ScienceDaily: Most Neuropsychological Tests Don't Tell Alzheimer's Disease From Vascular Dementia, Study Finds

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Most Neuropsychological Tests Don't Tell Alzheimer's Disease From Vascular

Dementia, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090708132822.htm

Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has

Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia have not been very helpful when used

alone. A new report concluded that when older people are confused and forgetful,

doctors should base their diagnoses on many different types of information,

including medical history and brain imaging.

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