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==Overview==
==Overview==
Dementia
Dementia is an acquired cognitive impairment in different cognitive areas such as attention, learning, memory, language, executive function, and motor function. Dementia may be classified according to the etiology into 5 groups including neurodegenerative, vascular, infectious, drug-related, and metabolic. The most common causes of dementia include [[alzheimer's disease|alzheimer's Disease]], [[parkinson's disease|parkinson's Disease]], [[binswanger's disease|binswanger's Disease]], [[dementia with Lewy bodies]], [[frontotemporal lobar degeneration]],[[thiamine deficiency]],[[vitamin B12 deficiency]], [[vitamin B6 deficiency]], [[vascular dementia]], [[marijuana abuse]], [[HIV AIDS|AIDS]]
 
[[neurosyphilis]], and [[normal pressure hydrocephalus]].
==Classification==
==Classification==
2 type
Dementia may be classified according to the etiology into 5 groups including neurodegenerative, vascular, infectious, drug-related, and metabolic.


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{{Family tree | | | | | | B01 | | B02 | | B03 | | B04 | | B05 | | | | | | |B01=[[Neurodegenerative]]|B02=Vascular|B03=[[Infectious]]|B04=Drug related|B05=[[Metabolic]]}}
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{{Family tree | | | | | | C01 | | C02 | | C03 | | C04 | | C05 | | | | | | | |C01=•[[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's Disease]]<br>•[[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's Disease]]<br>•[[Binswanger's disease|Binswanger's Disease]]<br>•[[Dementia with Lewy bodies]]<br>•[[Frontotemporal lobar degeneration]]|C02=•[[Vascular dementia]]|C03=•[[HIV AIDS|AIDS]]<br>•[[Neurosyphilis]]|C04=•[[Marijuana abuse]]|C05=•[[Thiamine deficiency]]<br>•[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]]<br>•[[Vitamin B6 deficiency]]}}
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==Causes==
==Causes==
 
