Early-onset dementia: Frequency and causes compared to late-onset dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-64

  McMurtray, Aaron ^a,b   Clark, David G ^a   Christine, Dianne ^a   Mendez, Mario F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia, early onset, late onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 30844435503     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089546     Document Type: Review

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