title: Alzheimer's disease as a diagnosis of exclusion.
abstract: Although dementia is frequent among the elderly, and usually the result of Alzheimer's disease, other illnesses may be responsible. A diagnostic approach to discover such treatable disorders is detailed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Keefover
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging