Diagnostic profile of young and middle-aged memory clinic patients

Tina Vraamark Elberling; Jette Stokholm; Peter Høgh; Gunhild Waldemar

doi:10.1212/wnl.59.8.1259

Diagnostic profile of young and middle-aged memory clinic patients

Tina Vraamark Elberling, Jette Stokholm, Peter Høgh, Gunhild Waldemar

Department of Neurology

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Abstract

With the objective of characterizing the underlying conditions in younger patients with cognitive symptoms, 314 consecutive patients were studied, aged <60 years, referred to a multidisciplinary memory clinic over a period of 54 months. Fifteen percent of the patients fulfilled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV criteria for dementia, 17% had selective cognitive deficits, and 55% had no cognitive deficits. Cognitive symptoms in younger patients rarely reflect dementia but more often other medical and psychiatric conditions.

Original language	English
Journal	Neurology
Volume	59
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	1259-62
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0028-3878
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.59.8.1259
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2002

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care Facilities/statistics & numerical data
Chi-Square Distribution
Cognition Disorders/diagnosis
Dementia/diagnosis
Female
Humans
Male
Memory Disorders/diagnosis
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests/statistics & numerical data
Prospective Studies

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