The added value of neuropsychologic tests and structural imaging for the etiologic diagnosis of dementia in Italian expert centers

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 309-320

  Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Canu, Elisa ^a   Bruni, Amalia C ^b   Dal Forno, Gloria ^c   Ferri, Raffaele ^e   Gabelli, Carlo ^f   Perri, Roberta ^d   Iapaolo, David ^g   Scarpino, Osvaldo ^h   Sinforiani, Elena ⁱ   Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b Regional Neurogenetic Center AS6   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^f Research Consortium Luigi Amaducci (CRIC)   (Italy)

^g IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^h INRCA   (Italy)

ⁱ C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Added diagnostic value; Dementia; Diagnostic protocol; Memory clinic; Neuropsychologic tests; Structural neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58049199374     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181871a47     Document Type: Article

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