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Alzheimer's disease. In The Johns Hopkins
medical handbook: the 100 major medical disorders of people over
the age of 50: plus a directory to the leading teaching hospitals,
research organizations, treatment centers, and support groups.
Prepared by the editors of the Johns Hopkins medical letter health
after 50. New York, Rebus; Distributed by Random House, 1992. p.
101-108. Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia of the Alzheimer
type). In The Merck manual of geriatrics. Editors,
William B. Abrams, Mark H. Beers, and Robert Berkow. 2nd ed. Whitehouse
Station, N.J., Merck Research Labs, 1995. p. 1148-1154. Hamdy, Ronald C., Louis A. Cancellaro, and Larry Hudgins.
Alzheimer's disease. In Magill's medical guide: health
and illness. v. 1. Pasadena, Calif., Salem Press, c1995-1996.
p. 32-36. Kausler, Donald H., and Barry C. Kausler. Alzheimer's
disease. In their The graying of America: an encyclopedia
of aging, health, mind, and behavior. Urbana, University of
Illinois Press, c1996. p. 23-28.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on Alzheimer's diease can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Alzheimer disease. Editors, Robert D. Terry,
Robert Katzman, Katherine L. Bick. New York, Raven Press, c1994.
472 p. Alzheimer's disease: cause(s), diagnosis, treatment,
and care. Edited by Zaven S. Khachaturian, Teresa S. Radebaugh.
Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, c1996. 351 p. Alzheimer's disease: treatment and long-term management.
Edited by Jeffrey L. Cummings, Bruce L. Miller. New York, M. Dekker,
c1990. 390 p. (Neurological disease and therapy, v. 4) Burns, Alistair S., Robert Howard, and William Pettit.
Alzheimer's disease: a medical companion. Oxford, Eng., Cambridge,
Mass., Blackwell Science, 1995. 159 p. Check, William A. Alzheimer's disease. New
York, Chelsea House Publishers, c1989. 101 p. Clinical diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's
disease. Edited by Serge Gauthier. Boston, Butterworth-Heinemann,
1996. 372 p. Confronting Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Office of Technology Assessment task force, Robert M. Cook-Deegan
and others. London, New York, Science Information Resource Center,
1988. 538 p. Dementia. Edited by Alistair Burns and Raymond
Levy. London, New York, Chapman & Hall Medical, 1994. 874 p.
Hay, Jennifer. Alzheimer's & dementia: questions
you have--answers you need. Allentown, Pa., People's Medical
Society, c1996. 192 p. Heston, Leonard L., and June A. White. The vanishing
mind: a practical guide to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
New York, W.H. Freeman, c1991. 191 p. The Management of Alzheimer's disease. Edited
by Gordon K. Wilcock. Petersfield, UK, Bristol, Pa., Wrightson,
c1993. 220 p. Soukup, James E. Alzheimer's disease: a guide to
diagnosis, treatment, and management. Westport, Conn., Praeger,
1996. 195 p. Understanding Alzheimer's disease: what it is,
how to cope with it, future directions. Alzheimer's Disease
and Related Disorders Association. Edited by Miriam K. Aronson.
New York, Scribner's, c1988. 380 p.
Alzheimer disease, Down syndrome, and their
relationship. Edited by J. M. Berg, H. Karlinsky, and A. J. Holland.
Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, c1993. 297 p. Brawley, Elizabeth C. Designing for Alzheimer's
disease: strategies for creating better care environments. New
York, Wiley, c1997. 313 p. Cutler, Neal R., John J. Sramek, and Amy E. Veroff.
Alzheimer's disease: optimizing drug development strategies.
Chichester, Eng., New York, Wiley, c1994. 168 p. Dementia and aging: ethics, values, and policy
choices. Edited by Robert H. Binstock, Stephen G. Post, Peter
J. Whitehouse. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992.
184 p. Harris, Phyllis Braudy, and Joyce Bichler. Men
giving care: reflections of husbands and sons. New York, Garland
Pub., 1997. 223 p. (Garland reference library of social science,
v. 983) (Issues in aging, v. 6) Memory functioning in dementia. Edited by Lars
Backman. Amsterdam, New York, North-Holland, 1992. 299 p. (Advances
in psychology, 89) Molecular mechanisms of dementia. Edited by
Wilma Wasco and Rudolph E. Tanzi. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, c1997.
