[Non cognitive symptoms in dementias].
In the phenomenology of dementia, the cognitive symptoms surround most of the interests both for investigators as clinicians. However, the non cognitive symptoms are shown so often they should become a major one in the clinical evaluation of the dementia syndrome. Moreover, the presence of this symptoms means more clinical severity, increases the institutionalization risk and causes a larger emotional burden for demented carers. On this work, the authors argue about the possible physiopathogenic causes related to cognitive and non cognitive aspects of dementia.
Vilalta Franch
J
J
Unidad de Demencias, Hospital Santa Caterina, Girona, 17002, España. jvilaltaf@intersep.org
López Pousa
S
S
Llinas Reglà
J
J
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