Pattern of cognitive impairment in beta-thalassemia major

No association of Cystatin C Polymorphism I in italian subjects with Alzheimer's disease

Preclinical phase of Alzheimer's disease: Guideline for recognition and study of patients with mild cognitive impairment

Effect of neurobehavioural symptoms on disability in Alzheimer's disease

Intracerebral haemorrhage associated with sildenafil citrate

Lack of association of low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein gene exon 3 polymorphism in italian subjects with Alzheimer's disease

Cognitive deficits in beta-thalassemia major.

OBJECTIVES: To assess cognitive functioning in patients affected by beta-thalassemia major (beta-th) by using a neuropsychological battery, and to identify clinical correlates. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-six beta-th patients and 46 controls similar for age, sex, and education participated in the study. All subjects performed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery including tests of abstract reasoning, attention, executive functions, language, constructional/visuospatial skills, and memory. RESULTS:Compared to controls beta-th patients, in particular those showing signs of hemosiderosis, were significantly impaired on all neuropsychological tests. There was no relationship between cognit…

Efficacia e tollerabilità di piperacillina/tazobactam in profilassi preoperatoria

Association between the apolipoprotein e4 allele and apathy in probable Alzheimer's disease

Prevalence and severity of neuropsychiatric symtoms in Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Lewy Body Disease

Mucormicosi cutanea primitiva: descrizione di un caso clinico

Preclinical dementia: an Italian multicentre study on amnestic mild cognitive impairment

<i>Background:</i> Different rates and cognitive predictors of conversion to dementia have been reported in subjects with different kinds of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). <i>Methods:</i> A prospective, 24-month follow-up study, involving 269 subjects who strictly fulfilled criteria for the amnestic MCI. <i>Results:</i> Conversion rate to dementia was 21.4% per year. Seventy-nine out of the 83 individuals who developed dementia were affected by probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Among others, at the 24-month follow-up 24.1% were still affected by amnestic MCI, 13.3% had changed their neuropsychological profile of impairment and 17.2% were cognitively no…

Cognitive Impairment and Osteoporosis in persons 50+ years old: a population-based study.

Increased risk for amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment in subjects carrying the apolipoprotein e4 allele

Migraine without aura as a possible sign of covert neurological involvement in Behcet's disease: a case-control study

Risk factors for cognitive impairment in subjecys with Behcet's disease