LEADER 02888nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910663678703321 005 20230902161604.0 010 $a1-282-48521-0 010 $a9786612485213 010 $a1-60473-700-X 010 $a0-585-21050-0 035 $a(CKB)111004365710018 035 $a(EBL)515547 035 $a(OCoLC)609863389 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515547 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425144 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248521 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515547 035 $a(OCoLC)664242834 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365710018 100 $a19960425d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnderstanding Alzheimer's disease$b[electronic resource] $eCalifornia Clinical Trials, Beverly Hills, California ; International Clinical Trials, London, England /$fNeal R. Cutler and John J. Sramek 210 $aJackson [Miss.] $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d1996 210 1$a[Bethesda, Md.] :$cU.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging,$d[2007] 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 225 1 $aUnderstanding health and sickness series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87805-911-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [121]-124) and index. 327 $aContents; Dedication and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Happens When Someone Gets Alzheimer's Disease? Course of Disease and Diagnosis; 2. The Brain; 3. What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?; 4. Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease; 5. Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease; 6. Searching for a Cure; Appendices; Notes; Index 330 $a Alzheimer's disease has received growing attention in recent years because the affected population is growing quickly as life spans in America creep ever upward. As they near retirement, many Americans start to fear that any minor memory lapse-misplacing the keys or forgetting a name-might spell Alzheimer's. In reality such incidents are a normal part of the aging process. In Alzheimer's disease, such incidents progress to a point at which they interfere with normal daily activities on a regular basis, and memory loss becomes progressively more disabling. This book is written for anyone inter 410 0$aUnderstanding health and sickness series. 606 $aAlzheimer's disease 615 0$aAlzheimer's disease. 676 $a616.8/31 700 $aCutler$b Neal R$0930110 701 $aSramek$b John J$01181636 712 02$aNational Institute on Aging. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910663678703321 996 $aUnderstanding Alzheimer's disease$92742188 997 $aUNINA