Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Science
RAS ID
3933
Abstract
When patients present with a dementia syndrome at a young age, the experienced clinician will automatically include uncommon dementias in the diagnostic considerations, as familial uncommon dementias due to genetic mutations frequently present as early-onset dementias. This paper highlights why uncommon dementias due to genetic mutations, although marginal in terms of prevalence numbers in the total population, are of significance in the quest to unravel the underlying cause of common dementias such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), frontotemporal dementias (FTD) and vascular dementia (VaD).
DOI
10.1017/S1041610205002000
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Lautenschlager, N., & Martins, R. N. (2005). Common versus uncommon causes of dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 17(Supp 1), S27-S34. Available here
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