There is a broad range of diseases underlying dementia, of which Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent in senile and pre-senile dementia. While senile dementia is predominantly caused by neurodegen

In contrast with more common dementing conditions that typically develop over years, rapidly progressive dementias can develop subacutely over months, weeks, or even days and be quickly fatal. Because

BACKGROUND: Neurodegenerative dementias are typically characterized by an insidious onset and a relatively slowly progressive course. Less common are patients with a rapidly progressive course to deat

OBJECTIVE: To characterize a cohort of individuals who have experienced rapidly progressive dementia with onset before age 45. BACKGROUND: Very little data regarding the clinical features or clinical