Dementias - Early Diagnosis and Evaluation

Informationen zum Autor Karl Herholz, Daniela Perani, Chris Morris Klappentext The only guide to focus primarily on current molecular methods of diagnosis and early stage evaluation! this reference presents the latest techniques and technologies for dementia identification and evaluation! including neuropathological strategies! neuropsychological tests! biomarkers! CT! MRI! functional MRI! PET! and SPECT. Offering practical care and examination guidelines! each chapter provides findings that are particularly relevant for the assessment of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease! dementia with Lewy bodies! vascular dementia! and fronto-temporal dementia. Zusammenfassung The Dementias Inhaltsverzeichnis The Clinical Issues. Neuropsychological Screening and Advanced Neuropsychological Tests. Biomarkers in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid. Genetics: Facts and Perspectives. Approaches to the Identification of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets in Dementia. Quantitative and Functional MRI Techniques. Perfusion SPECT. FDG PET: Imaging Cerebral Glucose Metabolism with Positron Emission Tomography. Imaging of Neurotransmitter Systems in Dementia. Development and Application of beta-Amyloid Imaging Agents in Alzheimer's Disease. A View on Early Diagnosis of Dementias from Neuropathology. Guideline and Perspective. Index

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• Authors: Karl (Max Planck Inst. For Neurological R Herholz, Karl Morris Herholz, Karl Perani Herholz
• Assisted by: Karl Herholz (Editor), Karl (Max Planck Inst. for Neurological Research Herholz (Editor), Herholz Karl (Editor), Chris Morris (Editor), Morris Chris (Editor), Daniela Perani (Editor), Daniela (Institute of Neuroscience and Bioimaging Perani (Editor), Perani Daniela (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.2006
• EAN: 9780824728977
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-2897-7
• No. of pages: 482
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Urology, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Urology & urogenital medicine, Urology and urogenital medicine