Cardiology and Vascular System Central Nervous System
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Dieter Platt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1982
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cardiology and Vascular System --;Epidemiology of Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease --;Conduction System --;Cardiac Output --;Myocardium and Valves --;Valvular Disease of the Heart --;Cardiac Arrhythmias --;Heart Block --;The Arterial and Venous System --;Central Nervous System --;Cerebral Blood Flow, Electroencephalography and Behavior --;Functional Consequences of Neurofibrillary Degeneration of the Alzheimer Type --;Neurochemistry of the Aging Brain --;Neuronal Lipofuscin and Its Significance --;Neurotransmitters in Normal Aging --;Neuroimmunology of the Aging Brain --;Senile Dementia --;Alzheimer's Disease and its Clinical Implications --;Stroke --;Vertebrobasilar Syndrome.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In 1909 a short contribution entitled "Geriatrics" was published in the New York Medical Journal. Geriatrics is constantly increasing in importance owing to the near doubling of life expectancy over the past 130 years and to the improved diagnostic and therapeutic techniques made available by medical pro- gress.