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The diagnosis of dementia—I clinical and pathological criteria: A review of the literature

✍ Scribed by E. Jane Byrne; C. W. Smith; T. Arie

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
780 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Pathology has been viewed as the gold standard for the diagnosis of dementia. Critical appraisal of the literature suggests that the criteria for pathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease vary widely, and that the relative frequency of the various aetiological causes of the dementia syndrome cannot yet be firmly established.

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