摘要
Dementia is a syndrome due to brain disease and is characterized by a progressive,global deterioration in intellectual abilities,including memory, learning,orientation, language,comprehension, and judgment.
Dementia is a syndrome due to brain disease and is characterized by a progressive, global deterioration in intellectual abilities, including memory, learning, orientation, language, comprehension, and judgment. Alzheimer's disease, in particular, is progressive and fatal. It mainly affects older people, especially those o- ver aged 65. From this age, dementia prevalence doubles every five years. Dementia is one of the major causes of disability in late - life. Alzheimer' s disease is the most common cause of dementia, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia are the next most common.
出处
《海南医学》
CAS
2010年第1期2-5,共4页
Hainan Medical Journal
关键词
痴呆
大脑
老年人
临床分析
Dementia
Epidemiology
Demography
Diagnosis
Therapy
Care