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  • Chapter 2 - Typical Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Gloria HY Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Bosco HM Ma, Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association, Maggie NY Lee, Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association, David LK Dai, Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association
  • Book:
    Casebook of Dementia
    Published online:
    23 May 2024
    Print publication:
    30 May 2024, pp 22-175
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  • Summary

    In this chapter, readers are provided with 80 case examples of typical Alzheimer’s disease. Each case comes with a summary of cognitive and functional assessment results, complaints by informants, clinical history, laboratory examinations indicated, diagnosis, and management, followed by insights from both medical and psychosocial perspectives. These are organised around several themes: cases illustrative of pathognomonic features of Alzheimer’s disease; cases that are relevant for understanding cognitive, functioning, and clinical assessment findings; cases highlighting indications for further investigations; cases presenting with carers’ complaints about challenging behaviours; and cases in which the line between normal ageing, mild cognitive impairment, and mild dementia seems unclear.