Vascular cognitive impairment in clinical practice [E-Book] / edited by Lars-Olof Wahlund, Timo Erkinjuntti, Serge Gauthier.
Vascular cognitive impairment in clinical practice [E-Book] / edited by Lars-Olof Wahlund, Timo Erkinjuntti, Serge Gauthier.
Vascular cognitive impairment is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease and is expected to grow in prevalence with the aging global population. The purpose of this authoritative book is to give a broad clinical perspective on vascular cognitive impairment and thus c...
| Personal Name(s): | Wahlund, Lars-Olof, (editor) |
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| Erkinjuntti, Timo, (editor) / Gauthier, Serge, (editor) | |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9780521875370 9780511575976 |
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Table of Contents:
- Diagnosing vascular cognitive impairment and dementia : concepts and controversies / Timo Erkinjuntti and Serge Gauthier
- Vascular cognitive impairment : prodrome to VaD? / Adriane Mayda and Charles DeCarli
- Clinical evaluation : a systematic but user-friendly approach / Oscar L. Lopez and David A. Wolk
- Cognitive functioning in vascular dementia before and after diagnosis / Erika J. Laukka ... [et al.]
- Structural neuroimaging : CT and MRI / Wiesje M. van der Flier ... [et al.]
- Functional imaging in vascular dementia : clinical practice / Lars-Olof Wahlund and Rimma Axelsson
- Biomarkers in vascular dementia / Anders Wallin and Tuula Pirttilä
- Physiopathology of large-vessel vascular dementia / Leonardo Pantoni, Francesca Pescini and Anna Poggesi
- Small-vessel diseases of the brain / Raj N. Kalaria and Timo Erkinjuntti
- White matter changes / Franz Fazekas ...[et al.]
- Hereditary forms of cerebrovascular amyloidosis / Agueda Rostagno and Jorge Ghiso
- Role of vascular risk factors in dementia / Chengxuan Qiu and Laura Fratiglioni
- Cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and dementia / Angela L. Jefferson and Emelia J. Benjamin
- Vascular factors in Alzheimer's disease : from diagnostic dichotomy to integrative etiology / Miia Kivipelto, Alina Solomon and Tiia Ngandu
- Treatment of cognitive changes / Serge Gauthier and Timo Erkinjuntti
- Treatment of functional decline / Lena Borell
- Treatment of behavioral symptoms in vascular dementia / Catherine Cole and Alistair Burns
- Control of vascular risk factors / Deborah Gustafson and Ingmar Skoog.