title: The Memory Clinic--outpatient assessment when dementia is suspected.
abstract: The patients who are assessed at Oslo University Hospital's Memory Clinic are young--half of them are under 65 years of age. Most are suffering from mild cognitive impairment or dementia at a very early phase while others come to get a second opinion. The assessment takes 2 - 3 hours and is conducted by a doctor and a nurse. It includes a clinical investigation, cognitive testing, an MRI scan with measurement of the medial temporal lobes, a lumbar puncture and single-photon-emission tomography (SPECT of the brain).
authors.affiliation: Nevrologisk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus, Ullevål. anne.braekhus@ous-hf.no
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brækhus
authors.forename: Ingun
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ulstein
authors.forename: Torgeir Bruun
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Wyller
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Engedal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009664:Norway; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon