Prevalence and severity of dementia among northern Italian centenarians.
Neurology
; 53(2): 416-8, 1999 Jul 22.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10430440
ABSTRACT
Using diagnostic criteria from the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, dementia was clinically diagnosed in 57 (62%) of 92 centenarians living in two northern Italian provinces. The condition was severely disabling in approximately 70% of the demented patients. Although clinically diagnosed AD accounted for 79% of dementia cases, almost one third of patients with AD had risk factors for vascular dementia, suggesting that the aging brain may be susceptible to multiple additive factors that impair cognition.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Demência
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurology
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália