Rapidly Progressive Dementia and its Mimics

Amy May Lin Quek; Andrew Mckeon

doi:10.1002/9781118656082.ch2

Rapidly Progressive Dementia and its Mimics

Amy May Lin Quek, Andrew Mckeon

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

A patient with rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) requires a detailed and expedited evaluation, in particular to evaluate for treatable causes. While Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a common cause, many patients with potentially treatable disorders are misdiagnosed with this disease. The increasing recognition of autoimmune CNS disorders as a treatable cause of RPD has been facilitated by the availability of neural-specific autoantibody markers such as potassium channel complex and NMDA receptor antibodies.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Dementia
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Pages	15-34
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118656082
ISBN (Print)	9780470674246
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118656082.ch2
State	Published - Oct 28 2013

Keywords

Autoimmune
Degenerative
Dementia
Inflammatory
Lymphoma
Paraneoplastic
Progressive
Rapidly
Reversible
Vasculitis

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Medicine(all)

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