 | Edition: 1

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is among the most common causes of degenerative dementia. This book, which represents the first authoritative statement about DLB, includes review articles, case studies, and recent research findings from the leading researchers of DLB. The aims of this volume are to establish clinical diagnostic criteria and pathological protocols for DLB, and to explore evidence indicating that DLB patients may be responsive to symptomatic therapy. Covering the classification, cognitive manifestations, clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, neuropathology, neurochemistry, and treatment of DLB, this is a landmark publication in clinical neuroscience.

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"...strongly recommended for clinical and basic investigators with interests in the broad field of neurodegeneration or those specifically working in the fields of behavioural neurology, neuropsychiatry, movement disorders and neuropharmacology." Anthony E. Lang, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Book Description

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is perhaps the second most common cause of degenerative dementia after Alzheimer's disease. This book, which represents the first authoritative statement about (DLB), includes review articles, case studies and recent research findings from the leading international centers studying the condition. Covering the classification, cognitive manifestations, clinical diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, neuropathology, neurochemistry and treatment of DLB, this is a landmark publication in clinical neuroscience. It presents new operational criteria for research on DLB, and will interest all those concerned with the problem of dementia in the elderly.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 541 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521561884
• ISBN-13: 978-0521561884
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
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