The Dementias

The Dementias 2 provides clinicians with the most up-to-date material on therapeutics and accurate diagnoses in order to give the best patient care. Alzheimer's disease and all other dementia disorders are discussed, giving practitioners much-needed guidance in determining which dementia is at the root of the problem and how best to move forward. John H. Growdon , MD, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; and Martin Rossor , MD, FRCP, Senior Lecturer in Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London; Consultant Neurologist, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK CONTENTS 1. Clinical Neurophysiology, Eric Stalberg and Robert R. Young 2. Movement Disorders, C. David Marsden and Stanley Fahn 3. Cerebral Vascular Disease, Michael J.G. Harrison and Mark L. Dyken 4. Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Arthur K. Asbury and R.W. Gilliatt 5. The Epilepsies, Roger J. Porter and Paolo I. Morselli 6. Multiple Sclerosis, W. Ian McDonald and Donald H. Silberberg 7. Movement Disorders 2, C. David Marsden and Stanley Fahn 8. Infections of the Nervous System, Peter G.E. Kennedy and Richard T. Johnson 9. The Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease, Roger N. Rosenberg and Anita E. Harding 10. Pain Syndromes in Neurology, Howard L. Fields 11. Principles and Practice of Restorative Neurology, Robert R. Young and Paul J. Delwaide 12. Stroke: Populations, Cohorts, and Clinical Trials, Jack P. Whisnant 13. Movement Disorders 3, C. David Marsden and Stanley Fahn 14. Mitochondrial Disorders in Neurology, A.H.V. Schapira and Salvatore DiMauro 15. Peripheral Nerve Disorders 2, Arthur K. Asbury and P.K. Thomas 16. Contemporary Behavioral Neurology, Michael R. Trimble and Jeffrey L. Cummings 17. Headache, Peter J. Goadsby and Stephen D. Silberstein 18. The Epilepsies 2, Roger J. Porter and David Chadwick 19. The Dementias, John H. Growdon and Martin N. Rossor 20. Hospitalist Neurology, Martin A. Samuels 21. Neurologic Complications in Organ Transplant Recipients, Eelco F.M. Wijdicks 22. Critical Care Neurology, David H. Miller and Eric C. Raps 23. Neurology of Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Dysfunction, Clare J. Fowler 24. Muscle Diseases, Anthony H.V. Schapira and Robert C. Griggs 25. Clinical Trials in Neurologic Practice, José Biller and Julien Bogousslavsky 26. Mitochondrial Disorders in Neurology 2, A.H.V. Schapira and Salvatore DiMauro 27. Multiple Sclerosis 2, W. Ian McDonald and John H. Noseworthy 28. Motor Neuron Disorders, Pamela J. Shaw and Michael J. Strong 29. Prevention and Treatment of Ischemic Stroke, Scott E. Kasner and Philip B. Gorelick 30. The Dementias 2, John H. Growdon and Martin N. Rossor 31. Spinocerebellar Degenerations: The Ataxias and Spastic Paraplegias, Alexis Brice and Stefan-M. Pulst