Use of Genetic Variation as Biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia
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The Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Progression to Dementia Considering Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes
BACKGROUND It remains unclear how demographic and clinical characteristics are related to the risk of incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by its subtypes. Moreover, the contribution of the subtypes of incident MCI to the progression to dementia remains puzzling. METHODS We used data collected by the National Alzheimer Coordinating Center. Our analysis sample included cognitively normal s...
متن کاملMild cognitive impairment and progression to dementia of Alzheimer's disease.
The increase in life expectancy in the Brazilian population raises questions about the preparation of the public health system in identifying elderly patients with signs of cognitive impairment. Currently, as a consequence of the long duration of preclinical phase of Alzheimer's disease, efforts of early detection have been emphasized. Clinical dementia presents an important impact on the indiv...
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OBJECTIVE To examine the outcome among patients diagnosed with different types of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). PATIENTS A follow-up examination (average follow-up period: 3.49 +/- 2.2 years) was performed in 81 cognitively impaired, non-demented patients aged >55 years at baseline. RESULTS 8 of 32 patients with amnestic MCI (25%), 22 of 41 patients with multiple-domain MCI (54%), and 3 ...
متن کاملNonconventional Treatments of Dementia/Mild Cognitive Impairment
If current population trends continue and treatments that arrest or reverse Alzheimer disease (AD) are not found, the number of patients with AD in the United States is projected to increase to more than 13 million by the year 2050.1 Numbers of persons afflicted with severe cognitive impairment caused by traumatic brain injury and stroke also continue to increase. Developing effective and cost-...
متن کاملNonconventional Treatments of Dementia/Mild Cognitive Impairment
If current population trends continue and treatments that arrest or reverse Alzheimer disease (AD) are not found, the number of patients with AD in the United States is projected to increase to more than 13 million by the year 2050.1 Numbers of persons afflicted with severe cognitive impairment caused by traumatic brain injury and stroke also continue to increase. Developing effective and cost-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1875-8908,1387-2877
DOI: 10.3233/jad-2010-1255