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UNINA9910827239103321 |
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Titolo |
Concepts of Alzheimer disease : biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives / / edited by Peter J. Whitehouse, Konrad Maurer, and Jesse F. Ballenger |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (348 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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WhitehousePeter J |
MaurerKonrad <1943-> |
BallengerJesse F |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Alzheimer's disease |
Alzheimer's disease - Genetic aspects |
Alzheimer's disease - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; PART I - The Cases of Auguste D. and Johann F.; Chapter 1 - Auguste D. The History of Alois Alzheimer's First Case; Chapter 2 - Johann F. The Historical Relevance of the Case for the Concept of Alzheimer Disease; PART II From Alzheimer to the Present; Chapter 3 - Neurofibrillary Changes; Chapter 4 - Contributions of German Neuroscience to the Concept of Alzheimer Disease; Chapter 5 - Beyond the Characteristic Plaques and Tangles; Chapter 6 - The Rediscovery of Alzheimer Disease During the 1960's and 1970's |
Chapter 7 - The History of the Genetics of Alzheimer Disease PART III Alzheimer Disease as a Social and Cultural Entity; Chapter 8 - Alzheimer Disease; Chapter 9 - Aging, Culture, and the Framing of Alzheimer Disease; Chapter 10 - Narrative Practice and the Inner Worlds of the Alzheimer Disease Experience; PART IV Politics, Policy, and the Perspectives of the Caregiver and Patient; Chapter 11 - The Role of the Concept of Alzheimer Disease in the Development of the Alzheimer's Association in the United States; Chapter 12 - The History of the Alzheimer's Association |
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