Case Studies in Dementia : Common and Uncommon Presentations
Serge. Gauthier
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , cop. 2011
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (323 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the diagnosis of dementia; Case 1 Subjective cognitive complaint; Case 2 Man with subjective complaints but abnormal CSF; Case 3 When mild cognitive impairment really is Alzheimers disease; Case 4 Lost for words; Case 5 Woman with right-sided numbness; Case 6 Don't be fooled by a misleadingly high MMSE score; Case 7 Hemiparesis followed by dementia; Case 8 Young man with behavioral symptoms; Case 9 Woman with visual complaints; Case 10 Difficulty playing tennis. - Case 11 Progressive aphasia complicated by intracerebral bleedingCase 12 Progressive difficulty with naming and object identification; Case 13 A lady with weakness, fasciculations, and failing memory; Case 14 Progressive difficulty producing speech; Case 15 Young man with progressive speech impairment and weakness; Case 16 Personality disintegration - it runs in the family; Case 17 Woman with complaints about her left arm; Case 18 The aged brain: when the pieces dont fit; Case 19 Hypersexuality in a 69-year-old man; Case 20 Man with fluctuating confusion. - Case 21 Man with post-operative cognitive impairmentCase 22 Penicillin for dementia in a young man; Case 23 Thiamine for dementia in a young woman; Case 24 Dizziness in someone with HIV; Case 25 Case of young man smoking pot but with a mother who died of dementia; Case 26 University educated man with childish behavior; Case 27 Frontotemporal lobar dementia vs. solvent intoxication: A piece that does not fit the puzzle; Case 28 Man with difficulty keeping pace; Case 29 Young woman with abnormal movements but no family history; Case 30 Elderly lady with right-sided visual hallucinations. - Case 31 Woman with gait impairment and difficulty readingCase 32 Man with problems with reading and calculating; Case 33 Man with gait impairment and urine incontinence; Case 34 Falling before forgetting; Case 35 Man who stopped drinking; Case 36 Woman with dementia and hepatic disease; Case 37 Young woman with recurrent ""stroke"" attacks; Case 38 Young man with slow cognitive decline; Case 39 Young woman with lateralized motor symptoms; Index. - Unique collection of dementia case studies from around the world, emphasizing clinical reasoning, integrative thinking and problem-solving skills.
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| ISBN | 9780521188302
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