RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
SR Print(0)
ID 57616655
T1 Chapter 21. Dementia, the Amnesic Syndrome, and the Neurology of Intelligence and Memory
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 10e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0071794794
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57616655
RD 2023/03/25
AB Increasingly,  as  the  number  of  elderly  in  our  population  rises,  the  neurologist  is  consulted  because  an  otherwise  healthy  person  begins  to  fail  mentally  and  loses  his  capacity  to  function  effectively  at  work  or  in  the  home.  This  may  indicate  the  development  of  a  degenerative  brain  disease,  a  brain  tumor,  multiple  strokes,  chronic  subdural  hematomas,  drug  intoxication,  chronic  meningoencephalitis  (such  as  caused  by  HIV  or  syphilis),  normal-pressure  hydrocephalus,  or  a  depressive  illness.  Formerly,  when  there  was  little  that  could  be  done  about  these  clinical  states,  no  great  premium  was  attached  to  diagnosis.  But  there  are  now  effective  means  of  treating  several  of  these  conditions,  and  in  some  instances,  of  restoring  the  patient  to  normal  mental  competence.  Moreover,  diagnostic  technologies  allow  earlier  recognition  of  the  underlying  pathologic  process,  thus  improving  the  chances  of  recovery  or  of  preventing  the  disease's  progression.