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OBJECTIVE: Depressive disorder is one of the most frequent and serious neuropsychiatric disorders in the elderly. This study is aimed to investigate the prevalence and related factors of depressive symptoms...
OBJECTIVES: Many recent studies of relationship between geriatric depression and changes in brain have examined the structural abnormalities in hippocampus. Using MRI, the hippocampal volumes of patients with major depression...
OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the cause of mortality in patients with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and multi-infarct dementia, and those without dementia.
METHOD: Hospital records of geriatric...
While known risk factors of Alzheimer's disease (i.e. age, gender. ApoE genotype, family history of dementia) are difficult to modify, risk factors for vascular dementia (i.e. hypertension, stroke, heart disease,...
BACKGROUND: Recent therapeutic advances to delay the progression of dementia have renewed calls to improve early detection and management of individuals with dementia. A new computerized neuropsychological interview and clinical...
The rapid increase in the elderly population exercises large pressures on the Korean health care system. A nationwide survey showed that over 80% of the elderly were suffering from one...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the incidence rate and associated factors of dementia in the elderly of rural community.
METHODS: This study was three and half year follow-up of Yonchon cohort, participated in...