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The St. George's dementia bed investigation study: a comparison of clinical and pathological diagnosis
Author(s) -
Gilleard C. J.,
Kellett J. M.,
Coles J. A.,
Millard P. H.,
Honavar M.,
Lantos P. L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb01467.x
Subject(s) - medical diagnosis , pathological , medicine , dementia , clinical diagnosis , disease , psychiatry , gerontology , pediatrics , pathology
Abstract Sixty‐four elderly patients who had been admitted to the St. George's Hospital Alzheimer's disease evaluation project during 1981–1989 were followed up to postmortem examination. Comparison between clinical diagnoses and neuropathological diagnoses indicated positive predictive values for the antemortem diagnoses of 50–67%. Existing clinical criteria may not be accurate enough to permit firm antemortem diagnosis of older people for either research or clinical purposes.