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P4‐058: Randomized evaluation of mmse and npi in patients using rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Santos Gustavo A.A.,
Pardi Paulo Celso
Publication year - 2015
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.2015.06.1763
Subject(s) - rivastigmine , mini–mental state examination , medicine , dementia , neurocognitive , mental state , disease , gastroenterology , psychology , psychiatry , cognition , donepezil
primary site of pathology. Genetic testing for known mutations of hereditary leukodystrophy with axonal spheroids was negative. Conclusions:This case describes a new pathologic correlate of Primary Progressive Aphasia, and further shows that the common denominator of diseases causing this syndrome is the asymmetric predilection for the language-dominant hemisphere rather than the cellular nature of the pathology. The patient-specific factors that determine the selective vulnerability of the language-dominant hemisphere in Primary Progressive Aphasia remain to be identified.

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