Behavioral System

Welcome to 511 Endocrinology! We will use a combination of lectures with active learning and reading in this course. The Endocrine system pages here are mandatory reading. Within the pages here, you will see additional optional resources. Please refer to E.Flo MD for your learning objectives. Some of the modules have attached cases to emphasize […]

Clinical Differentiation of Major Dementias

Disease Alzheimer’s disease Frontotemporal dementia Lewy body dementia Vascular Early symptoms/Age of onset Onset typically 65+, risk increases with age Onset in midlife (average age 58; 40-70) Onset 60+, more rapid decline Onset 65+, increases with age and vascular disease risk factors Cognition/Mental status Early: Memory loss Later: Executive and visual spatial deficits, word finding […]