RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
A1 Prasad, Sashank
SR Print(0)
ID 1199443515
T1 Dementia, the Amnesic Syndrome, and the Neurology of Intelligence and Memory
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 12e
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264264520
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1199443515
RD 2024/04/19
AB Increasingly,  as  the  population  of  elderly  rises,  the  neurologist  is  consulted  because  an  otherwise  healthy  person  begins  to  fail  mentally  and  loses  their  capacity  to  function  effectively  at  work  or  in  the  home.  This  may  indicate  the  development  of  a  degenerative  brain  disease,  a  brain  tumor,  multiple  strokes,  chronic  subdural  hematomas,  drug  intoxication,  chronic  meningoencephalitis  (such  as  caused  by  HIV  or  syphilis),  normal-pressure  hydrocephalus,  or  a  depressive  illness.  Formerly,  there  was  little  that  could  be  done  about  these  clinical  states,  but  there  are  now  effective  means  of  treating  several  of  these  conditions,  and  in  some  instances,  of  restoring  the  patient  to  normal  competence.  Moreover,  diagnostic  technologies  allow  earlier  recognition  of  the  underlying  pathologic  process,  thus  improving  the  chances  of  recovery  or  of  preventing  the  disease’s  progression.