Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Clinical Guide

✍ Scribed by Susan C. Byrne, Lewis P. Rowland, Jean Paul G. Vonsattel (auth.), Orla Hardiman, Colin P. Doherty (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 313
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Neurodegenerative Disorders 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 including Alzheimer Disease; Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease; Parkinson’s Disease; Fronto-Temporal Dementia; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Huntington’s Disease; Parkinsonism Plus syndromes and Prion Diseases. Final chapters cover important management issues including the use of palliative care strategies, advance directives and competence.

Written by experts in the field internationally Neurodegenerative Disorders is a practical guide for clinicians that will be indispensable for the management of these conditions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Common Themes in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration....Pages 1-15
Advances in Diagnostics for Neurodegenerative Disorders....Pages 17-42
Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 43-64
Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease....Pages 65-75
Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 77-114
Frontotemporal Dementia....Pages 115-142
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis....Pages 143-166
Huntington’s Disease....Pages 167-179
Parkinsonism Plus Syndromes....Pages 181-196
Prion Diseases....Pages 197-224
Medical Mimics of Neurodegenerative Diseases....Pages 225-242
Managing Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Neurodegenerative Diseases....Pages 243-262
Symptomatic Management and Palliative Care in Neurodegenerative Disease....Pages 263-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-298

✦ Subjects

Neurology; Internal Medicine; Geriatrics/Gerontology