Prevalence of dementia in an urban slum
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Kammant Phanthumchinda; Sutthichai Jitapunkul; Chitr Sitthi-amron; Srichitra C.
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A randomly selected sample of 500 subjects over 60 years old and their relatives were studied using standardized methods for assessment of cognitive impairment. The prevalence of DSM-111-R dementia was 1.8% (95% confidence intervals 0.6-3%), and the majority of cases had a probable diagnosis of Alzh