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Book Detail
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Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia:
A Practical Guide for Clinicians
Budson, Andrew E.
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Previous ISBN (13): 9780323286619 Publisher: Elsevier Health Science Doody’s Core Title Rating: 2.5 [Geriatrics] Doody’s Core Title Rating: 3.0 [Psychiatry] Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Synopsis:
With a focus on the?practical, day-to-day tools?needed by neurologists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, and others who work with the elderly,?Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, 3rd Edition, is an?indispensable, easy-to-read resource?in this growing area. Clinical experts Drs. Andrew?Budson?and Paul Solomon?cover the essentials of physical and cognitive examinations and laboratory and imaging studies?for dementia and related illnesses, giving you?the guidance?you need to make accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions with confidence. -
Provides in-depth coverage of?clinically useful diagnostic tests?and the?latest research findings and treatment approaches.? -
Incorporates?real-world case studies?that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditions.? -
Contains?new chapters?on Alzheimer's look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophy.? -
Covers?key topics?such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, primary age-related tauopathy (PART) and limbic-predominant, age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), in addition to new criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy.? -
Includes current National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association and?DSM-5 criteria?for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment.? -
Demonstrates?how to use diagnostic tests?such as the amyloid imaging scans?florbetapir?(Amyvid),?flutemetamol?(Vizamyl), and?florbetaben?(Neuraceq), which can display amyloid plaques in the living brains of patients,?as well as the new tau scans.? -
Includes access to?more than two dozen videos?that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic features.? -
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase.?Your enhanced eBook allows you to access?all of?the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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