Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association
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Core<br />
Clinical<br />
Alzheimer’s Dementia<br />
• Multiple cognitive deficits, consisting <strong>of</strong><br />
memory impairment and ≥1 1<br />
– Aphasia<br />
– Apraxia<br />
– Agnosia<br />
– Executive function<br />
• Each deficit causes significant impairment<br />
in social or occupational functioning 1<br />
Language<br />
Praxis<br />
Gnosis<br />
• Difficulty learning and remembering<br />
new information 2<br />
• Repetitiveness, anomia 2<br />
• Poor orientation to time 2<br />
AD largely<br />
involves<br />
temporalparietal<br />
deficits 3<br />
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Psychiatric <strong>Association</strong>; 2000. 2. Geldmacher D. Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Weiner MF, Lipton AM, eds. Textbook <strong>of</strong> Alzheimer disease and other dementias. 1st ed.<br />
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub.; 2009. 3. Tarawneh R, Galvin JE. Dementia with Lewy Bodies and other Synucleinopathies. In: Weiner MF, Lipton AM,<br />
eds. Textbook <strong>of</strong> Alzheimer disease and other dementias. 1st ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Pub.; 2009.<br />
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