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1 online resource (xx, 321 pages) : illustrations |
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pt. I. The Cases of Auguste D. and Johann F.: Origins of the Modern Concept of Alzheimer Disease. 1. Auguste D.: The History of Alois Alzheimer's First Case / Konrad Maurer, Stephan Volk and Hector Gerbaldo. 2. Johann F.: The Historical Relevance of the Case for the Concept of Alzheimer Disease / Hans-Jurgen Moller and Manuel B. Graeber -- pt. II. From Alzheimer to the Present. 3. Neurofibrillary Changes: The Hallmark of Alzheimer Disease / Heiko Braak and Eva Braak. 4. Contributions of German Neuroscience to the Concept of Alzheimer Disease / Hans Forstl. 5. Beyond the Characteristic Plaques of Tangles: Mid-Twentieth-Century U.S. Psychiatry and the Fight Against Senility / Jesse F. Ballenger. 6. The Rediscovery of Alzheimer Disease During the 1960s and 1970s / Robert Katzman and Katherine L. Bick. 7. The History of the Genetics of Alzheimer Disease / Daniel A. Pollen -- pt. III. Alzheimer Disease as a Social and Cultural Entity. 8. Alzheimer Disease: Epistemological Lessons from History? / Rob J.M. Dillmann. 9. Aging, Culture, and the Framing of Alzheimer Disease / Martha Holstein. 10. Narrative Practice and the Inner Worlds of the Alzheimer Disease Experience / Jaber F. Gubrium -- pt. IV. Politics, Policy, and the Perspectives of the Caregiver and Patient. 11. The Role of the Concept of Alzheimer Disease in the Development of the Alzheimer's Association in the United States / Patrick J. Fox. 12. The History of the Alzheimer's Association: Future Public Policy Implications / Katherine L. Bick. 13. The Concept of Alzheimer Disease in a Hypercognitive Society / Stephen G. Post -- pt. V. Progress and its Problems: The Future of Alzheimer Disease. 14. Alzheimer Disease and the New Biology / Larry Altstiel and Steven Paul. 15. The Genetics of Alzheimer Disease: Some Future Implications / Robert Mullan Cook-Deegan. 16. History and the Future of Alzheimer Disease / Peter J. Whitehouse |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Alzheimer's Association |
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Alzheimer's disease -- Genetic aspects
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Alzheimer's disease -- Social aspects
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Alzheimer Disease
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Alzheimer's disease
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Alzheimer's disease -- Genetic aspects
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Alzheimer's disease -- Social aspects
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Maladie d'Alzheimer -- Génétique -- Congrès comme sujet.
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Maladie d'Alzheimer -- Histoire -- Congrès comme sujet.
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Neurosciences -- histoire -- Congrès comme sujet.
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Alzheimer, Maladie dx Psychologie -- Congrès.
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Neuroscience -- Histoire -- Congrès.
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Alzheimerkrankheit
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Ziekte van Alzheimer.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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Whitehouse, Peter J
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Maurer, Konrad, 1943-
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Ballenger, Jesse F
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| ISBN |
0801877156 |
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9780801877155 |
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0801862337 |
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9780801862335 |
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9780801877575 |
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0801877571 |
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