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Evaluation of 110 consecutive patients with dementias: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Liu H. C.,
Tsou H. K.,
Lin K. N.,
Yan S. H.,
Guo N. W.,
Wang C. L.,
Chiang B. N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04981.x
Subject(s) - prospective cohort study , medicine , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation
We prospectively investigated 131 consecutive cases (both in‐ and outpatients) of suspected dementia to evaluate the relative frequency of different types of dementia in Chinese patients. Dementia was confirmed in 110 cases (84.0%). In contrast to the Western series, vascular dementia (39.1%) was slightly more frequent than the Alzheimer's disease (36.4%). Twelve cases (10.9%) of potentially treatable dementia were found. Careful clinical observation was the most useful part of the evaluation. CT scan of brain was the most useful laboratory test.