Spooner M A
Department of Geriatric Services, Medcenter One, Bismarck, ND.
Can Fam Physician. 1994 Jun;40:1141-5.
Dementia is a syndrome of intellectual impairment. Established criteria can be used to diagnose dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and to categorize it into three stages. This article compares DAT with other types of dementia and outlines the characteristic clinical differences. Some neurobehavioural testing is described.
痴呆是一种智力障碍综合征。既定标准可用于诊断阿尔茨海默病型痴呆(DAT)并将其分为三个阶段。本文将DAT与其他类型的痴呆进行比较,并概述其特征性的临床差异。还描述了一些神经行为测试。