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Low Diagnostic Yield in a Memory Disorders Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychogeriatrics, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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Abstract

A review of the first 144 patients to attend a Memory Disorders Clinic found not one case of treatable dementia. The use of a routine comprehensive battery of investigations was not supported: however, computerized tomographic brain scans and electroencephalograms were moderately useful in diagnosing dementia. Clinical features and historical data did not discriminate early- from late-onset Alzheimer's disease or Alzheimer's disease from multi-infarct dementia.

Type
Research and Reviews
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , September 1990 , pp. 149 - 159
Copyright
© 1990 Springer Publishing Company

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