Dementia may be caused by:
*[[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's Disease]]
*[[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's Disease]]
*[[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's Disease]]
*[[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's Disease]]
*[[Binswanger's disease|Binswanger's Disease]]
*[[Binswanger's disease|Binswanger's Disease]]
*[[Dementia with Lewy bodies]]
*[[Dementia with Lewy bodies]]
*[[Frontotemporal lobar degeneration]]
*[[Thiamine deficiency]]
*[[Thiamine deficiency]]
*[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]]
*[[Vitamin B6 deficiency]]
*[[Vascular dementia]]
*[[Vascular dementia]]
*[[Marijuana abuse]]
*[[Marijuana abuse]]
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*[[Neurosyphilis]]
*[[Neurosyphilis]]
*[[Normal pressure hydrocephalus]]
*[[Normal pressure hydrocephalus]]
*[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]]
==Differential Diagnosis==
*[[Vitamin B6 deficiency]]
Dementia causes must be differentiated from each other: <ref name="pmid18525132">{{cite journal |vauthors=Jellinger KA |title=The pathology of "vascular dementia": a critical update |journal=J. Alzheimers Dis. |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=107–23 |year=2008 |pmid=18525132 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19198143">{{cite journal |vauthors=Murayama S |title=[Neuropathology of frontotemporal dementia] |language=Japanese |journal=Rinsho Shinkeigaku |volume=48 |issue=11 |pages=998 |year=2008 |pmid=19198143 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9375155">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hodges JR, Patterson K |title=Nonfluent progressive aphasia and semantic dementia: a comparative neuropsychological study |journal=J Int Neuropsychol Soc |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=511–24 |year=1996 |pmid=9375155 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid1486461">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hodges JR, Patterson K, Oxbury S, Funnell E |title=Semantic dementia. Progressive fluent aphasia with temporal lobe atrophy |journal=Brain |volume=115 ( Pt 6) |issue= |pages=1783–806 |year=1992 |pmid=1486461 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="urlDementia, Globalization and Contemporary Art">{{cite web |url=https://kohlibri.e-bookshelf.de/products/reading-epub/product-id/4033550/title/Dementia.html |title=Dementia, Globalization and Contemporary Art |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="pmid3178177">{{cite journal |vauthors=Helkala EL, Laulumaa V, Soininen H, Riekkinen PJ |title=Recall and recognition memory in patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases |journal=Ann. Neurol. |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=214–7 |year=1988 |pmid=3178177 |doi=10.1002/ana.410240207 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22474609">{{cite journal |vauthors=Weintraub S, Wicklund AH, Salmon DP |title=The neuropsychological profile of Alzheimer disease |journal=Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=a006171 |year=2012 |pmid=22474609 |pmc=3312395 |doi=10.1101/cshperspect.a006171 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24757110">{{cite journal |vauthors=Goldman JG, Williams-Gray C, Barker RA, Duda JE, Galvin JE |title=The spectrum of cognitive impairment in Lewy body diseases |journal=Mov. Disord. |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=608–21 |year=2014 |pmid=24757110 |pmc=4126402 |doi=10.1002/mds.25866 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17715794">{{cite journal |vauthors=Metzler-Baddeley C |title=A review of cognitive impairments in dementia with Lewy bodies relative to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease with dementia |journal=Cortex |volume=43 |issue=5 |pages=583–600 |year=2007 |pmid=17715794 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18855701">{{cite journal |vauthors=Uversky VN |title=Alpha-synuclein misfolding and neurodegenerative diseases |journal=Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=507–40 |year=2008 |pmid=18855701 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15023815">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Wilson RS, Bienias JL, Arnold SE |title=Neurofibrillary tangles mediate the association of amyloid load with clinical Alzheimer disease and level of cognitive function |journal=Arch. Neurol. |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=378–84 |year=2004 |pmid=15023815 |doi=10.1001/archneur.61.3.378 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid9748670">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brion JP |title=Neurofibrillary tangles and Alzheimer's disease |journal=Eur. Neurol. |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=130–40 |year=1998 |pmid=9748670 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid28748674">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lee JS, Jung NY, Jang YK, Kim HJ, Seo SW, Lee J, Kim YJ, Lee JH, Kim BC, Park KW, Yoon SJ, Jeong JH, Kim SY, Kim SH, Kim EJ, Park KC, Knopman DS, Na DL |title=Prognosis of Patients with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Who have Focal Versus Diffuse Frontal Atrophy |journal=J Clin Neurol |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=234–242 |year=2017 |pmid=28748674 |pmc=5532319 |doi=10.3988/jcn.2017.13.3.234 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid21346515">{{cite journal |vauthors=Pao WC, Dickson DW, Crook JE, Finch NA, Rademakers R, Graff-Radford NR |title=Hippocampal sclerosis in the elderly: genetic and pathologic findings, some mimicking Alzheimer disease clinically |journal=Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=364–8 |year=2011 |pmid=21346515 |pmc=3107353 |doi=10.1097/WAD.0b013e31820f8f50 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid11603162">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tsolaki M, Kokarida K, Iakovidou V, Stilopoulos E, Meimaris J, Kazis A |title=Extrapyramidal symptoms and signs in Alzheimer's disease: prevalence and correlation with the first symptom |journal=Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=268–78 |year=2001 |pmid=11603162 |doi=10.1177/153331750101600512 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid19810010">{{cite journal |vauthors=McGuinness B, Barrett SL, Craig D, Lawson J, Passmore AP |title=Executive functioning in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia |journal=Int J Geriatr Psychiatry |volume=25 |issue=6 |pages=562–8 |year=2010 |pmid=19810010 |doi=10.1002/gps.2375 |url=}}</ref>


==Differential Diagnosis==
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(Slow [[cognitive]] and functional decline with early loss of awareness)
(Slow [[cognitive]] and functional decline with early loss of awareness)
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* [[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] absent during early stage (may develop later)
*[[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] absent during early stage (may develop later)
* Mild [[extrapyramidal]] signs
*Mild [[extrapyramidal]] signs
|Has the following clinical stages:
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* Pre-clinical
 
* [[Mild cognitive impairment]]
*Pre-clinical
* Advanced [[dementia]] (full blown dementia)
*[[Mild cognitive impairment]]
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*Advanced [[dementia]] (full blown dementia)
* [[Neurofibrillary tangle|Neurofibrillary tangles]]
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* [[Senile plaques|Senile (neuritic) plaques]]
*[[Neurofibrillary tangle|Neurofibrillary tangles]]
*[[Senile plaques|Senile (neuritic) plaques]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Lewy body dementia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Lewy body dementia]]
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* Focal neurological signs present in majority
*Focal neurological signs present in the majority
* Strongly associated with [[extrapyramidal]] signs
*Strongly associated with [[extrapyramidal]] signs
* [[Autonomic]] changes
*[[Autonomic]] changes
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* Early [[visual hallucinations]]
*Early [[visual hallucinations]]
* [[Muscle rigidity]]
*[[Muscle rigidity]]
* [[Sleep disturbance]]
*[[Sleep disturbance]]
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* [[Alpha-synuclein|α-synuclein]] deposits present in [[Neuron|neurons]]
*[[Alpha-synuclein|α-synuclein]] deposits present in [[Neuron|neurons]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |[[Frontotemporal lobar degeneration]]
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* [[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] present ([[motor neuron disease]])
*[[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] present ([[motor neuron disease]])
* [[Extrapyramidal|Extrapyramidal signs]]  present (familial [[Frontotemporal lobar degenerations|frontotemporal lobar degeneration]])
*[[Extrapyramidal|Extrapyramidal signs]]  present (familial [[Frontotemporal lobar degenerations|frontotemporal lobar degeneration]])


