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Miriam Caputo

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in 921 elderly subjects with dementia: a comparison between vascular and neurodegenerative types.

2008

Objective:  i) to describe the neuropsychiatric profile of elderly subjects with dementia by comparing vascular (VaD) and degenerative dementias, i.e. dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD); ii) to assess whether the severity and type of dementia are associated with clinically relevant neuropsychiatric symptoms (CR-NPS). Method:  One hundred and thirty-one out-patients with VaD, 100 with DLB and 690 with AD were studied. NPS were evaluated by the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI). Results:  Vascular dementia had lower total and domain-specific NPI scores and a lower frequency of CR-NPS than AD and DLB, for which frequency of CR-NPS increased significantly with disease s…

Lewy Body DiseaseMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyPsychometricsDiseaseNeuropsychological TestsCentral nervous system diseaseDegenerative diseaseAlzheimer DiseaseInternal medicinemental disordersmedicineDementiaHumansVascular dementiaAgedAged 80 and overLewy bodyDementia with Lewy bodiesDementia Vasculartechnology industry and agricultureReproducibility of Resultsneuropsychiatric symptoms vascular dementia dementia with Lewy bodies Alzheimer’s disease dementia severitymedicine.diseasePsychiatry and Mental healthnervous systemDisease ProgressionSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaFemaleAlzheimer's diseasePsychologyActa psychiatrica Scandinavica
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P2–206: Functional decline in mild cognitive impairment. Results from the regal project

2006

Epidemiologybusiness.industryHealth Policymedia_common.quotation_subjectDevelopmental psychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePresentationDevelopmental NeuroscienceMedicineNeurology (clinical)Geriatrics and GerontologyFunctional declinebusinessCognitive impairmentmedia_commonAlzheimer's & Dementia
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