Alzheimer’s Disease Etiological Mechanisms and Therapeutic Possibilities

Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of late life with devastating consequences for the afflicted and their carers and poses one of the major challenges to medical research. Until recently, little hope of effective therapies capable of slowing the disease process or p...

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Other Authors: Turner, J.D. (Editor), Beyreuther, K. (Editor), Theuring, F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of late life with devastating consequences for the afflicted and their carers and poses one of the major challenges to medical research. Until recently, little hope of effective therapies capable of slowing the disease process or preventing its occurrence was apparent. With recent advances in the genetics and molecular biology of the disease processes and the demonstration of the involvement of multiple aetiological factors, however, real chances are now appearing for the identification of preventive drugs. In this discussion, experts from disciplines ranging from molecular genetics to the clinic provide review and novel data concerning the aetiology of AD and the establishment of drugfinding screening methods
Physical Description:XIII, 216 p. 11 illus online resource
ISBN:9783662032480