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" Dementia : "
by B. Mahendra.
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BL
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724293
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b544012
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by B. Mahendra.
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| Title & Author
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Dementia : : a survey of the syndrome of dementia\ by B. Mahendra.
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Second edition
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1987
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(240 pages)
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9400931832
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: 9789400931831
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| Contents
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1 Dementia: a brief history of the concept --;2 Dementia: general considerations --;3 The clinical features of the dementias --;4 Investigations in dementia --;a. Psychological testing --;b. The electroencephalogram in dementia --;c. Cerebral blood flow in dementia --;d. Imaging methods in dementia --;5 The pathology of dementia --;6 The management of the demented patient --;7 Dementia: epidemiological, social, legal and ethical considerations --;8 A pathography of dementia --;Appendix --;I: The clinical assessment of the patient suspected of being demented --;Appendix --;II: The investigation of the demented patient --;References --;Name Index.
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| Abstract
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Three points must strike anyone who has embarked on a study of dementia over a period of time. Before we finished clerking on that Unit a visiting Professor of Psychiatry had demonstrated the reversibility of the symptoms of dementia in a patient with a rare metabolic disorder.
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Medicine.
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Neurology.
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RC524.B936 1987
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B Mahendra
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