title: The St. George's dementia bed investigation study: a comparison of clinical and pathological diagnosis.
abstract: Sixty-four elderly patients who had been admitted to the St. George's Hospital Alzheimer's disease evaluation project during 1981-1989 were followed up to postmortem examination. Comparison between clinical diagnoses and neuropathological diagnoses indicated positive predictive values for the antemortem diagnoses of 50-67%. Existing clinical criteria may not be accurate enough to permit firm antemortem diagnosis of older people for either research or clinical purposes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Tooting, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Gilleard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kellett
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Coles
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Millard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honavar
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lantos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests