Fast Cognitive Decline at the Time of Dementia Diagnosis: A Major Prognostic Factor for Survival in the Community | Zendy

Laure CarcaillonBentata | Zendy; Karine Pérès | Zendy; JeanJacques Péré | Zendy; Catherine Helmer | Zendy; JeanMarc Orgogozo | Zendy; JeanFrançois Dartigues | Zendy

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Fast Cognitive Decline at the Time of Dementia Diagnosis: A Major Prognostic Factor for Survival in the Community

Author(s) -

Laure CarcaillonBentata,

Karine Pérès,

JeanJacques Péré,

Catherine Helmer,

JeanMarc Orgogozo,

JeanFrançois Dartigues

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026

H-Index - 110

eISSN - 1421-9824

pISSN - 1420-8008

DOI - 10.1159/000102017

Subject(s) - dementia , cognitive decline , medicine , proportional hazards model , cohort , cognition , cohort study , demography , gerontology , survival analysis , cutoff , disease , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology

Current findings suggest the existence of a category of fast cognitive decliners with a poorer prognosis but better treatment response. Our study aimed at confirming the concept of fast decliners at the time of Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis which best predicts mortality, in an unselected sample.

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