Abstract
A review of the first 144 patients to attend a Memory Disorders Clinic found not one case of treatable dementia. The use of a routine comprehensive battery of investigations was not supported: however, computerized tomographic brain scans and electroencephalograms were moderately useful in diagnosing dementia. Clinical features and historical data did not discriminate early- from late-onset Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's disease from multi-infarct dementia.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Activities of Daily Living / psychology
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
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Alzheimer Disease / psychology
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Amnesia / diagnosis*
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Amnesia / psychology
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Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis
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Brain Damage, Chronic / psychology
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Dementia, Multi-Infarct / diagnosis*
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Dementia, Multi-Infarct / psychology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neuropsychological Tests