In a practical, no-nonsense style it covers the usual topics of diagnosis, disease stages, neuropathology, and drug treatment. It also includes information on diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimers disease, explanations of the various cognitive tests that may be used, and an excellent chapter on current therapies that goes far beyond the cholinesterase inhibitors. The authors have also been adventurous in looking ahead at possible new approaches to treatment.
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