criteria for possible Alzheimer's disease
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Diagnostic criteria
- atypical onset, presentation, or progression of a dementia without known etiology
- presence of a systemic disease or other brain disease capable of producing dementia, but not thought to be the cause
- progressive deterioration of a single cognitive domain in absence of any other cause
- ref[4] suggests requirement for impairment in at least 2 cognitive domains
- memory impairment is not required[4]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Kristi Wagner Steh, West Los Angeles VA, GRECC, Dec 2003
- ↑ Cummings JL, The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Martine Dunitz LTD, Taylor & Francis Group, London (2003)
- ↑ Mendez MF & Cummings JL, Dementia: A Clinical Approach, Butterworth & Heinemann, Philadelphia (2003)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013