@article{de6728933743416d92820c395cba6744,
title = "Correlates of delayed referral for the diagnosis of dementia in an outpatient population",
abstract = "Early diagnosis of dementia is critical, but there is usually a time lag between onset of symptoms and referral for neuropsychological testing and dementia diagnosis. We aimed to identify factors correlated with this delayed referral.",
keywords = "Activities of Daily Living, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Ambulatory Care, Analysis of Variance, Brain Ischemia, Cognition Disorders, Confounding Factors (Epidemiology), Dementia, Dementia, Multi-Infarct, Family, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neuropsychological Tests, Referral and Consultation, Sex Factors, Time Factors, Activities of Daily Living, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Ambulatory Care, Analysis of Variance, Brain Ischemia, Cognition Disorders, Confounding Factors (Epidemiology), Dementia, Dementia, Multi-Infarct, Family, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Neuropsychological Tests, Referral and Consultation, Sex Factors, Time Factors",
author = "Caterina Cattel and Giovanni Gambassi and Antonio Sgadari and G Zuccal{\`a} and Pierugo Carbonin and Roberto Bernabei",
year = "2000",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "M98--M98--102",
journal = "JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES",
issn = "1079-5006",
publisher = "Gerontological Society of America:1275 K Street Northwest, Suite 350:Washington, DC 20005:(202)842-1275, EMAIL:
[email protected], INTERNET: http://www.geron.org, Fax: (202)842-1150",
}