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Survival in Atherosclerotic and Senile Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

K. V. Shah ,
G. D. Banks  and
H. Merskey
K. V. Shah
Affiliation:
Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff
G. D. Banks
Affiliation:
Saxondale Hospital, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham
H. Merskey
Affiliation:
The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, W.C. 1; formerly at Saxondale Hospital
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The prognosis for patients with senile dementia after admission to hospital has generally been regarded as poor, it being thought that by the time the illness reached a stage necessitating admission life expectation was very low. Figures obtained by Roth (1955) support this view; only 18 per cent of his patients with senile dementia survived for more than two years. The prognosis for atherosclerotic dementia was rather better, with approximately 27 per cent still alive at the end of two years.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 528 , November 1969 , pp. 1283 - 1286
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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