{"title":"Swedish consensus on dementia diseases.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This consensus-based document on dementia diseases was worked out in 1988-1990 by Swedish dementia researchers. It comprises classification and nosology of dementia diseases taking into account brain-regional symptomatology and the pattern of degeneration. The significance of history-taking and 'bedside' examination is emphasized. Auxiliary diagnostic investigations are discussed, e.g. neuropsychological examination, brain imaging, and blood and cerebrospinal fluid analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":75395,"journal":{"name":"Acta neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum","volume":"157 ","pages":"1-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta neurologica Scandinavica. Supplementum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This consensus-based document on dementia diseases was worked out in 1988-1990 by Swedish dementia researchers. It comprises classification and nosology of dementia diseases taking into account brain-regional symptomatology and the pattern of degeneration. The significance of history-taking and 'bedside' examination is emphasized. Auxiliary diagnostic investigations are discussed, e.g. neuropsychological examination, brain imaging, and blood and cerebrospinal fluid analyses.