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Alzheimer’s Disease

A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Ralph W. Richter

    1. The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, USA
      Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, USA

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  2. Brigitte Zoeller Richter

    1. Tulsa, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Clinical Neurology (CCNEU)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Scientific Background of Alzheimer’s Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders

      • John Hardy
      Pages 3-20

    3. Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Christian Schultz, Kelly Del Tredici, Heiko Braak
      Pages 21-31

    4. Oxidative Stress in the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

      • Domenico Praticò
      Pages 33-38

    5. Metabolism and Alzheimer’s Disease

      • John P. Blass
      Pages 39-47

  3. Epidemiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Brigitte Zoeller Richter, Ralph W. Richter
      Pages 51-55

    3. The Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

      • Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad
      Pages 57-63

    4. Potential and Established Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Brigitte Zoeller Richter
      Pages 65-71

  4. Clinical Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Medical Diagnosis and Workup of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Ralph W. Richter
      Pages 75-87

    3. Neuroimaging Techniques

      • Norman L. Foster
      Pages 89-102

    4. Biological Markers in Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Fred Baskin
      Pages 103-108

    5. The Neuropsychology of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • Kirsten I. Taylor, Andreas U. Monsch
      Pages 109-120

    6. Vascular Cognitive Impairment in Clinical Practice

      • Kenneth Rockwood, Timo Erkinjuntti
      Pages 121-126

    7. Lewy Body Disease

      • Robert Barber, Jane Newby, Ian G. McKeith
      Pages 127-135

    8. Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia

      • Malgorzata Franczak, Diana Kerwin, Piero Antuono
      Pages 137-143

  5. The Transitional Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Mild Forgetfulness

      • Scott A. Small
      Pages 147-151
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About this book

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating and dehumanizing illness affecting increasingly large numbers of elderly and even middle-aged persons in a worldwide epidemic. Alzheimer’s Disease: A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management was written by selected clinicians and scientists who represent some of the world’s leading centers of excellence in AD research. The editors are proud and grateful for their profound contributions. This book is particularly designed to assist physicians and other health-care professionals in the evaluation, assessment, and treatment of individuals with AD. At the same time, by illuminating the basic scientific background, we hope to provide state-of-the art information about the disease and possible future therapeutic strategies. The recent psychiatric treatment aspects of AD are also clearly presented. Because the early diagnosis of the dementia process is now considered of increasing importance, we focus particularly in several chapters on early changes and preclinical conditions, such as mild cognitive impairment and predementia AD.

Reviews

"This is an easy-to-read and accessible book that presents an impressive amount of detail and information. It will appeal to physicians who want more background and detail as they approach their Alzheimer's patients, rather than just a simple "cookbook" recipe for treatment. Chapters on new and evolving treatments are well done and offer a glimpse of the future. Physicians who establish specialized clinics or units for the care of Alzheimer's patients will find this book especially useful."-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

"...chapters on pathophysiology lucidly explain the evidence supporting the role of oxidative stress, as well as the roles and interrelationships of mutant amyloid precursor protein, presenilin, and tau...The section on clinical assessment provides many clinical pearls that can help the clinician recognize dementias often mistaken for Alzheimer disease." - Annals of Internal Medicine

"...a mine of useful information that gives an honest cross-sectional view of our knowledge about dementia." - Institute for Ageing and Health

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, USA

    Ralph W. Richter

  • Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit, St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, USA

    Ralph W. Richter

  • Tulsa, USA

    Brigitte Zoeller Richter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Book Subtitle: A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management

  • Editors: Ralph W. Richter, Brigitte Zoeller Richter

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Neurology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-661-4

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-4485-9Published: 24 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-661-4Published: 10 October 2003

  • Series ISSN: 1559-0585

  • Series E-ISSN: 2524-4043

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 479

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology

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