non-Alzheimer's dementia
non-Alzheimer's dementia
A general term for any form of dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease.Aetiology, non-Alzheimer’s dementia
Dementia
• Lewy body dementia
• Spongiform encephalopathy
-External causes
• Infection (e.g., HIV)
• Metabolic
• Nutritional
• Toxins
• Trauma (e.g., dementia pugilistica)
Hereditary dementia of early- or later- (e.g., Huntington’s disease) onset
Hydrocephalus
Mass lesions (e.g., tumours)
Vascular disease
White matter disease