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This new edition provides an accessible guide to the commonest neurodegenerative diseases, outlining the main clinical features, treatment options and outcomes of the conditions most frequently encountered in clinical practice.
Beginning with an overview of the general principles that underlie degeneration, and the contribution of established and new diagnostics techniques, the book goes on to describe the most common neurodegenerative conditions and, new for the second edition, also HIV dementia and multiple sclerosis. Final chapters cover important management issues including the use of palliative care strategies, biomarkers and neuropsychology.
Written by experts in the field internationally Neurodegenerative Disorders, Second Edition is a practical guide for clinicians that will be indispensable for the management of these conditions.
List of contents
Common Themes in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration.- Imaging Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Conditions.- The Role of Neuropsychology Assessment in Neurodegeneration.- Alzheimer's Disease.- Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease.- Parkinson's Disease.- Fronto-Temporal Dementia (FTD).- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- Huntington's disease.- Parkinson's Plus Syndromes.- Medical Mimics of Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Prion Diseases.- Managing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurodegenerative Diseases.- HIV and Other Infectious Causes of Dementia.- Neuroinflammatory Disorders.- Clinical Trials in Neurodegeneration.- Palliative Care and End of Life Care.
About the author
Editors:
Orla Hardiman
Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Academic Unit of Neurology, Dublin, Ireland
Colin P. Doherty
Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Academic Unit of Neurology, and St. James's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Dublin, Ireland
Associate Editors:
Marwa Elamin
Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Academic Unit of Neurology, Dublin, Ireland
Peter Bede
Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Academic Unit of Neurology, Dublin, Ireland
Summary
This new edition provides an accessible guide to the commonest neurodegenerative diseases, outlining the main clinical features, treatment options and outcomes of the conditions most frequently encountered in clinical practice.
Beginning with an overview of the general principles that underlie degeneration, and the contribution of established and new diagnostics techniques, the book goes on to describe the most common neurodegenerative conditions and, new for the second edition, also HIV dementia and multiple sclerosis. Final chapters cover important management issues including the use of palliative care strategies, biomarkers and neuropsychology.
Written by experts in the field internationally Neurodegenerative Disorders, Second Edition is a practical guide for clinicians that will be indispensable for the management of these conditions.
