Mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease : detections and diagnosis / Jeffrey M. Burns, John C. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Jeffrey M. (Jeffrey Murray)

Contributor:

Morris, John C., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition disorders in old age--Diagnosis.

Cognition disorders in old age.

Cognition disorders in old age--Treatment.

Presenile dementia--Diagnosis.

Presenile dementia.

Presenile dementia--Treatment.

Cognition Disorders.

Aged.

Alzheimer Disease.

Dementia.

Diagnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Cognition Disorders.

Aged.

Alzheimer Disease.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

vii, 148 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2008]

Summary:

Alzheimer's disease is by far the most common dementing disorder in later life, but discriminating the initial manifestations of Alzheimer's from the cognitive changes that accompany usual aging is, in many instances, a difficult task. The term "mild cognitive impairment" (MCI) has been proposed to represent the border zone between aging-related changes and frank dementia.

The purpose of this book is to describe the cognitive changes associated with age, the earliest detectable stages of Alzheimer's, and the relationship of these conditions to MCI. The authors review the latest advances in our understanding of MCI, its prevalence, evaluation, management, and outcomes. In so-doing they provide practising physicians with a useful resource that will assist them in identifying those MCI patients who will progress to recognized Alzheimer's Disease. The ability to identify these individuals, as opposed to those with MCI who do not have an underlying dementing illness, will allow the earliest symptomatic stages of true dementia to be more easily recognized and treated.

Contents:

Neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease, non-demented aging and MCI

Detecting and diagnosing MCI and early AD

Etiology of MCI: differential diagnosis

Treatment of MCI and dementia

Future therapeutic and diagnostic strategies

Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-141) and index.

ISBN:

9780470319369

0470319364

OCLC:

195764439

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