Cognitive Blackouts in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Dementia
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Cognitive Blackouts in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Dementia
Background Cognitive blackouts, e.g. moments of amnesia, disorientation, or perplexity may be an early sign of incipient Alzheimer's dementia (AD). A short questionnaire, the checklist for cognitive blackouts (CCB), was evaluated cross-sectionally in users of a memory clinic. Methods The CCB was performed in 130 subjects, who further underwent a neuropsychological and clinical examination. Su...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1664-5464
DOI: 10.1159/000486478