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RAPID REFERENCE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Rapid Reference to Alzheimer's Disease
Rapid Reference Series
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By
Ralph Richter, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, The Universityo f Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, OK; Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, St. John Medical Center Tulsa, OK; and President, Clinical Pharmaceutical Trials, Inc., Tulsa, OK
Brigitte Zoeller Richter, Dipl Pharm, Director, PROMEDAS Company, Basel, Switerland; and Director Publishing, Clinical Pharmaceutical Trials, Inc., Tulsa OK

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Audience
Market: Junior Doctors, GPs, practice nurses and other primary care providers

Contents

How the Patient with Alzheimer's Disease Presents
Epidemiological Findings
Causes and Risk-factors
Diagnostic Criteria
Differential Diagnosis of Dementia
Clinical Course and Disease Stages of AD
Mild Cognitive Impairment
The Office-Based Work-up: Clinical Examination
Neuropsychological tests for Diagnosis, follow-up and measurement of therapeutic outcome
Neuroimaging Techniques in AD
Common Medical Problems in Patients with AD
Depression and Dementia
Diagnostic Biomarkers for AD
Neuropathological Findings in AD
Current Therapies for AD
The Behavioral Problems in AD
Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Dementia/Guidance for the Use of AchEIs
Prognostic Factors in AD
Comprehensive and Loving Care//Caring for the Caregiver//How to communicate with the Patient
Possible Future Approaches
Concluding Remarks
Resources

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 104 pages, publication date: MAR-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-7234-3263-0
ISBN-10: 0-7234-3263-5
Imprint: MOSBY


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