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. 1993 Nov;181(11):695-8.
doi: 10.1097/00005053-199311000-00008.

Dementia testing in the elderly

J W Brown  1 , A Chobor, F Zinn
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Dementia testing in the elderly

J W Brown et al. J Nerv Ment Dis. 1993 Nov.

Abstract

Cognitive testing with the Dementia Rating Scale was performed serially over an 18-month period in 410 nursing home patients. The principal findings were: deterioration in patients with congestive failure but not cerebrovascular accident: continuous deterioration in organic mental syndrome cases in relation to initial severity; specific impairment of memory in patients on neuroleptics; and no evidence that the nursing home environment alone induced cognitive decline.

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