Clinical diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease
By: edited by Serge Gauthier ; foreword by Zaven S. Khachaturian.
Contributors: Gauthier, Serge, 1950-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; Taylor & Francis [distributor]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780415372992
Subjects: Alzheimer Disease -- diagnosis; Alzheimer Disease -- therapy; Alzheimer's disease -- Diagnosis; Alzheimer's disease -- Treatment
Description: xiii, 393 p. : 26 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Definitions and diagnostic criteria; title: Pathophysiology: a neurochemical perspective; title: Pathophysiology: an epidemiological perspective; title: Typical clinical features; title: Differentiation from non-Alzheimer dementia; title: Neuropsychological assessment; title: Structural brain imaging; title: Functional brain imaging; title: Electrophysiological tests; title: Biological markers; title: Natural decline and prognostic factors; title: Global assessment measures; title: Depressive syndrome in Alzheimer's disease; title: Cognition; title: Functional autonomy; title: Behaviour; title: Mild cognitive impairment and very early stage Alzheimer's disease; title: Mild to moderate stages; title: Care of patients in the severe stage of dementia; title: Terminal stage; title: Co-existent medical problems and concomitant diseases; title: Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms; title: Caregiver support: support of families; title: Community -based formal support services; title: Ethical issues; title: Competency; title: Genetic counselling; title: Health-related quality of life measurement techniques in the management of dementia; title: Future diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease.