Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 2. Diagnosis
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diagnosis and treatment of dementia
alzheimers disease (ad) is by far the most common cause of dementia. definite diagnosis of ad is based on pathological findings. nincds-adrda criteria, published more than 25 years ago, are commonly used for the clinical diagnosis of ad. however, considering serious shortcomings of these criteria, new criteria have been proposed. according to these new criteria, ad can be diagnosed in predement...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.070798