Long-term follow-up of depressive pseudodementia of the aged
Vojtech A. Kral
Bok Engelsk
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| Opplysninger | Abstract: Forty-four elderly patients of both sexes (mean age 76.5 years) suffering from depressive pseudodementia were intensively treated for the depression. When that cleared up, cognitive function reverted o premorbid level. Patients were regularly interviewed and retested at six months intervals for four to 18 years (average 8). Some patients experienced, during the follow-up period, a recurrence of the depression for which they were again successfully trteated. At the end of the observation period, 39 of the 44 patients (898%) had developed a dementia syndrome of the Alzheimer type.
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