The Diagnostic Challenge of Young-Onset Dementia Syndromes and Primary Psychiatric Diseases: Results From a Retrospective 20-Year Cross-Sectional Study

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We examined diagnostic stability in a cohort of patients diagnosed with younger-onset dementia syndromes and primary psychiatric diseases. We found that patients with a recent manifestation of psychiatric symptoms who were initially diagnosed with a primary psychiatric condition, were later diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease. Thus, misdiagnosis is not uncommon and late-life psychiatric manifestations could be a harbinger for a dementing illness.

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