312 p. Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease:
molecular and neurobiological foundations. Edited by Jorge D.
Brioni and Michael W. Decker. New York, Wiley-Liss, c1997. 549 p.
Post, Stephen Garrard. The moral challenge of Alzheimer
disease. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1995. 142
p. Profiles in caregiving: the unexpected career.
Carol S. Aneshensel and others. San Diego, Academic Press, c1995.
385 p. The Psychiatric treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Formulated by the Committee on Aging, Group for the Advancement
of Psychiatry. New York, Brunner/Mazel, c1988. 160 p. (Report (Group
for the Advancement of Psychiatry: 1984), no. 125) Reiber, Steve Harold, and Walter A. Kukull. Aluminum,
drinking water, and Alzheimer's disease. Sponsored by American
Water Works Association Research Foundation. Denver, AWWA Research
Foundation, c1996. 75 p. Weiner, Michael A. Reducing the risk of Alzheimer's.
Chelsea, Mich., Scarborough House; Chicago, Distributed by Independent
Publishers Group, c1989. 194 p. Wright, Lore K. Alzheimer's disease and marriage:
an intimate account. Newbury Park, Sage Publications, c1993.
146 p. Alzheimer's day care: a basic guide. David
A. Lindeman and others. New York, Hemisphere Pub. Corp., c1991.
233 p. Alzheimer's disease: a handbook for caregivers.
Ronald C. Hamdy and others. 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book,
Inc., c1994. 460 p. Andresen, Gayle. Caring for people with Alzheimer's
disease: a training manual for direct care providers. In association
with Health Education Development System, Inc. and Cooperative Health
Education Program (HEDS/CHEP), Fort Meade, South Dakota. Baltimore,
Health Professions Press, c1995. 189 p. Bell, Virginia, and David Troxel. The best friends
approach to Alzheimer's care. Baltimore, Health Professions
Press, c1997. 250 p. Bridges, Barbara J. Therapeutic caregiving: a practical
guide for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's and other dementia
causing diseases. Mill Creek, Wash., BJB Pub., c1995. 214 p.
Coughlan, Patricia Brown. Facing Alzheimer's: family
caregivers speak. New York, Ballantine Books, c1993. 261 p.
Davidson, Frena Gray. The Alzheimer's sourcebook
for caregivers: a practical guide for getting through the day.
Los Angeles, Lowell House; Chicago, Contemporary Books, c1993. 234
p. Dowling, James R. Keeping busy: a handbook of activities
for persons with dementia. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1995. 178 p. Glickstein, Joan K. Therapeutic interventions in
Alzheimer's disease: a program of functional skills for activities
of daily living and communication. 2nd ed. Gaithersburg, Md.,
Aspen Publishers, 1997. 255 p. Late-stage dementia care: a basic guide. Edited
by Christine R. Kovach. Washington, Taylor & Francis, c1997.
236 p. Mace, Nancy L., and Peter V. Rabins. The 36-hour
day: a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease,
related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life.
Rev. ed. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991. 329 p. Nelson, James Lindemann, and Hilde Lindemann Nelson.
Alzheimer's: answers to hard questions for families. New
York, Doubleday, 1996. 224 p. Rau, Marie T. Coping with communication challenges
in Alzheimer's disease. San Diego, Singular Pub. Group, c1993.
211 p. Roberts, D. Jeanne. Taking care of caregivers:
for families and others who care for people with Alzheimer's disease
and other forms of dementia. Palo Alto, Calif., Bull Pub. Co.;
Emeryville, Calif., Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group
West, c1991. 181 p. Special care programs for people with dementia.
Edited by Stephanie B. Hoffman, Mary Kaplan. Baltimore, Health Professions
Press, c1996. 228 p. Weddington, Diane. Early-stage Alzheimer's care:
a guide for community-based programs. New York, Springer Pub.
