The type of dementia that has the shortest time span from onset of symptoms to death is which of the following diseases?
a. vascular dementia
b. Alzheimer's disease
c. alcoholic dementia
d. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
D
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has the shortest time span from onset of symptoms to death than vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or alcoholic dementia. The span for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is 6 to 12 months.
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