Autopsy in dementing illness: who participates?
Autopsy in dementing illness: who participates?
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痴呆症尸检:谁参与?
DOI:
10.1097/00002093-199307020-00003
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Powers,R
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
Harrell,LE;Callaway,R;Powers,R
The frequency of occurrence of various types of dementing disorders has been ascertained primarily from autopsied series. Since autopsy is voluntary, it is unknown if these series are representative of the entire demented population. To assess this issue, all deaths occurring over a 5-year period in our Memory Disorders Clinic were reviewed, and clinical variables and diagnoses were compared between patients who were autopsied and those who were not. Sixty-nine patients died; 43%(n= 30) underwent autopsy, and 57%(n= 39) did not. Race (no black patients were autopsied), age of disease onset, age of presentation to the clinic, age of death, and interval between last clinic contact and death (significantly less for nonautopsied patients) were found to differ between the two groups. However, clinical diagnosis of dementia was similar in the two groups. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed in 84% of autopsied patients. These results suggest that there are no major differences between clinical diagnoses for autopsied and nonautopsied patients and that the frequency of occurrence of various dementias obtained through autopsied series are representative of the demented population.
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影响因子:
8.8
作者:
R. Delemos;J. Wolfsdorf;R. Nachman;A. Block;G. Leiby;H. Wilkinson;T. Allen;J. Haller;W. Morgan;M. Avery
通讯作者:
M. Avery
影响因子:
6
作者:
A. Katzenstein;C. Bloor;A. Leibow
通讯作者:
A. Leibow
DOI:
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发表时间:
2009
期刊:
Acta pathologica et microbiologica Scandinavica. Section A, Pathology
影响因子:
--
作者:
S. Orell
通讯作者:
S. Orell
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
S. Sevitt
通讯作者:
S. Sevitt
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
R. C. La Force;B. M. Lewis
通讯作者:
B. M. Lewis