Visual Evaluation of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy as a Clinical Marker of Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia and for Predicting Progression in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s) -
Karin Persson,
Maria Lage Barca,
Rannveig Sakshaug Eldholm,
Lena Cavallin,
Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,
Geir Selbæk,
Anne Brækhus,
Ingvild Saltvedt,
Knut Engedal
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1159/000477342
Subject(s) - dementia , clinical dementia rating , psychology , alzheimer's disease , atrophy , temporal lobe , depression (economics) , memory clinic , medicine , audiology , disease , psychiatry , epilepsy , economics , macroeconomics
To evaluate whether visual assessment of medial temporal lobe atrophy (vaMTA) can predict 2-year conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia and progression of MCI and Alzheimer's disease dementia as measured by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes score (CDR-SB).
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