Alzheimer’s Disease: A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management

Alzheimer’s Disease: A Physician’s Guide to Practical Management
ISBN-10
1475744854
ISBN-13
9781475744859
Category
Medical
Pages
479
Language
English
Published
2013-03-24
Publisher
Humana Press
Authors
Ralph W. Richter, Brigitte Zoeller Richter

Description

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.

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