The Days of Memory – how to get an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Authors:
M. Mátlová; A. Bartoš; I. Holmerová
Authors‘ workplace:
Gerontologické centrum v Praze 8, Praha
1; AD Centrum, Psychiatrické centrum Praha
2
Published in:
Čes Ger Rev 2009; 7(3-4): 157-160
Overview
The purpose of this article is to present project of the Czech Alzheimer Society aiming at early diagnosis of dementia. More than 2000 people have undergone a memory examination since June 2008; more than 40% of them were recommended to visit a specialist. Majority of the examined people signed an informed consent with using data from their examinations for scientific purpose. The project is therefore a very important source of gerontological data.
Keywords:
dementia – early diagnosis – patients‘ organizations
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Geriatrics General practitioner for adultsArticle was published in
Czech Geriatric Review
2009 Issue 3-4
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