Clinical characteristics of dementia associated with argyrophilic grain disease.
- Steuerwald GM Memory Clinic -- Neuropsychology Center, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- Baumann TP
- Taylor KI
- Mittag M
- Adams H
- Tolnay M
- Monsch AU
- 2007-08-19
Published in:
- Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders. - 2007
Affect
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Behavior
Brain
Cognition
Dementia
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Male
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neuropsychological Tests
Personality
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychomotor Performance
tau Proteins
English
BACKGROUND/AIMS
We aimed at characterizing the clinical features of dementia associated with argyrophilic grain disease (AgD).
METHODS
Relatives or close friends of 24 individuals with autopsy-confirmed AgD and 29 patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) were administered a novel Retrospective Dementia Inventory to assess the cognitive, behavioral and affective symptoms of the deceased patients.
RESULTS
AgD patients showed less severe impairments in memory, language, attention and executive function than AD patients.
CONCLUSION
Compared to AD patients, individuals suffering from AgD appear to present with comparable deficits in behavior and affect but relatively spared cognitive functioning.
We aimed at characterizing the clinical features of dementia associated with argyrophilic grain disease (AgD).
METHODS
Relatives or close friends of 24 individuals with autopsy-confirmed AgD and 29 patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD) were administered a novel Retrospective Dementia Inventory to assess the cognitive, behavioral and affective symptoms of the deceased patients.
RESULTS
AgD patients showed less severe impairments in memory, language, attention and executive function than AD patients.
CONCLUSION
Compared to AD patients, individuals suffering from AgD appear to present with comparable deficits in behavior and affect but relatively spared cognitive functioning.
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- English
- Open access status
- green
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1159/000107085
- PMID 17693705
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/97577
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