Memory Loss, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia (häftad, eng)

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Geriatrics**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 approachesIncorporates real-world case studies that facilitate the management of both common and uncommon conditionsContains new chapters on Alzheimer’s look-alikes and posterior cortical atrophyCovers 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 atrophyIncludes current National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association and DSM-5 criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairmentDemonstrates 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 scansIncludes access to more than two dozen videos that illustrate common tests, clinical signs, and diagnostic featuresEnhanced 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

Format	Häftad
Omfång	336 sidor
Språk	Engelska
Förlag	Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Utgivningsdatum	2021-07-05
ISBN	9780323795449