TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Dementia & Amnestic Disorders A1 - Simon, Roger P. A1 - Aminoff, Michael J. A1 - Greenberg, David A. PY - 2017 T2 - Clinical Neurology, 10e AB - Dementia is an acquired, generalized, and usually progressive impairment of the content of consciousness. Dementia differs from other disorders of cognitive function, such as coma (see Chapter 3, Coma) or confusional states (see Chapter 4, Confusional States), in that in dementia, the level of consciousness (wakefulness or arousal) is preserved. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148739822 ER -