introduction: the aim of the global dementia scale factor structure roland (rudas) was conducted in patients with dementia. methods: this descriptive correlation study was conducted. population of all nursing home patients with dementia tehran bazaar was formed in 1390., in this study, 78 patients from the kahrizak nursing home patients with dementia sampling method selected data on the global ...

this study was conducted to evaluate how neuroimaging procedures (mri, spect) could be used in clinical setting for diagnosis of dementia.forty out of 94 patients suspected of having a diagnosis of dementia, referred to radiology department for consecutive neuroimaging procedures, were selected. patients’ medical records reviewed anda retrospective diagnosis was reached according to dsm-iv for ...

neuropsychological studies have demonstrated that preclinical dementia accompanies a decreasing trend in cognitive state a few years prior to clinical diagnosis. sudden decline in episodic memory and semantic knowledge have been found to have the capability to differentiate patients in preclinical state of dementia from those experiencing normal aging. in addition, decline in episodic memory is...

how to cite this article: schulz a, kohlschütter a. ncl disorders: frequent causes of childhood dementia. iran j child neurol. 2013 winter;7(1):1-8. abstract dementia in children or young adults is most frequently caused by neuronal ceroidlipofuscinoses (ncl), a group of incurable lysosomal storage disorders linked by the accumulation of a characteristic intracellular storage material and progr...

dementia is defined as significant acquired cognitive impairment in one or more cognitive domains that represents a significant decline from previous baseline and interferes with independence in daily activities. autoimmune dementia is a term that has been used to describe a steroid-responsive autoimmune disorder characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia with a fluctuating course. even co...

As increasing in elderly population cognitive impairment such as dementia is increasing dramatically. Alzheimer and vascular dementia are two types of dementia that can be result of cardiovascular disorder. Dementia affects quality of life and life expectancy, thus caring and paying attention to mental and somatic complementation after chronic disease is necessary and may be useful in delay the...

Background: Alzheimer dementia as the most common cause of dementia is a chronic, progressive, irreversible and incurable disease. The second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer is vascular dementia. One of the systems involved in dementia is the visuospatial system and visual evoked potential (VEP) can be one of the diagnostic methods for this disease. Therefore, the present study ai...

post stroke dementia is one of the most common complications of stroke that is preventable and relatively treatable too. the purpose of the study is comparison between the positive findings in brain ct scan and brain perfusion spect. 15 patients who were complicated by dementia after cerebrovascular accident and also 5 patients as a control group enrolled in this study. brain ct scan and brain ...