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An 82-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department by her daughters because of deterioration in her mental capabilities over a period of three months. She had become increasingly forgetful and occasionally got lost in her own neighborhood. On the morning of her admission, she had called one of her daughters at work in an agitated and disoriented state, which resolved spontaneously. The patient's daughters reported that one week earlier she had had slightly slurred speech, dizziness, and right-sided facial droop for a day. She had also fallen on her right side two weeks earlier and reported having a bruise . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Departments of Medicine (Y.E., P.J.N., D.E.M.) and Geriatrics and Adult Development (D.E.M.), Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Meier at the Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1070, New York, NY 10029-6574.

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