NEUROLOGY

Logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia

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Figure 13.1 Atrophy pattern in patients with lvPPA variants versus controls. This statistical parametrical mapping depicts patterns of gray matter atrophy in patients with logopenic variant compared to healthy controls…

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Non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment

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Figure 16.1 Common structural neuroimaging features of non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment subtypes. Dysexecutive MCI. An 80-year-old man with hypertension, chronic tobacco use, and emphysema presented with new persistent mental rigidity…

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Figure 8.1 Protein and functional imaging in Alzheimer’s disease. (A) Pittsburgh compound B (PIB) binds to brain amyloid in a patient clinically diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) compared with a…

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The non-fluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 The non-fluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia Murray Grossman The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia, 2nd edn, ed. Bruce Miller and Bradley Boeve. Published by…

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Frontotemporal dementia

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 9 Frontotemporal dementia Shirley Y. Pang and Bruce L. Miller The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia, 2nd edn, ed. Bruce Miller and Bradley Boeve. Published by…

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Treatment Emergent Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

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Fig. 3.1 Regulatory history and perspectives on SIB assessment. a 1991–2008 b 2009–2013 European Regulators were the first to post restrictions on the use of antidepressants. In 2003, the UK Medicines…

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Epidemiology

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Fig. 2.1 Public health burden of suicidal behavior among adults aged ≥18 years—United States, 2008 (Source Crosby et al. 2011). *Source CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. All rates per 100,000 population. § Agency…

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From Uniform Definitions to Prediction of Risk: The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale Approach to Suicide Risk Assessment

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Fig. 4.1 Suicidal ideation and behavior categories and definitions (FDA 2012) Suicidal ideation and a history of suicidal behavior are among the most salient short- and long-term risk factors for suicide…

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