Early onset dementia
Early onset dementia is dementia in which symptoms first appear before the age of 65.[1] The term favored until about 2000 was presenile dementia; young onset dementia is also used.[2]
Early onset dementia may be caused by
Lewy body dementias (dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia), multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease and other conditions.[2]
References
Further reading
- Collins JD, Henley SM, Suárez-González A (July 2020). "A systematic review of the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and apathy in frontotemporal dementia, atypical and young-onset Alzheimer's disease, and inherited dementia". Int Psychogeriatr (Review): 1–20. S2CID 220653830.
- Ducharme S, Dols A, Laforce R, et al. (June 2020). "Recommendations to distinguish behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from psychiatric disorders". Brain (Review). 143 (6): 1632–1650. PMID 32129844.
- Nwadiugwu M (September 2021). "Early-onset dementia: key issues using a relationship-centred care approach". Postgrad Med J (Review). 97 (1151): 598–604. PMID 32883770.
- Roman de Mettelinge T, Calders P, Cambier D (2021). "The Effects of Aerobic Exercise in Patients with Early-Onset Dementia: A Scoping Review". Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord (Review). 50 (1): 9–16. S2CID 233983643.