* Onset in young age
*Onset in young age


* Strong [[familial]] association
*Strong [[familial]] association


* Focal [[atrophy]] of [[Frontal lobe|frontal]] and [[temporal lobes]]
*Focal [[atrophy]] of [[Frontal lobe|frontal]] and [[temporal lobes]]
* Knife-edge [[atrophy]] noted on [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]]
*Knife-edge [[atrophy]] noted on [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]]
* [[Personality changes|Personality]] and behavioral changes
*[[Personality changes|Personality]] and behavioral changes
* Language impairment
*Language impairment
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* Two major variants:
*Two major variants:
** Progressive nonfluent [[aphasia]]
**Progressive nonfluent [[aphasia]]
** [[Semantic Dementia|Semantic]] variant
**[[Semantic Dementia|Semantic]] variant
* [[Progressive supranuclear palsy]]
*[[Progressive supranuclear palsy]]
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* [[Pick bodies]]
*[[Pick bodies]]
* [[Corticobasal degeneration]]
*[[Corticobasal degeneration]]
* [[Ubiquitination|Ubiquitinated]] inclusions
*[[Ubiquitination|Ubiquitinated]] inclusions
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |[[Vascular dementia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;font-weight: bold" |[[Vascular dementia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | + (Dysexecutive syndrome)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" | + (Dysexecutive syndrome)
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* [[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] present typically
*[[Focal neurologic signs|Focal neurological signs]] present typically
* Mild [[extrapyramidal]] signs
*Mild [[extrapyramidal]] signs


* [[Depression]]
*[[Depression]]
* Mild [[Motor disorders|motor signs]] in subcortical [[vascular dementia]]
*Mild [[Motor disorders|motor signs]] in subcortical [[vascular dementia]]
* Slowed processing speed
*Slowed processing speed
* Presentation might be similar to Alzheimer's disease
*Presentation might be similar to Alzheimer's disease
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* Stepwise progression and focal neurologic signs (also known as [[multi-infarct dementia]] or poststroke [[dementia]])
*Stepwise progression and focal neurologic signs (also known as [[multi-infarct dementia]] or poststroke [[dementia]])
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* Multifocal and/or diffuse lesions (lacunes and microinfarcts)  
*Multifocal and/or diffuse lesions (lacunes and microinfarcts)
* The following [[brain]] areas may be involved:
*The following [[brain]] areas may be involved:
** [[Subcortical|Subcortical area]]  
**[[Subcortical|Subcortical area]]
** [[Thalamus]]
**[[Thalamus]]
** Frontobasal[[limbic system]]
**Frontobasal[[limbic system]]
** [[White matter]] lesions
**[[White matter]] lesions
** [[Hippocampal sclerosis]]
**[[Hippocampal sclerosis]]
** Diffuse post-ischemic lesions
**Diffuse post-ischemic lesions
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Marijuana abuse]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[AIDS]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Neurosyphilis]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Vitamin B12 deficiency]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC; font-weight: bold" |[[Vitamin B6 deficiency]]
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 7 March 2021



Resident
Survival
Guide

Dementia Microchapters

Patient Information

Overview

Classification

Causes

Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

Synonyms and keywords: dementia

Overview

Dementia is an acquired cognitive impairment in different cognitive areas such as attention, learning, memory, language, executive function, and motor function. Dementia may be classified according to the etiology into 5 groups including neurodegenerative, vascular, infectious, drug-related, and metabolic. The most common causes of dementia include alzheimer's Disease, parkinson's Disease, binswanger's Disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal lobar degeneration,thiamine deficiency,vitamin B12 deficiency, vitamin B6 deficiency, vascular dementia, marijuana abuse, AIDS neurosyphilis, and normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Classification

Dementia may be classified according to the etiology into 5 groups including neurodegenerative, vascular, infectious, drug-related, and metabolic.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dementia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neurodegenerative
 
