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P1‐312: BRAINS FOR DEMENTIA RESEARCH: CONCORDANCE OF CLINICAL AND NEUROPATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSES IN DECEASED PARTICIPANTS
Author(s) -
Hayes Gillian,
Francis Paul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.553
Subject(s) - dementia , medical diagnosis , concordance , medicine , neuropathology , disease , vascular dementia , psychology , psychiatry , pediatrics , pathology
cases, partial agreement in 38% and discordance in 23%. In most cases where total or partialagreement occured,Alzheimer disease was the common diagnosis, followed by mixed Alzheimer/vascular dementia. Conclusions: There was good agreement between clinical and neuropathological diagnosis in the majority of cases in this sample. This affirms the accuracy of current diagnostic techniques for dementia. It is hoped that further refinement in clinical diagnosis will improve this in the future.