RT Book, Section A1 Simon, Roger P. A1 Aminoff, Michael J. A1 Greenberg, David A. SR Print(0) ID 1148739822 T1 Dementia & Amnestic Disorders T2 Clinical Neurology, 10e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861727 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148739822 RD 2024/03/29 AB Dementia is an acquired, generalized, and usually progressive impairment of the content of consciousness. Dementia differs from other disorders of cognitive function, such as coma (see Chapter 3, Coma) or confusional states (see Chapter 4, Confusional States), in that in dementia, the level of consciousness (wakefulness or arousal) is preserved.