Sleep issues in dementia

Mar 16, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Sleep issues in dementia

Figure 27.1 Overnight oximetry studies in three patients with suspected sleep disordered breathing. For each example, the top tracing shows the oxygen saturation readings associated with values on the left…

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Semantic dementia (semantic variant primary progressive aphasia)

Mar 16, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Semantic dementia (semantic variant primary progressive aphasia)

2. Impaired single-word comprehensionAt least three of the following other diagnostic features must be present:1. Impaired object knowledge, particularly for low-frequency or low-familiarity items2. Surface dyslexia or dysgraphia3. Spared repetition4….

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Mar 16, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Figure 23.1 McKee’s four stages of CTE tau pathology and associated clinical features. The left column depicts 50 μm coronal tissue sections with CP-13 immunostain which labels phosphorylated tau with…

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Amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Mar 16, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Figure 15.1 Algorithm for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. To illustrate diagnosis according to Figure 15.1: an initial clinical and cognitive evaluation may show that the patient has experienced…

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The Lewy body dementias

Mar 16, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on The Lewy body dementias

Figure 18.1 Lewy-related pathology (LRP). Lewy body inclusion (arrow) in a pigmented neuron of the substantia nigra (A, hematoxylin and eosin). Immunohistochemical staining of Lewy body inclusions (arrow heads) and…

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Primary progressive aphasia

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Figure 10.1 Atrophy maps in PPA subtypes [7, 11]. Only the left hemisphere is shown. Areas in red and yellow show peak atrophy sites when patient groups of a given…

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