Brain, Vol. 123, No. 8, 1752-1753,
August 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press
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ALZHEIMER DISEASE. Second edition.
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Dementia Research Laboratory, Biochemical Neuropharmacology Group, Centre for Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
This is the second edition of a book, the first edition of which was published in 1994. The first edition was very successful and found its way onto many bookshelves as an authoritative reference on Alzheimer's disease. Research in this field has progressed very rapidly during the intervening period. Furthermore, we now have several drugs available for the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Attempting a new authoritative reference is therefore timely and represents an opportunity to incorporate new discoveries with reassessment and consideration of well-known facts. It is very likely that this book will also prove a valuable addition to many libraries and bookshelves, not the least because of the very extensive reference list at the end of most chapters. Those of us who work in the field are acutely
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