Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Disease: Third Edition: Gauthier, Serge: 9780415372992: Book: Medical: eCampus.com

List of contributors

viii

Foreword

xii

Preface to the Third Edition

xiv

I INTRODUCTION TO THE DISEASE PROCESS

Definitions and diagnostic criteria

(12)

Jeffrey L. Cummings

Pathophysiology: a neurochemical perspective

(12)

Stephanie Belanger

Vanessa Pearson

Judes Poirier

Pathophysiology: an epidemiological perspective

(12)

Lenore J Launer

II DIAGNOSIS

Typical clinical features

(14)

Remi W. Bouchard

Martin N. Rossor

Differentiation from non-Alzheimer dementia

(14)

Richard Camicioli

Neuropsychological assessment

(14)

Constant Rainville

Nicole Caza

Sylvie Belleville

Brigitte Gilbert

Structural Brain imaging

(16)

Antonio J Bastos Leite

Frederik Barkhof

Philip Scheltens

Functional brain imaging

(14)

Agneta Nordberg

Electrophysiological tests

111

(14)

Cornelis J Stam

Biological markers

125

(12)

Douglas Galasko

III NATURAL EVOLUTION

Natural decline and prognostic factors

137

(12)

Marie Sarazin

Nikki Home

Bruno Dubois

Global assessment measures

149

(10)

Kenneth Rockwood

John C Morris

Depressive syndrome in Alzheimer's disease

159

(6)

Lilian Thorpe

Cognition

165

(12)

Sven Joubert

Steve Joncas

Emmanuel Barbeau

Yves Joanette

Bernadette Ska

Functional autonomy

177

(12)

Isabelle Gelinas

Behaviour

189

(16)

Edmond Teng

Jeffrey L Cummings

IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Mild cognitive impairment and very early stage Alzheimer's disease

205

(16)

Howard Chertkow

Mild to moderate stages

221

(12)

Michael Woodward

Howard Feldman

Care of patients in the severe stage of dementia

233

(14)

Per-Olof Sandman

David Edvardsson

Bengt Winblad

Terminal stage

247

(10)

Ladislav Volicer

Co-existent medical problems and concomitant diseases

257

(8)

Roy Jones

Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms

265

(14)

Nathan Herrmann

V COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Caregiver support: support of families

279

(20)

Henry Brodaty

Karen Berman

Community-based formal support services

299

(16)

Lilly Katofsky

VI ETHICAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES

Ethical issues

315

(10)

Jason Karlawish

Competency

325

(16)

Daniel C Marson

Laura E Dreer

Genetic counselling

341

(10)

Simon Lovestone

A Dessa Sadovnick

Health-related quality of life measurement techniques in the management of dementia

351

(28)

Sam Salek

Mel Walker

VII CONCLUSION

Future diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease

379

(4)

Serge Gauthier

Leon L Thal

Martin N Rossor

Index

383


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