Alzheimer’s Association

Alzheimer s Association stands out as the organization that can provide many resources as well as facilitate contacts with other organizations. Contact the association at ... 

Data from the Alzheimer s Association with permission.60... 

Small, G. W., Rabins, P. V., Barry, P. P. et al. Diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer disease and related disorders. Consensus statement of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, the Alzheimer s Association, and the American Geriatrics Society. JAMA 278(16) 1363-1371,1997. 

Data from Alzheimer s Association. http/Mmalzorg/ Rubin CD. The primary care of Alzheimer s disease. Am Jilted Sci 2006 332 314-333 and Grossberg GTr DesaiAK Management of Alzheimer s disease. J Gerontol A Biol Sa Med Sd 20C3 58A 331-353. 

The Alzheimer s Association recommends staying physically, mentally, and socially active, adopting a low-fat/low-cholesterol diet rich in dark vegetables and fruit, and managing body weight. 

Alzheimer s Association, Alzhiemer s Disease Facts and Figures, www.alz.org, 2007. 

The Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute oe the Alzheimer s Association and the National Institute on Aging Working Group (1998). Consensus report of the Working Group on Molecular and Biochemical Markers of Alzheimer s Disease . Neurobiol. Aging 19, 109-116. 

Mattsson N, Andreasson U, Persson S, Carrillo MC, Collins S, Chalbot S et al (2013) CSF biomarker variability in the Alzheimer s Association quality control program. Alzheimers Dement 9 251-261... 

McKhann GM, Knopman DS, Chertkow H, Hyman BT, Jack CR Jr, Rawas CH et al (2011) The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer s disease Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer s Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer s disease. Alzheimers Dement 7 263-269... 

Clinician snpport and referral to social services is vitally important in assisting the caregiver at that moment. The family should also be referred to local resources, such as the Alzheimer s Association, that can provide detailed information regarding snpport services. Table 63-5 hsts some referral sources and references for caregivers. 

Koppel R. Alzheimer s disease The costs to U.S. businesses in 2002. Social Research Corporation, Wyncote, PA. Prepared for the Alzheimer s Association. 

Work in the author s laboratory is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Health Assistance Foundation, and the Alzheimer s Association. 

Alzheimer s Association, http //www.alz.org/alzheimers disease altemative treatments.asp. 

Alzheimer s disease - Facts and Figures by Alzheimer s Association (2012) http //www.alz. org/downloads/facts figures 2012.pdf. Accessed 5 Aug 2012... 

The author is grateful to the support of Dr. Rudolph Tanzi and Dr. Ashley Bush. Dr. Andrew Thomson was help l with the model for iron metabolism. JTR was supported from an NIA grant AG21081, ISOA and Alzheimer s Association (IIRG-02-3524). 

Wasco, W., et al. Isolation and characterization of APLP2 encoding a homologue of the Alzheimer s associated amyloid beta protein precursor. Nat Genet, 1993. 5(1) p. 95-100. 

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