Brain, Vol. 124, No. 3, 638-639,
March 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
Book reviews |
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ANNUAL.
By Serge Gauthier and Jeffrey L. Cummings. 2000. London: Martin Dunitz. Price £39.95. Pp. 272. ISBN 1-85317-909-4.
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Progress in the area of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders has achieved such a pace that it justifies a yearbook. While one may expect a discussion of the main publications of the preceding year, this volume actually consists of reviews of `topics of the year' in the realms of pathology, dementia, diagnosis, natural history and treatment. The subject matter includes genetics of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia; dementia with Lewy bodies; parkinsonism with dementia;