Identifier |
19870203_nanos_degendisordersympos_03 |
Title |
Alzheimer's Disease and Eye Movements |
Creator |
James A. Sharpe, MD, FRCP(C) (1941-2013) |
Affiliation |
Departments of Medicine and Ophthalmology, University of Toronto |
Subject |
Eye Movements; Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Neoplasms |
Description |
Alzheimer's disease accounts for about 60 per cent of cases of dementia, cerebrovascular for 15 per cent and neoplasms in midline or silent areas for 5 per cent. Neurodegenerative disorders such as Pick's disease, Jacob-Creutzfeld disease, infections including neurosyphilis and AIDs, toxins, metabolic disorders and vasculitis contribute to a growing list of causes of dementia. The etiology of dementia is unknown in as many as 5 per cent of cases after postmortem examination. |
Date |
1987-02-03 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
1987 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
Relation is Part of |
NANOS 1987: Neuro-Ophthalmology of Degenerative Disorders Symposium |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 1987. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6v441w7 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
ID |
183490 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v441w7 |