Dementia and Race: Are There Differences Between African Americans and Caucasians?
Miles T, Froehlich T, Bogardus S, Inouye S. Dementia and Race: Are There Differences Between African Americans and Caucasians? Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 477-484. PMID: 11347796, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49096.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican AmericansPrevalence of dementiaAlzheimer-type dementiaParkinsonian dementiaVascular dementiaHigh prevalenceIndividual patientsDementia etiologiesLow prevalenceDementiaEtiologyPrevalenceRacial differencesGenetic etiologyMolecular etiologyCaucasiansPreliminary findingsCognitive assessment methodsRacial backgroundUrgent needPatientsAmericans