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Adult life dementing disorders represent one of the world's major health problems and with the global increase in life expectancy the prevalence of these age-related disorders will continue to rise. This book provides state-of-the-art, authoritative coverage of current knowledge about the dementing disorders, and is written by international experts in the field.It includes in-depth coverage of Alzheimer's disease alongside a broad spectrum of dementing disorders, making the text an invaluable bench book for the practicing neuropathologist. The clinico-pathological correlations and modern neuro-imaging techniques makes the book an essential work of reference for neurologists and psychiatrists.
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Offering up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the subject, this volume presents the latest clinical, pathological, neuroimaging, genetic, epidemiologic, neurochemical, cellular, and molecular features of the major dementias of mid- and late-adult life. Written by internationally known experts--including Dr. Markesbery, a former president of the AANP, and Dr. Stanley Prusiner, the renowned authority on prion disease--this volume provides a detailed analysis of Alzheimer's disease along with discussions of a broad spectrum of dementing disorders, such as Chromosome-17 related dementias, progressive supranuclear palsy, Pick's disease, and diffuse Lewy body dementia. The volume places heavy emphasis on clinico-pathological correlations, modern neuroimaging, differential diagnosis, and the pathogenesis of disease. All these features combine with over 200 illustrations, many in full color, to make Neuropathology of Dementing Disorders an essential and currently unrivaled reference not only for neuropathologists, but also for neuroscientists, neurologists, and psychiatrists.
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