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  • Title: [Several diagnostic errors in cerebral atherosclerosis (clinico-anatomic study)].
    Author: Sotskov GV.
    Journal: Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova; 1979; 79(7):936-41. PubMed ID: 465165.
    Abstract:
    A clinicoanatomical study was conducted in 218 cases of atherosclerotic dementia. 12 cases (5,5% of the total amount) showed diagnostic errors. Atherosclerotic dementia with Alzhemier-like symptomatology during life was considered to be Alzheimers disease, while Alzheimers disease, complicated by cerebral atherosclerosis as atherosclerotic dementia. Some objective and subjective factors of diagnostic errors were established. Late detection of such patients is considered as one of the risk factors of diagnostic errors during life.
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