Alzheimer Disease Epidemiology
Mostrando 1-6 de 6 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Mild cognitive impairment (part 1): clinical characteristics and predictors of dementia
Objective: To critically review and evaluate existing knowledge on the conceptual limits and clinical usefulness of the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the neuropsychological assessment and short- and long-term prognosis thereof. Methods: We conducted a systematic search of the PubMed and Web of Science electronic databases, limited to arti
Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.. Publicado em: 2013-06
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2. POLIOENCEFALOMALACIA EM RUMINANTES / POLIOENCEPHALOMALACIA IN RUMINANTS
In the first portion of this thesis, epidemiology, clinical signs and distribution of lesions in the brain of thirty one cases of polioencephalomalacia (PEM) in cattle from the Southern (13 cases) and Midwestern (18 cases) Brazil were studied. Morbidity (0.04%-6.66 %), mortality (0.04%-6.66 %), and lethality (50%-100%) rates were similar in both regions stud
Publicado em: 2010
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3. "Sintomas psicológicos e comportamentais em pacientes com demência de amostra representativa da comunidade de São Paulo: prevalência, relação com gravidade da demênciae com estresse do cuidador" / Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in a community dwelling são paulo-brazilian population : prevalence, relantionship with dementia severity and with caregiver burden
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common and associated with worse prognosis, higher costs of care, increased caregiver burden and earlier nursing home entry. The purpose of this study is to determine BPSD prevalence in Alzheimer Disease (AD) and cognitively impaired not dement (CIND) diagnosis in a community sample with 60 years o
Publicado em: 2005
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4. Cross-cultural adaptation of scale avaliation of quality of life of Alzheimer disease / "Adaptação transcultural da escala de avaliação de qualidade de vida na doença de Alzheimer"
In order to evaluate quality of life (QOL) of patients with Alzheimer s disease and of their respective caregivers/family members, we performed the transcultural adaptation of the evaluation scale of QOL proposed by Logsdon et al (1999), originally in English, to Portuguese. The methodology used in the transcultural adaptation included translation, back tran
Publicado em: 2003
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5. BOOK REVIEWS: The Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders.
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6. Quantitative analysis of senile plaques in Alzheimer disease: observation of log-normal size distribution and molecular epidemiology of differences associated with apolipoprotein E genotype and trisomy 21 (Down syndrome).
The discovery that the epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene is a putative risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD) in the general population has highlighted the role of genetic influences in this extremely common and disabling illness. It has long been recognized that another genetic abnormality, trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), is associated with e