Open AccessMild Cognitive Impairments Predict Dementia in Nondemented Elderly Patients With Memory Loss
Author(s) -
Andrea Bozoki,
Bruno Giordani,
Judith L. Heidebrink,
Stanley Berent,
Norman L. Foster
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
archives of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3687
pISSN - 0003-9942
DOI - 10.1001/archneur.58.3.411
Subject(s) - dementia , psychology , memory impairment , cognition , verbal fluency test , memory clinic , audiology , episodic memory , alzheimer's disease , abnormality , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , neuropsychology , disease , medicine
Some elderly individuals exhibit significant memory deficits but do not have dementia because their general intellect is preserved and they have no impairments in everyday activities. These symptoms are often a precursor to Alzheimer disease (AD), but sometimes dementia does not occur, even after many years of observation. There is currently no reliable way to distinguish between these 2 possible outcomes in an individual patient. We hypothesized that clear impairments in at least 1 cognitive domain in addition to memory would help identify those who will progress to AD.
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