Dementia other diagnostic studies

	Dementia Microchapters
Patient Information
Overview
Classification
Causes Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Disease; Binswanger's Disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Thiamine deficiency; Vascular dementia; Marijuana abuse; AIDS; Neurosyphilis; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Vitamin B12 deficiency; Vitamin B6 deficiency;
Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Other Diagnostic Studies

Genetic testing
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is suggested in some cases
Electroencephalogram (EEG) may be used to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or underlying metabolic/toxic disorders
Lumber puncture
Brain biopsy
Positron emission tomography (PET)^[1]
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
VDRL
HIV testing

↑ Mirzaei S, Rodrigues M, Koehn H, Knoll P, Bruecke T (September 2003). "Metabolic impairment of brain metabolism in patients with Lewy body dementia". Eur. J. Neurol. 10 (5): 573–5. doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00650.x. PMID 12940841.