Open AccessApolipoprotein 4 Allele and Problems With Orientation Are Associated With a Persistent Decline in Cognition in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons
Author(s) -
S. J. Wayne,
Bruno Vellas,
Steven G. Brodie,
Philip J. Garry,
Richard Baumgartner
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/60.3.375
Subject(s) - dementia , cognitive decline , cognition , gerontology , medicine , orientation (vector space) , psychology , psychiatry , disease , mathematics , geometry
A decline in cognitive test scores in elderly persons can signal the beginning of a descent into dementia or may indicate only a short-term cognitive disturbance. It would be clinically useful to distinguish between the two outcomes and to identify characteristics of each.
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