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criteria for possible Alzheimer's disease

Diagnostic criteria: NINCDS-ADRDA criteria: 1) atypical onset, presentation, or progression of a dementia without known etiology 2) presence of a systemic disease or other brain disease capable of producing dementia, but not thought to be the cause 3) 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]

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criteria for Alzheimer's disease

References

  1. Kristi Wagner Steh, West Los Angeles VA, GRECC, Dec 2003
  2. Cummings JL, The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Martine Dunitz LTD, Taylor & Francis Group, London (2003)
  3. Mendez MF & Cummings JL, Dementia: A Clinical Approach, Butterworth & Heinemann, Philadelphia (2003)
  4. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013