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Case Reports
. 1993 Jan-Mar;6(1):25-8.
doi: 10.1177/002383099300600104.

Presbyophrenia: a possible subtype of dementia

I M Zervas  1 , J M Fliesser, M Woznicki, G L Fricchione
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Case Reports

Presbyophrenia: a possible subtype of dementia

I M Zervas et al. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1993 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Presbyophrenia is characterized by memory impairment, disorientation, confabulation, hypomanic features, and a preserved social facade. These occur in the absence of prior history of alcoholism or affective illness. We present three cases with presbyophrenia and suggest that the syndrome is a recognizable subtype of dementia, possibly related to disruption of aminergic pathways in frontal and subcortical structures.

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