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Review
. 2019 Mar;52(2):179-194.
doi: 10.1007/s00391-019-01509-3. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

[Guideline-conform exact diagnosis and coding of dementia]

[Article in German]
W Hofmann  1   2 , E Wille  3 , S Kaminsky  4
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Review

[Guideline-conform exact diagnosis and coding of dementia]

[Article in German]
W Hofmann et al. Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

All of the currently available guidelines specify a two-stage procedure. The first stage entails performing a comprehensive description, diagnosis and confirmation of the dementia syndrome. The second stage involves the precise etiological classification. Alzheimer's disease represents the most common cause followed by vascular dementia and Parkinson's disease dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration and others. Dementia encompasses a variety of underlying conditions. This review gives an overview of the clinically oriented diagnosis according to the updated S3 guidelines in Germany.

Keywords: Differential diagnosis; Etiology; International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems; Screening; Syndrome.

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