Neurodegenerative Disorders A Clinical Guide
This new edition 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 o
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Neurodegenerative Disorders A Clinical Guide Second Edition
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Neurodegenerative Disorders
Orla Hardiman • Colin P. Doherty Editors
Marwa Elamin • Peter Bede Associate Editors
Neurodegenerative Disorders A Clinical Guide Second Edition
Editors Orla Hardiman Academic Unit of Neurology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Dublin Ireland
Associate Editors Marwa Elamin Academic Unit of Neurology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Dublin Ireland
Colin P. Doherty Academic Unit of Neurology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Dublin Ireland
Peter Bede Academic Unit of Neurology Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Dublin Ireland
ISBN 978-3-319-23308-6 ISBN 978-3-319-23309-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23309-3
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Contents
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Common Themes in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marina A. Lynch, Orla Hardiman, Marwa Elamin, Janine Kirby, and Lewis P. Rowland
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Imaging Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Conditions. . . . . . Parameswaran Mahadeva Iyer, Colin P. Doherty, and Peter Bede
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Role of Neuropsychology in Neurodegeneration . . . . . . . . . . . Marwa Elamin, Thomas H. Bak, Colin P. Doherty, Niall Pender, and Sharon Abrahams
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Alzheimer’s Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Damien Gallagher, Robert F. Coen, and Brian A. Lawlor
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Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Harbison, Sean P. Kennelly, and Rose Anne Kenny
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Parkinson’s Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana A. Olszewska, Stanley Fahn, Richard A. Wa
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