Open AccessLate-Onset Alcohol Abuse as a Presenting Symptom of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Author(s) -
Elisa de Paula França Resende,
Robin Ketelle,
Anna Karydas,
Isabel Elaine Allen,
Lea T. Grinberg,
Salvatore Spina,
William W. Seeley,
David C. Perry,
Bruce L. Miller,
Georges Naasan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-215369
Subject(s) - frontotemporal dementia , medicine , dementia , psychiatry , alcohol abuse , primary progressive aphasia , semantic dementia , disease , pediatrics
The association between lifetime alcohol abuse and a higher risk to develop dementia is well known. However, it is unknown whether older adults who begin abusing alcohol late in life have an underlying neurodegenerative disease.