Katzman R
Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1981 Jun;16(6):61-76. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1981.11946784.
Not all senile dementias are irreversible. As this--the first in a series of articles stressing the importance of the early detection of disease states--points out, dementia has been shown to be secondary to treatable disorders in more than 20% of these patients. Investigative efforts, from primary screening to painstaking differential diagnostic approaches, can identify remediable or controllable causes.
