Alzheimer's disease and related disorders : proceedings of the First International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 5-9, 1988

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Alzheimer's disease and related disorders : proceedings of the First International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 5-9, 1988

editors, Khalid Iqbal, Henryk M. Wisniewski, Bengt Winblad

(Progress in clinical and biological research, v. 317)

Liss, c1989

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

This text provides an in-depth review of the cytoskeletal protein pathology, brain amyloidosis, molecular genetics and neurochemistry of Alzheimer's disease. The latest advances are explored in relevant areas such as differential diagnosis and neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease; laboratory diagnostic tests; therapeutics amd clinical trials. Environmental factors associated with Alzheimer's disease are highlighted. The volume also includes an entire section devoted to the clinical and pathogenic relationship between Alzheimer's disease and the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, Gerstman-Strausler's syndrome and scrapie. The text will interest all researchers in the neurosciences.

Table of Contents

  • Partial table of contents:
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • Genetics
  • Neuropathology
  • Transmissible Neurodenervative Disease
  • Diagnostic Tests
  • Cytoskeletal Pathology
  • Brain Amyloidosis
  • Trace Metals
  • Therapeutic Strategies
  • Clinical Trials
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index.

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