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Postgraduate Medicine, 1978
Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type is becoming one of the most common of the malignant diseases as our society ages. Currently, research has identified several pathophysiological changes, including the bihelical filament and the loss of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase from the cortex. Although genetic factors play some role in this disease, the
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Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type is becoming one of the most common of the malignant diseases as our society ages. Currently, research has identified several pathophysiological changes, including the bihelical filament and the loss of the enzyme choline acetyltransferase from the cortex. Although genetic factors play some role in this disease, the
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Continuum, 2010
As treatment of neurodegenerative disease moves toward therapies aimed at specific molecular abnormalities, the importance of early and accurate diagnosis will increase, as will the need for sensitive measures for tracking disease progression. Brain imaging, using MRI and PET scanning, offers a variety of highly reliable techniques that examine the ...
Tartaglia M. C. +4 more
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As treatment of neurodegenerative disease moves toward therapies aimed at specific molecular abnormalities, the importance of early and accurate diagnosis will increase, as will the need for sensitive measures for tracking disease progression. Brain imaging, using MRI and PET scanning, offers a variety of highly reliable techniques that examine the ...
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Dementia, or major neurocognitive disorder, is defined as a decline in 1 or more cognitive domains that causes impairment in everyday function. Alzheimer disease is the most common type of dementia in the United States, with an estimated 6.9 million adults who have Alzheimer disease and are 65 years or older.
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Dementia, or major neurocognitive disorder, is defined as a decline in 1 or more cognitive domains that causes impairment in everyday function. Alzheimer disease is the most common type of dementia in the United States, with an estimated 6.9 million adults who have Alzheimer disease and are 65 years or older.
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Dementia and dementia research
Gerontechnology, 2014Worldwide almost 36 million people have dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term describing a multifactorial disease which affects the brain. Dementia always has an effect on the patient, as well as on the spouse or on other family members. A search in the gerontechnology database showed that when using dementia as a keyword in combination with keywords ...
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A New Clinical Scale for the Staging of Dementia
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1982C. P. Hughes +4 more
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The global prevalence of dementia: A systematic review and metaanalysis
Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2013M. Prince +5 more
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European Journal of Health Law, 2006
AbstractThe care for patients with dementia raises many legal (and ethical) issues. This article explores some of the more important topics, i.e. (early) diagnosis of the disease, the availability and provision of care, treatment and non treatment decisions, and medical research with dementia patients.
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AbstractThe care for patients with dementia raises many legal (and ethical) issues. This article explores some of the more important topics, i.e. (early) diagnosis of the disease, the availability and provision of care, treatment and non treatment decisions, and medical research with dementia patients.
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The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1982B. Reisberg +3 more
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FP essentials, 2023
Dementia, also called major neurocognitive disorder, is characterized by a chronic progressive loss of cognitive function in the absence of fluctuating consciousness. It represents a primarily geriatric syndrome that may be caused by one of several underlying conditions.
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Dementia, also called major neurocognitive disorder, is characterized by a chronic progressive loss of cognitive function in the absence of fluctuating consciousness. It represents a primarily geriatric syndrome that may be caused by one of several underlying conditions.
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