The importance of investigating the etiology for dementia lies in the possibility of treating potentially reversible dementias. The aims of this retrospective study are to determine the prevalence of potentially reversible dementias among 454 outpatients seen at the Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology Unit, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo University School of Medicine - Brazil, between the years of 1991 and 2001, and observe their evolution in follow-up. Among the initial 454 patients, 275 fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for dementia. Alzheimer's disease was the most frequent diagnosis (164 cases; 59.6%). Twenty-two cases (8.0%) of potentially reversible dementia were observed, the most frequent diagnoses being neurosyphilis (nine cases) and ...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The rapid growth of the elderly population in Brazil has implied a significan...
We describe clinical and socio-demographic features of patients with dementia attended in a tertiary...
Várias doenças infecciosas e parasitárias foram descritas como possíveis causadoras de prejuízos cog...
ABSTRACT- The importance of investigating the etiology for dementia lies in the possibility of treat...
Abstract Dementia is a syndrome characterized by the development of multiple cognitive deficits and ...
There are very few reports about prevalence of presenile dementia in Brazil. We reviewed files of pa...
The aging of the population is a worldwide phenomenon, where 60% of elders live in developing areas ...
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of dementia subtypes and to assess the socio-d...
Background: Dementia due to potentially reversible etiologies is an important group of dementias to...
OBJETIVO: Descrever subtipos de demência em pacientes atendidos no HC-UNICAMP. METODO: No período 19...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the distribution of dementia subtypes in Brazil using a population-based clini...
To report the relative frequencies of the causes of dementia in patients seen at UNICAMP Hospital. F...
Introdução: Com o envelhecimento populacional, aumenta a prevalencia de doencas cronicas, entre elas...
Aims: To estimate dementia prevalence and describe the etiology of dementia in a community sample fr...
OBJETIVO: Analisar os estudos de prevalência de demência, no período de 1994 a 2000. MÉTODOS: Foram ...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The rapid growth of the elderly population in Brazil has implied a significan...
We describe clinical and socio-demographic features of patients with dementia attended in a tertiary...
Várias doenças infecciosas e parasitárias foram descritas como possíveis causadoras de prejuízos cog...
ABSTRACT- The importance of investigating the etiology for dementia lies in the possibility of treat...
Abstract Dementia is a syndrome characterized by the development of multiple cognitive deficits and ...
There are very few reports about prevalence of presenile dementia in Brazil. We reviewed files of pa...
The aging of the population is a worldwide phenomenon, where 60% of elders live in developing areas ...
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of dementia subtypes and to assess the socio-d...
Background: Dementia due to potentially reversible etiologies is an important group of dementias to...
OBJETIVO: Descrever subtipos de demência em pacientes atendidos no HC-UNICAMP. METODO: No período 19...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the distribution of dementia subtypes in Brazil using a population-based clini...
To report the relative frequencies of the causes of dementia in patients seen at UNICAMP Hospital. F...
Introdução: Com o envelhecimento populacional, aumenta a prevalencia de doencas cronicas, entre elas...
Aims: To estimate dementia prevalence and describe the etiology of dementia in a community sample fr...
OBJETIVO: Analisar os estudos de prevalência de demência, no período de 1994 a 2000. MÉTODOS: Foram ...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The rapid growth of the elderly population in Brazil has implied a significan...
We describe clinical and socio-demographic features of patients with dementia attended in a tertiary...
Várias doenças infecciosas e parasitárias foram descritas como possíveis causadoras de prejuízos cog...