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Dementia and race — are there differences between African Americans and Caucasians?
Author(s)	Tanya E Froehlich, Sidney T Bogardus, Sharon K Inouye
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 4, April 2001
Pages	pp 477-484
Keywords	Dementia ; Black people ; White people ; Comparison ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	In this overview of racial differences in aetiology and prevalence of dementia, preliminary findings indicate that clinical and molecular aetiologies of dementia differ between races. African Americans have a higher prevalence of vascular dementia (VaD) and a lower prevalence of Parkinsonian dementia than do Caucasians. The genetic aetiologies of Alzheimer's type dementia appear to differ between the two racial groups. These variations in dementia aetiologies and in cognitive testing accuracy between races suggests the urgent need to develop racially appropriate cognitive assessment methods, and to develop preventive and treatment aetiologies differently according to an individual's racial background. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020115217 A
Classmark	EA: TKE: TKA: 48: 64A
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