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Pick's Disease and Pick Complex

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Creators: Andrew Kertesz, David G. Munoz
Publisher: Wiley-Liss
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 301
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Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9

ISBN: 047117792X
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.83
EAN: 9780471177920
ASIN: 047117792X

Publication Date: April 21, 1998
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Pick's Disease and Pick Complexbr br Edited by Andrew Kertesz and David G. Munozbr br Pick's disease, a form of dementia often accompanied by aphasia, has been known for over a century. However, the highly complex symptoms associated with frontal and temporal lobe deficits have made Pick's disease difficult to diagnose, even by experienced clinicians. Over time, confusion over similar disorders and variations in the disease have led to some twenty Pick complex syndromes being relabeled as entirely new.br br Pick's Disease and Pick Complex is the first book devoted to Pick's disease and its clinical and pathological manifestations. It sorts through the existing patchwork of terms and entities, and clearly presents the clinical concepts encompassed in this family of syndromes. This volume covers clinical depression, neuropathology, biology, and neurogenetic aspects of the disease. It compares Pick's disease to Alzheimer's, the multiple atrophies, and other neurodegenerative diseases. It also offers a critical review of the pathology and biology involved in other focal atrophies that share certain conditions with Pick's disease. Other topics covered include: br * Clinical and neuropsychological features of frontotemporal dementia br * The quantification of behavior in frontal lobe dementia br * Primary progressive aphasia br * Semantic dementia br * The movement disorder of corticobasal degeneration br * Cognitive changes in corticobasal degeneration br * Apraxia in the syndromes of Pick complex br * Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease br * Dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis br * Dementia lacking distinctive histology br * Dementia, amyotrophy, Parkinsonism complex and its relationship to Pick complex br * The biochemistry of cytoskeleton in Pick complex br * The inflammatory response in Pick's disease br * Clinical and pathological overlap in Pick complex.br br br Pick's Disease and Pick Complex is a comprehensive and reliable reference that clarifies Pick's diagnosis as compared with other forms of dementia, as well as interrelated variants of the same spectrum. It offers clinical information essential for neurologists, neuropsychologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, and neuropathologists. It is also an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Depth and Detail on FTD(Frontotemporal Dmentia) and Picks Disease March 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This text is a great reference and resource text if you want a more in depth medical and scientific understanding of Frontotemporal Dementia. Since I have read practically everything out there on Dementia in general and FTD specifically this text took me to the next level. It is of course a medical text of articles from around the globe on this condition. It is very well done I think and I found it informative and helpful to me. If you want something in depth and that does not just gloss over FTD then you will enjoy this text. It is a very technical text though with a definitely specific audience. I still greatly recommend it for those wishing to learn more about FTD. The price is also a bit staggering but given a discount I received on a previous purchase it made the end price more palatable but I think even if I had not had a discount coming I would have still purchased it. It has assisted me even further in better understanding, what even many good neurologists out there unfamiliar with FTD no little of, and coping with what my mother is going through at this point in her life. Since I am the caregiver it has also been a great source of knowledge to me too. I recommend this text to those who want to learn all there is about FTD.

5 out of 5 stars

Informative Book on Devastating Illness May 11, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

This book thoroughly explores types of dementia involved with Pick's Disease. Most people who are eventually diagnosed with Pick's are first told they should reduce the stressors in their lives, or were given anti-depressants. Depression is the first sign of Pick's, so anti-depressants are given until the patient complains of other problems. Only tests like an MRI can reveal the disease. This book reveals it is a very rare condition, which is why it is often misdiagnosed.Well worth the money for those in the health care field.

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