title: What is a complete work-up for dementia?
abstract: As the elderly population grows proportionately larger, the clinician may anticipate seeing more hapless souls present with intellectual decline. It should be remembered that not all of these individuals in fact demonstrate dementia and that not all the cases of dementia are irreversible. Through a detailed history, neurologic examination, and the use of appropriate studies, the clinician may be able to establish the diagnosis, offer a prognosis, and exclude those diseases that are potentially remediable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Philadelphia Geriatric Center, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Horowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination