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Fast Facts : Dementia / Lawrence J. Whalley, John C.S. Breitner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whalley, Lawrence J.
- Series:
- Fast facts.
- Fast facts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dementia.
- Physical Description:
- 116 p. : col. ill., col. ports.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxford : Health Press Ltd., 2009.
- Summary:
- Fast Facts: Dementia specifically aims to provide the primary care physician and other members of the healthcare team with the information they need to recognize and evaluate dementia and to provide optimum management and long-term care.
- Contents:
- Fast Facts: Dementia
- Front cover
- Imprint page
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Basic neuroscience
- Chapter 2: The aging brain
- Chapter 3: Symptoms, signs and course
- Chapter 4: Neuropsychiatric complications
- Chapter 5: Clinical examination and investigations
- Chapter 6: Principles of care and treatment
- Chapter 7: Pharmacological treatment
- Chapter 8: Epidemiology of the dementing illnesses
- Chapter 9: Hypotheses on the causes of Alzheimer's disease
- Chapter 10: Future treatments
- Useful addresses
- Index
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612388040
- 9781282388048
- 1282388045
- 9781905832712
- 1905832710
- OCLC:
- 819638396
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