title: [Clinical aspects of dementing illnesses in the elderly].
abstract: Clinical aspects of dementing illnesses in the elderly were briefly reviewed. Symptomatic classification of dementia by Harada and clinicopathological classification by Kosaka were first introduced. After that, three major dementing illnesses: 1) Alzheimer's disease, 2) dementia with Lewy bodies and 3) vascular dementia were briefly explained, focusing on clinical aspects. In addition, limbic neurofibrillary tangle dementia (LNTD) was also introduced, the frequency of which is expected to increase in the future because of increasing number of the "old old" elderly.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans