Affiliations:
Paras Hospitals, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Correspondence:
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Correspondence to: Vijay Chandra, MD, PhD, Paras Hospitals, C-1 Sushant Lok, Phase 1, Gurgaon 122002, Haryana, India. Tel.: +91 9810026866; E-mail: vijaypcchandra@gmail.com.
Abstract: The aim of our study was to determine if the distribution of types of dementia could explain the reported lower prevalence of dementia in India. The study is an observational study of the first 100 cases of dementia. All patients were evaluated clinically and with blood tests and MRI of the brain. The causes of dementia were: Lewy body dementia (22%), depression (20%), Alzheimer’s disease (13%), and mild cognitive impairment (18%). Other dementias were less common. The distribution of dementia types in this series is different from that reported globally. The observation of Lewy body dementia being the most common cause of dementia needs to be verified.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, depression, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, India, Lewy body dementia, mild cognitive impairment
