title: An Italian series of patients with organic dementia.
abstract: A series of 224 patients with organic mental deterioration, including 129 patients with presumptive Alzheimer dementia, is described chiefly from the neuropsychological standpoint. Several methodological problems arising from research on dementia are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology