Massive organ injuries resulting from resuscitation measures
Umach, P.; Unterdorfer, H.
Beitrage Zur Gerichtlichen Medizin 38: 29-32
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0067-5016 PMID: 7458835 Document Number: 158906
It is demonstrated in the course of a longitudinal study of aged twins that individuals who developed symptoms resulting in a psychiatric diagnosis of dementia had significantly lower scores on three tests of cognitive function as early as 20 years before the diagnosis was made. Prospective longitudinal studies will be required to confirm the utility of psychometric tests as predictors of subsequent dementia; nonetheless, the present results suggest that it may be possible to identify behavioral phenotypes of dementia-prone aged persons.