JC Beck, D Benson, AB SCHEIBEL, JE … - Annals of Internal …, 1982 - Am Coll Physicians The graying of America will be accompanied by an epidemic of major proportions—dementia or
intellectual impairment—that will have an impact on all aspects of the health care system,
particularly on the institutional ... Cited by 92 - Related articles - All 2 versions
EB LARSON, BV REIFLER, HJ … - Annals of internal …, 1984 - Am Coll Physicians ERIC B. LARSON, MD, MPH; BURTON V. REIFLER, MD, MPH; HARVEY J. FEATHERSTONE, MD, MPH; and DALLAS R.
ENGLISH, Ph.D. ... From the Departments of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Epidemiology, University of
Washington Schools of Medicine and ... Cited by 168 - Related articles - All 3 versions
EB Larson, BV Reifler, SM Sumi, CG … - The Journal of …, 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 % ... Cited by 86 - Related articles - All 5 versions
FR Freemon, SM Rudd - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1982 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: J Am Geriatr Soc. 1982 Jul;30(7):449-51. Clinical features that predict potentially
reversible progressive intellectual deterioration. Freemon FR, Rudd SM. Publication Types:
Comparative Study. Mesh Terms: Age Factors; Aged; Alzheimer Disease ... Cited by 22 - Related articles
P DELANEY - Southern Medical Journal, 1982 - journals.lww.com Of 100 consecutive cases of dementia, 23 were found to be of treatable or reversible causes. Many of
these patients had been labeled as having "senile dementia" and some were en route to chronic care
facilities. The implications of ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 2 versions
J Cummings, DF Benson, S LoVerme Jr - JAMA, 1980 - Am Med Assoc The pitfalls of overlooking correctable causes of progressive intellectual deterioration are
illustrated by live patients whose conditions were originally diagnosed as primary dementia. In each
case careful evaluation disclosed a ... Cited by 87 - Related articles - All 2 versions
FR Freemon - Archives of neurology, 1976 - archneur.highwire.org \s=b\Sixty consecutive patients with pro- gressive intellectual deterioration were evaluated by a
specific protocol. Eighteen (30%) were found to have an underlying disease potentially reversible by
medical or surgical therapy. ... Cited by 108 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Smith, LG Kiloh - The Lancet, 1981 - Elsevier 200 patients admitted consecutively to the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Sydney, with the provisional
diagnosis of dementia were investigated. The diagnosis was confirmed in 164 patients, 16 patients
had a chronic organic brain ... Cited by 138 - Related articles - All 4 versions
JH Fox, JL Topel, MS Huckman - The Journal of Gerontology, 1975 - geronj.oxfordjournals.org Forty patients with senile dementia were evaluated prospectively with laboratory and radiologic
investigations, including computerized axial transverse tomography. Five patients were believed to
have potentially treatable ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - All 3 versions
C Eisdorfer, D Cohen - The Journal of family practice, 1980 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The diagnosis of patients presenting with memory or attentional deficits characteristic of dementia
is a growing problem. Dementia may be symptomatic of a range of reversible medical and psychiatric
conditions which appear to be ... Cited by 47 - Related articles
