Neurological investigation of dementia.
Fifty-two patients thought to be suffering from dementia when first seen as neurological out-patients were fully investigated. Four of them were found to have tumours, whilst in five the dementia was due to a treatable cause. Neither a long history nor an age above sixty-five precludes a dementia being due to a treatable cause.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies