Dementia: Presentations, Differential Diagnosis, and Nosology (The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience second edition)
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V. Olga B. Emery (Contributor) Thomas E. Oxman (Contributor)
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In this new edition of the acclaimed Dementia: Presentations, Differential Diagnosis, and Nosology, V. Olga B. Emery, Ph.D., and Thomas E. Oxman, M.D., bring together a distinguished group of medical authorities-including many who have done seminal research in this field-to discuss the spectrum of dementing disorders and explain their overlap, presentations, and differential diagnosis. The chapters present original data as well as material from the authors' clinical experiences. Current classification systems are evaluated and modified to better account for common presentations of dementia. Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, the second edition includes new material on neuroimaging, genetics, the role of inflammation in Alzheimer disease, retrophylogenesis in Alzheimer memory, and on AIDS dementia. In addition, each chapter includes a new section entitled describing clinical applications. 10 Illustrations, black and white CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
V. Olga B. Emery, Ph.D., is an adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School and director of the New Hampshire Center on Aging, Health and Society. She also holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School. Thomas E. Oxman, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.
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- Contributor: V. Olga B. Emery
- Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN13: 9780801871566
- Number of Pages: 568
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x36mm
- Packaged Weight: 862
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Release Date: 2003-06-13
- Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Psychiatry and Neuroscience
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: V. Olga B. Emery, Ph.D., is an adjunct associate professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School and director of the New Hampshire Center on Aging, Health and Society. She also holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School. Thomas E. Oxman, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry and community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School.
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