Co., 1994. 157 p. Texts for Younger Readers Beckelman, Laurie. The facts about Alzheimer's
disease. Consultant, Elaine Wynne. New York, Crestwood House,
c1990. 48 p. Gold, Susan Dudley. Alzheimer's disease. Expert
review by Paul R. Solomon. Parsippany, N.J., Crestwood House, c1996.
48 p. Hinnefeld, Joyce. Everything you need to know when
someone you love has Alzheimer's disease. New York, Rosen Pub.
Group, 1994. 64 p. Landau, Elaine. Alzheimer's disease. New York,
Franklin Watts, c1996. 112 p. Weitzman, Elizabeth. Let's talk about when someone
you love has Alzheimer's disease. New York, Rosen/PowerKids
Press, 1996. 24 p. Wilkinson, Beth. Coping when a grandparent has
Alzheimer's disease. New York, Rosen Pub. Group, 1992. 155 p.
Alzheimer's disease. Editors, Richard J. Wurtman
and others. New York, Raven Press, c1990. 282 p. (Advances in neurology,
v. 51) Alzheimer's disease: basic mechanisms, diagnosis,
and therapeutic strategies. Edited by K. Iqbal and others. Chichester,
Eng., New York, Wiley, c1991. 675 p. Alzheimer's disease: clinical and treatment perspectives.
Edited by N. R. Cutler, C. G. Gottfries, K. Siegfried. Chichester,
Eng., New York, J. Wiley & Sons, c1995. 186 p. Burns, Alistair S., and Raymond Levy. Clinical
diversity in late onset Alzheimer's disease. Oxford, New York,
Oxford University Press, 1992. 99 p. (Maudsley monographs, no. 34)
The Cognitive neuropsychology of Alzheimer-type
dementia. Edited by Robin G. Morris. Oxford, New York, Oxford
University Press, 1996. 356 p. Dementia and normal aging. Edited by Felicia
A. Huppert, Carol Brayne, Daniel W. O'Connor. Cambridge, New York,
Cambridge University Press, 1994. 573 p. The Dementias: diagnosis, management, and research.
Edited by Myron F. Weiner. 2nd ed. Washington, American Psychiatric
Press, c1996. 491 p. Handbook of dementing illnesses. Edited by
John C. Morris. New York, M. Dekker, c1994. 657 p. (Neurological
disease and therapy, v. 22) Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's disease and other
dementias. Edited by Randolph W. Parks, Ronald F. Zec, Robert
S. Wilson. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993. 681 p. Biographies and Personal Narratives Artley, Bob. Ginny: a love remembered. Ames,
Iowa State University, c1993. 258 p. Bristow, Lois. Will I be next? The terror of living
with familial Alzheimer's disease: Bea Gorman's life story.
Acampo, Calif., HopeWarren Press, c1996. 256 p. Danforth, Art. Living with Alzheimer's: Ruth's
story: the personal story of two victims of senile dementia.
Falls Church, Va., Prestige Press, 1986, c1984. 219 p. Friel McGowin, Diana. Living in the labyrinth:
a personal journey through the maze of Alzheimer's. New York,
Delacorte Press, 1993. 147 p. Roach, Marion. Another name for madness. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 241 p. Shanks, Lela Knox. Your name is Hughes Hannibal
Shanks: a caregiver's guide to Alzheimer's. Lincoln, University
of Nebraska Press, c1996. 191 p. Wall, Frank A. Where did Mary go? A loving husband's
struggle with Alzheimer's. Amherst, N.Y., Prometheus Books,
c1996. 148 p.
Alzheimer disease: from molecular biology to therapy.
Robert Becker, Ezio Giacobini, editors. Cambridge, Mass., Birkhauser,
c1997. 613 p. Alzheimer's disease: biology, diagnosis, and therapeutics.
Edited by Khalid Iqbal and others. Chichester, Eng., New York, J.
Wiley, c1997. 831 p. Developments in dementia and functional disorders
in the elderly. Edited by Raymond Levy and Robert Howard. Petersfield,
U.K.; Bristol, Pa., Wrightson Biomedical Pub., c1995. 196 p. Progress in Alzheimer's disease and similar conditions.
