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P3‐118: Initial validation of a computer‐administered neuropsychological screen for mild cognitive impairment (CANS‐MCI) in Brazilian elderly
Author(s) -
Memória Cláudia M.,
Forlenza Orestes V.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.1615
Subject(s) - cognitive impairment , neuropsychology , receiver operating characteristic , diagnostic accuracy , audiology , medicine , cognition , test (biology) , cognitive test , neuropsychological test , neuropsychological assessment , analysis of variance , psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
depressed patients without these risk factors. The fact that depression patients with cardiovascular risk factors had a similar cognitive profile as mild dementia patients is supportive of the notion that vasculopathy may mediate the cognitive problems seen. Although causality cannot be established with a cross-sectional study, these results are suggestive, and prospective randomized studies should be done.

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