Changing relative prevalence of Alzheimer disease versus non-Alzheimer disease dementias: Have we underestimated the looming dementia epidemic?

被引：5

作者：

Ross, Elliott D.

Shah, Santosh N.

Prodan, Calin I.

Monnot, Marilee

机构：

[1] Vet Adm Med Ctr 11 AZ, Ctr Alzheimer & Neurodegenerat Disorders, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 USA

[2] Univ Oklahoma, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Neurol, Oklahoma City, OK USA

来源：

DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS | 2006年 / 22卷 / 04期

关键词：

Alzheimer disease; frontotemporal dementia; dementia with Lewy bodies; Pick disease; Pick complex; mild cognitive impairment;

D O I：

10.1159/000095127

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

The relative prevalence of neurodegenerative dementias in our Veterans' Affairs dementia clinic has shifted from predominantly Alzheimer disease (AD) to predominantly non-AD diagnoses. Because our clinic was the only Veterans' Affairs clinic in Oklahoma that could initiate cholinesterase inhibitors, we had a captured patient referral source. If future epidemiologic studies establish that non-AD dementias are as, or more, prevalent than AD, then the looming dementia epidemic in the United States will be greater in magnitude than currently predicted. Copyright (C) 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel.

引用

页码：273 / 277

页数：5

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