Edited by Leonard L. Heston. Washington, American Psychiatric Press,
c1997. 303 p. Treating Alzheimer's and other dementias: clinical
application of recent research advances. Edited by Manfred Bergener,
Sanford I. Finkel. New York, Springer Pub. Co., c1995. 552 p.
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases: recent developments.
Edited by Israel Hanin, Mitsuo Yoshida, and Abraham Fisher. New
York, Plenum Press, c1995. 724 p. (Advances in behavioral biology,
v. 44) Alzheimer's disease: lessons from cell biology.
K. S. Kosik, Y. Christen, D. J. Selkoe, eds. Berlin, New York, Springer-Verlag,
c1995. 243 p. Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease. A.
D. Roses, K. H. Weisgraber, Y. Christen, eds. Berlin, New York,
Springer, c1996. 188 p. Behavioral complications in Alzheimer's disease.
Edited by Brain A. Lawlor. Washington, American Psychiatric Press,
c1995. 272 p. (Clinical practice, no. 31) Classification and diagnosis of Alzheimer disease:
an international perspective. Edited by Theodore Hovaguimian
and others. Toronto, Lewiston, N.Y., Hogrefe and Huber, c1989. 184
p. The Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease. Edited
by Richard J. Wurtman and others. New York, New York Academy of
Sciences, c1996. 439 p. (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
v. 777) Research advances in Alzheimer's disease and related
disorders. Edited by Khalid Iqbal and others. Chichester, Eng.,
New York, Wiley, c1995. 798 p.
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease (U.S.) 1989-.
Report of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Bethesda,
Md., U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
annual. Confused minds, burdened families: finding help
for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Washington,
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment,
1990. 416 p. Hoyert, Donna L. Mortality trends for Alzheimer's
disease, 1979-91. Hyattsville, Md., U.S. Dept. of Health and
Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control,
National Center for Health Statistics, 1996. 23 p. (Vital and health
statistics. Series 20, Data from the national vital statistics system
no. 28) (DHHS publication no. (PHS) 96-1856) Special care units for people with Alzheimer's
and other dementias: consumer education, research, regulatory, and
reimbursement issues. Washington, Congress of the U.S., Office
of Technology Assessment; Supt. of Docs., U.S. G. P. O., distributor,
1992. 197 p. United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on
Aging. Alzheimer's, the unmet challenge for research and care:
joint hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives,
and the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Labor and Human
Resources, U.S. Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session,
April 3, 1990. Washington, U.S. G.P.O., 1990. 243 p. United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on
Aging. Subcommittee on Human Services. Families in need: living
with the effects of Alzheimer's disease: hearing before the Subcommittee
on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives,
One Hundred Second Congress, second session, July 25, 1992, North
Babylon, NY. Washington, U.S. G.P.O., 1992. 96 p. United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee
on Aging. Alzheimer's disease in a changing health care system:
falling through the cracks: hearing before the Special Committee
on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second
session, Washington, DC, April 23, 1996. Washington, U.S. G.P.O.,
1996. 114 p. (S. hrg., 104-517)
Technical reports and other types of literature are indexed in the following guides:
Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant journal articles and other liteature are listed below. Most of these services use index terms or keywords beginning with "Alzheimer's Disease" with related articles indexed under terms such as "Dementia", "Senile Dementia", and "Senility". Consult a reference librarian for location of these items in the Science Reading Room.
Journals that often contain relevant articles include the following:
Bennett, David A., and David S. Knopman. Alzheimer's
disease: a comprehensive approach to patient management. Geriatrics,
v. 49, Aug. 1994: 20-26. Breitner, John C. S. The role of anti-inflammatory
drugs in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Annual
review of medicine, v. 47, 1996: 401-411. Cole, Steven A. Behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's
disease. Patient care, v. 29, June 15, 1995: 121-124, 126-127,
131. Crismon, M. Lynn. Tacrine: first drug approved for
Alzheimer's disease. Annals of pharmacotherapy, v. 28, June
1994: 744-751. Cummings, Jeffrey L., and Daniel Kaufer. Neuropsychiatric
aspects of Alzheimer's disease: the cholinergic hypothesis revisited.