Vascular
 
Infectious
 
Drug related
 
Metabolic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alzheimer's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Binswanger's Disease
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
 
Vascular dementia
 
AIDS
Neurosyphilis
 
Marijuana abuse
 
Thiamine deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B6 deficiency
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Causes

Dementia may be caused by:

Differential Diagnosis

Dementia causes must be differentiated from each other: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Cause of dementia Clinical features Associated features Nature of progression Histopathological findings
Cognitive impairment
Recall Recollection Cue requirement for recall Infirngement of thoughts Semantic memory Procedural memory Working memory Awareness Attention Executive functioning issues Visuo-spatial skills
Alzheimer's disease +++

(Slow cognitive and functional decline with early loss of awareness)

+++ Not helpful +++ ++ - ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ Has the following clinical stages:
Lewy body dementia ++ - Helpful +++ + + +++ + +++ +++ +++
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration +/- - Helpful +++ + - +++ +++ ++ +++ -
  • Onset in young age
Vascular dementia + (Dysexecutive syndrome) - Helpful + + + ++ - ++ +++ +
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Parkinson's disease
Binswanger's disease
Thiamine deficiency
Marijuana abuse
AIDS
Neurosyphilis
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B6 deficiency

References

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  3. Hodges JR, Patterson K (1996). "Nonfluent progressive aphasia and semantic dementia: a comparative neuropsychological study". J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2 (6): 511–24. PMID 9375155.
  4. Hodges JR, Patterson K, Oxbury S, Funnell E (1992). "Semantic dementia. Progressive fluent aphasia with temporal lobe atrophy". Brain. 115 ( Pt 6): 1783–806. PMID 1486461.
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  6. Helkala EL, Laulumaa V, Soininen H, Riekkinen PJ (1988). "Recall and recognition memory in patients with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases". Ann. Neurol. 24 (2): 214–7. doi:10.1002/ana.410240207. PMID 3178177.
  7. Weintraub S, Wicklund AH, Salmon DP (2012). "The neuropsychological profile of Alzheimer disease". Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2 (4): a006171. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a006171. PMC 3312395. PMID 22474609.
  8. Goldman JG, Williams-Gray C, Barker RA, Duda JE, Galvin JE (2014). "The spectrum of cognitive impairment in Lewy body diseases". Mov. Disord. 29 (5): 608–21. doi:10.1002/mds.25866. PMC 4126402. PMID 24757110.
  9. Metzler-Baddeley C (2007). "A review of cognitive impairments in dementia with Lewy bodies relative to Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease with dementia". Cortex. 43 (5): 583–600. PMID 17715794.
  10. Uversky VN (2008). "Alpha-synuclein misfolding and neurodegenerative diseases". Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 9 (5): 507–40. PMID 18855701.
  11. Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Wilson RS, Bienias JL, Arnold SE (2004). "Neurofibrillary tangles mediate the association of amyloid load with clinical Alzheimer disease and level of cognitive function". Arch. Neurol. 61 (3): 378–84. doi:10.1001/archneur.61.3.378. PMID 15023815.
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  13. Lee JS, Jung NY, Jang YK, Kim HJ, Seo SW, Lee J, Kim YJ, Lee JH, Kim BC, Park KW, Yoon SJ, Jeong JH, Kim SY, Kim SH, Kim EJ, Park KC, Knopman DS, Na DL (2017). "Prognosis of Patients with Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Who have Focal Versus Diffuse Frontal Atrophy". J Clin Neurol. 13 (3): 234–242. doi:10.3988/jcn.2017.13.3.234. PMC 5532319. PMID 28748674.
  14. Pao WC, Dickson DW, Crook JE, Finch NA, Rademakers R, Graff-Radford NR (2011). "Hippocampal sclerosis in the elderly: genetic and pathologic findings, some mimicking Alzheimer disease clinically". Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 25 (4): 364–8. doi:10.1097/WAD.0b013e31820f8f50. PMC 3107353. PMID 21346515.
  15. Tsolaki M, Kokarida K, Iakovidou V, Stilopoulos E, Meimaris J, Kazis A (2001). "Extrapyramidal symptoms and signs in Alzheimer's disease: prevalence and correlation with the first symptom". Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 16 (5): 268–78. doi:10.1177/153331750101600512. PMID 11603162.
  16. McGuinness B, Barrett SL, Craig D, Lawson J, Passmore AP (2010). "Executive functioning in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia". Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 25 (6): 562–8. doi:10.1002/gps.2375. PMID 19810010.