Overdiagnosis of dementia in young patients-a nationwide register-based study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 292-299

  Salem, L C ^a   Andersen, B B ^a   Nielsen, T R ^a   Stokholm, J ^a   Jorgensen M B ^b   Rasmussen, M H ^c   Waldemar, G ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol related dementia; Danish registers; Depression; Diagnostic evaluation; Early onset dementia; Overdiagnosis; Symptom profile of dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84870292668     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345485     Document Type: Article

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