Neurology, v. 47, Oct. 1996: 876-883. Emard, Jean-Francois, Jean-Pierre Thouez, and Denis
Gauvreau. Neurodegenerative diseases and risk factors: a literature
review. Social science & medicine, v. 40, no. 6, Mar.
1995: 847-858. Farrer, Lindsay A., and others. Effects of age, sex,
and ethnicity on the association between apolipoprotein E genotype
and Alzheimer disease: a meta-analysis. JAMA: the Journal of
the American Medical Association, v. 278, Oct. 22/29, 1997:
1349-1356. Finch, Caleb E., and David M. Cohen. Aging, metabolism,
and Alzheimer disease: review and hypotheses. Experimental neurology,
v. 143, Jan. 1997: 82-102. Fitten, L. Jaime, and others. Alzheimer and vascular
dementias and driving: a prospective road and laboratory study.
JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association, v.
273, May 3, 1995: 1360-1365. Francese, Theresa, Jeanne Sorrell, and Frieda R. Butler.
The effects of regular exercise on muscle strength and functional
abilities of late stage Alzheimer's residents. American journal
of Alzheimer's disease, v. 12, May/June 1997: 122-127. Ham, Richard J. Making the diagnosis of Alzheimer's
disease. Patient care, v. 29, June 15, 1995: 104-108, 111-114,
119-120. Koss, E., and others. Clinical and neuropsychological
differences between patients with earlier and later onset of Alzheimer's
disease: a CERAD analysis, part XII. Neurology, v. 46, Jan.
1996: 136-141. Kurz, A., and others. Apolipoprotein E å4 allele,
cognitive decline, and deterioration of everyday performance in
Alzheimer's disease. Neurology ,v. 47, Aug. 1996: 440-443.
Phillips, Charles D., and others. Effects of residence
in Alzheimer disease special care units on functional outcomes.
JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association, v.
278, Oct. 22/29, 1997: 1340-1344. Schupf, Nicole, and others. Increased risk of Alzheimer's
disease in mothers of adults with Down's syndrome. Lancet,
v. 344, Aug. 6, 1994: 353-356. Selkoe, Dennis J. Alzheimer's disease: genotypes,
phenotype, and treatments. Science, v. 275, Jan. 31, 1997:
630-631. Snowdon, David A. Aging and Alzheimer's disease: lessons
from the nun study. Gerontologist, v. 37, Apr. 1997: 150-156.
Stern, Yaakov, and others. Influence of education
and occupation on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. JAMA:
the Journal of the American Medical Association, v. 271, Apr.
6, 1994: 1004-1010. Stewart, Walter F., and others. Risk of Alzheimer's
disease and duration of NSAID use. Neurology, v. 48, March
1997: 626-632. Special Issues Devoted to Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer disease. JAMA: the Journal of the American
Medical Association, v. 277, March 12, 1997: 775-776, 793-840.
Alzheimer disease and driving: clinical, research,
and public policy. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders,
v. 11, suppl. 1, 1997: 1-83. Alzheimer's disease. CQ researcher, v. 2, July
24, 1992: 617-639. Alzheimer's disease: the reality and the promise.
Special issue medical editors: David Bennett, Charles S. Colodny.
Patient care, v. 30, Nov. 15, 1996: 1-146. Behavioral approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease: research strategies. Guest editors: Teresa S. Radebaugh,
Neil Backholtz, and Zaven Khachaturian. International psychogeriatrics,
v. 8, suppl. 1, 1996: 1-144. Managing Alzheimer's disease. Steven T. DeKosky, supplement
editor. Neurology, v. 48, suppl. 6, May 1997: S1-S41. Pendlebury, William W., and Paul R. Solomon. Alzheimer's
disease. Clinical symposia, v. 48, no. 3, 1996: 1-32. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias of late life. American
journal of psychiatry, v. 154, supplement, May 1997: 1-39. Special focus: Alzheimer's disease. Journal of
gerontological nursing, v. 20, Apr. 1994: 1-49.
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