Dementia

General

• Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Petersen RC. Essentials of the proper diagnoses of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and major subtypes of dementia. Mayo Clin Proc 2003;78:1290-1308.

Alzheimer's Disease

• Cumming JL. Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med 2004;351:56-57.

Dementia in Parkison's Disease

• Emre M. Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease: cause and treatment. Curr Opin Neurol 2004;17:399-404. (Link to article currently unavailable).

Dementia in Cerebrovascular Disease

• Knopman DS. Dementia and cerebrovascular disease. Mayo Clin Pro. 2006;81(2):223-230.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

• Mallucci G, Collinge J. Update of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Current Opinion in Neurology. 2004;17:641-647.

Lewybody Dementia

• McKeith IG, Dickson DW, Lowe J, et al for the Consortium on DLB. Diagnosis and Management of Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Neurology 2005;65:1863-1872.

Primary Progressive Aphasia

• Mesulam MM. Primary Progressive Aphasia--A Language-Based Dementia. N Engl J Med 2003;349:1535-42.

Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia

• Sink KM, Holden KF, Yaffe K. Pharmacological treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. JAMA 2005;293(5):596-608.
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• Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS , et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525-1538.
• Raina P, Santaguida P, Ismaila A, Patterson C, Cowan D, Levine M, Booker L, Oremus M. Effectiveness of Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine for Treating Dementia: Evidence Review for a Clinical Practice Guideline. Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:379-97.