Preferred Label : Dementia;
NCIt definition : Loss of intellectual abilities interfering with an individual's social and occupational
functions. Causes include Alzheimer's disease, brain injuries, brain tumors, and vascular
disorders.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A condition in which a person loses the ability to think, remember, learn,
make decisions, and solve problems. Symptoms may also include personality changes
and emotional problems. There are many causes of dementia, including Alzheimer disease,
brain cancer, and brain injury. Dementia usually gets worse over time.; FDA: Loss of intellectual abilities interfering with an individual's social and occupational
functions.;
FDA table : Patient Code (Appendix B);
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000462672; 4405;
Origin ID : C4786;
UMLS CUI : C0497327;
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- dementia [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- False automatic mappings
- Has associated anatomic sites
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
- disease_has_associated_gene
- may_be_associated_disease_of_disease