Impaired abstract thinking may discriminate between normal aging and vascular mild cognitive impairment;O pensamento abstrato comprometido pode diferenciar o envelhecimento normal do comprometimento cognitivo leve vascular

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Sudo, Felipe Kenji ^a   Alves, Gilberto Sousa ^a   Alves, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira ^a   Lanna, Maria Elisa ^a   Ericeira Valente, Letice ^a   Moreira, Denise Madeira ^b   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a   Laks, Jerson ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Pro Cardiaco Hospital   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abstract thinking; CAMCOG; Cerebrovascular disease; Elderly; Mild cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED ABSTRACT THINKING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; VASCULAR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77953756832     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000200005     Document Type: Article

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