Toxic causes of dementia include exposure to heavy metals

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*Dementia associated with toxic causes and autoimmune disease.

 

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Neuropsychiatry Service, Hunter Area Health and University of Newcastle,

NSW, Australia. Peter.Schofield

 

Toxic causes of dementia include exposure to heavy metals such as lead,

mercury and aluminum as well as to carbon monoxide and solvents. Autoimmune

conditions include such entities as multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus

erythematosus, Behcet's disease and Sjogren's syndrome. These conditions

share broadly similar cognitive effects giving rise to impairments with

subcortical features. Individuals are often affected at a relatively young

age. Optimal preventative strategies include avoidance of toxic substances.

Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment is valuable not only

diagnostically and for monitoring but also to identify the patients'

strengths and weaknesses, so that compensatory strategies can be

recommended.

 

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