Therapeutic Strategies in Dementia - Hardcover

9781904392583: Therapeutic Strategies in Dementia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190439258X ISBN 13: 9781904392583

Publisher: Clinical Publishing, 2006

* Widely acknowledged as onof the most challenging aspects of dealing with an aging population, the increasing prevalence of cognitive decline in the elderly presents the clinican with a variety of complex therapeutic problems. * Alzheimer's disease and other dementias vary in their onset and progession, as do patients in their responsiveness to treatment- social management is as important as the choice of therapeutic agent, and implementing effective and sympathetic treatment requires care and sensitivity as well as a sound knowledge of currently available options. * In this important new work, leading experts review the therapeutic agents currently available and assess their effectiveness. * Also included is an update o recent and on-going clinical trials, the prospects for new therapeutic targets and the development of new biomarkers that will aid recognition of disease and thus earlier intervention. * For neurologists, psychiatrists, general physicians, and hospital pharmacists.

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Editors: Craig Ritchie, Director of Clinical Trials, Department of Mental Health Studies, University College, London, UK; David Ames, University of Melbourne, Australia; Colin Masters, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Australia; Jeffrey Cummings, Director, UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Center, Los Angeles, California.

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