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Aging, natural death, and the compression of morbidity

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JF Fries - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002 - SciELO Public Health
132 THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE July 17, 1980 Calculations based on
other periods or from other ages converge at similar points. Figure 3 shows
inter- section at age 85 in the year 2045, a reasonable me- dian ...
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Falls and fractures in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia


DM Buchner, EB Larson - Jama, 1987 - Am Med Assoc
The prevention of fall-related injuries in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia
(ATD) is hampered by an incomplete understanding of their causes. We studied
falls and fractures in 157 ATD patients, including 117 with three-year ...
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Frequency and characteristics of silent dementia among elderly Japanese-American men. …


GW Ross, RD Abbott, H Petrovitch, KH … - Jama, 1997 - Am Med Assoc
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of unrecognized dementia in a group of men
found to have dementia by population survey, and to identify factors associated
with the failure of a family informant to recognize significant memory ...
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The economic costs of Alzheimer's disease.

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JW Hay, RL Ernst - American Journal of Public Health, 1987 - Am Public Health Assoc
Abstract: This paper estimates the economic costs of Alzheim- er's Disease to
individualsand to society, based on review of published Alzheimer's
Disease-relatedresearch. The analysis is derived from epidemiological ...
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Diagnostic tests in the evaluation of dementia: a prospective study of 200 elderly outpatients


EB Larson, BV Reifler, SM Sumi, CG Canfield … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986 - archinte.highwire.org
\s=b\We studied the components of the diagnostic evaluation in 200 patients
older than 60 years of age with suspected demen- tia who received standardized
diagnostic evaluation and fol- low-up. The most common dementia diagnoses ...
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Diagnostic evaluation of 200 elderly outpatients with suspected dementia


EB Larson, BV Reifler, SM Sumi, CG Canfield … - The Journal of Gerontology, 1985 - geronj.oxfordjournals.org
A standardized diagnostic evaluation was performed on 200 consecutive patients
over age 60 with suspected dementia. Diagnoses were confirmed by consensus and
subsequently by follow up. Over 70% had Alzheimer's type dementia; 31 % had ...
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Stroke, cognitive decline and vascular dementia: the silent epidemic of the 21st century


GC Roman - Neuroepidemiology, 2000 - content.karger.com
Twenty years ago, voices of alarm began to be heard in the health community
addressing the problem of the silent epidemic of dementia in the elderly, the
most common and unwanted accompaniment of increased longevity [1, 2]. ...
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How do general practitioners diagnose dementia?


JA De Lepeleire, J Heyrman, F Baro, F … - Family Practice, 1994 - Oxford Univ Press
De Lepeleire JA, Heyrman J, Baro F, Buntinx F and Lasuy C, How do general
practitioners diagnose dementia? Family Practice 1994; 11:148-152. By means of a
qualitative study, we set out to generate hypotheses about the way general ...
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PET, CT, and MRI in the Evaluation of Neuropshychiatric Disorder: Current Applications

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PR Jolles, PR Chapman, PR Alavi - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1989 - Soc Nuclear Med
Page 1. CONTINUING EDUCATION PET, CT, and MRJ in the Evaluation of
Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Current Applications Paul R. Jolles ...
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The early diagnosis of dementia: triggers, early signs and luxating events

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J De Lepeleire, J Heyman, F Buntinx - Family Practice, 1998 - Oxford Univ Press
432 Family Practice—an international journal Table 1 Basic characteristics of
the patients Patient Duration of dementia (years) Gender Age Living at home (H)
or institution (I) Group members involved in the daily care for one of the ...
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