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Dementia

Known as: Dementia, progressive, dementia progressive, Dementia NOS 
An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning… 
National Institutes of Health

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ALZHEIMER DISEASE 10Alzheimer Disease, Early OnsetAlzheimer's DiseaseAngiomatosis, diffuse corticomeningeal, of Divry and Van Bogaert

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Mental disordersOrganic brain syndrome

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Correlation study of Framingham risk score and vascular dementia
Abstract Vascular dementia (VaD) is one of the most common forms of dementia, and second only to Alzheimer's disease. The purpose… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Dietary patterns and risk of dementia
Background: Dietary fatty acids and antioxidants may contribute to decrease dementia risk, but epidemiologic data remain… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Memantine is a clinically well tolerated N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist—a review of preclinical data
Review
1998
Review
1998
Epidemiology of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
The prevalence of dementia in subjects 65 years and older in North America is approximately 6%-10%, with Alzheimer's disease (AD… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
[Dementia rating scale].
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A comparative study of visuospatial memory and learning in Alzheimer-type dementia and Parkinson's disease.
Groups of patients with dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT) and idiopathic Parkinson's disease, together with age and IQ-matched… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Stress inoculation training
Stress inoculation training originally referred to a relatively specific set of operations (Meichenbaum & Cameron, 1972). In… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
DIFFUSE DEGENERATION OF THE CEREBRAL WHITE MATTER IN SEVERE DEMENTIA FOLLOWING HEAD INJURY
This paper reports the findings in the brains of five patients who' survived a closed head injury in a more or less decerebrate… 
Highly Cited
1942
Highly Cited
1942
The mask of sanity.
Psychotic disorders may be concealed behind outer manifestations that give little or no suggestion of anything so serious. The… 
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