Diagnosing mild cognitive impairment: the problem with subjective complaints
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Subjective cognitive complaints contribute to misdiagnosis of mild cognitive impairment.
Subjective cognitive complaints are a criterion for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), despite their uncertain relationship to objective memory performance in MCI. We aimed to examine self-reported cognitive complaints in subgroups of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) MCI cohort to determine whether they are a valuable inclusion in the diagnosis of MCI or, al...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0924-2708,1601-5215
DOI: 10.1017/s0924270800030799