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Clinical, Neuropsychological, and Neuroimaging Features of Peruvian Patients with Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Primary progressive aphasias (PPA) are a group of neurodegenerative syndromes primarily characterized by the progressive loss of language. Despite established diagnostic criteria, identification can be challenging, especially in regions with limited resources and few studies, such as Latin America.
Bustamante‐Paytan D, Huilca J, Brown G, Albujar‐Pereira M, Aguero K, Verastegui G, Yauri Z, Bartolo P, Bendezu D, Lipa‐Pari K, Montesinos R, Custodio N.   +11 more
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Assessing the Overlap in Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Progressive Aphasia in a Latin American Population [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Primary progressive aphasias (PPA) are characterized by a progressive deterioration of language. Despite the establishment of international criteria in 2011 defining three variants (semantic, nonfluent, and logopenic), these variants can present overlapping symptoms, making their identification and differentiation challenging.
Bustamante‐Paytan D, Huilca J, Brown G, Albujar‐Pereira M, Aguero K, Verastegui G, Yauri Z, Bartolo P, Bendezu D, Lipa‐Pari K, Montesinos R, Custodio N.   +11 more
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Clinical Validation and Standardization of the Brain Health Assessment in the Tablet‐Based Cognitive Assessment Tool (BHA‐TabCAT) in Peruvian Older Adults [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Detecting cognitive decline presents a significant challenge for researchers and clinicians, particularly in older adults with low educational levels or different sociocultural characteristics. Additionally, traditional normative data may under‐ or overestimate preliminary diagnoses in these populations, due its non‐use of measures ...
Muñoz‐Najar A, Montemurro M, del Carmen Tejada M, Rivera‐Fernandez C, Sanchez‐Fernandez M, Custodio N, Lanata S, Soto‐Añari M.   +7 more
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Clinical characterization of probable Dementia with Lewy Bodies based on the initial clinical presentation in a Latin American Low‐ and Middle‐ Income Country [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is a specific type of dementia associated with the accumulation of alpha‐synuclein protein in the brain. The disease often presents heterogeneously in its early stages, and little is known about how this variability affects its progression.
Custodio N, Malaga M, Bustamante‐Paytan D, Huilca J, Aguero K, Verastegui G, Bartolo P, Bendezu D, Yauri Z, Montesinos R.   +9 more
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Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric features of a Frontotemporal Dementia Cohort in Peruvian Population [PDF]

Alzheimers Dement
Abstract Background The prevalence of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is 1.9% over 65 years. There is a considerable delay in the diagnosis of FTD and a high rate of misdiagnosis in Latin America. We describe cognitive and neuropsychiatric features in a Peruvian cohort.
Castro‐Suarez S, Zegarra‐Valdivia J, Guevara‐Silva E, Caparo‐Zamalloa C, Palomino‐Lescano H, Cuenca J, Alvarez‐Toledo K, Illanes‐Manrique M, Custodio N, Lanata S, Meza‐Vega M, Cornejo‐Olivas M.   +11 more
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Tratamento da demência: recomendações do Departamento Científico de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Envelhecimento da Academia Brasileira de Neurologia

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2022
RESUMO Atualmente não há tratamento curativo para as demências neurodegenerativas ou para a demência vascular, mas algumas intervenções farmacológicas e não farmacológicas podem contribuir para aliviar os sintomas, retardar a progressão da doença e ...
Paulo Caramelli, Valeska Marinho, Jerson Laks, Marcus Vinicius Della Coletta, Florindo Stella, Einstein Francisco Camargos, Jerusa Smid, Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa, Lucas Porcello Schilling, Marcio Luiz Figueredo Balthazar, Norberto Anízio Ferreira Frota, Leonardo Cruz de Souza, Francisco Assis Carvalho Vale, Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Ricardo Nitrini, Helen Bedinoto Durgante, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci   +17 more
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Como diagnosticar as quatro causas mais freqüentes de demência? [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2002
Doença de Alzheimer, demência vascular, demência com corpos de Lewy e demência frontotemporal são as quatro causas mais freqüentes de demência na prática clínica.
Paulo Caramelli, Maira Tonidandel Barbosa   +1 more
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Deterioro cognitivo de origen vascular y demencia vascular esporádica: revisión narrativa de tema basada en la evidencia

Acta Neurológica Colombiana, 2022
INTRODUCCIÓN: La enfermedad cerebrovascular y las demencias están unidas por el deterioro cognitivo y la demencia vascular. Se trata de condiciones de salud potencialmente prevenibles, capaces de generar discapacidad, especialmente en la población
Sofia Campuzano Cortina, Isabela Gómez Ruiz, Juan Camilo Suárez Escudero   +2 more
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Experience in caring for the older people with dementia in the home environment: a qualitative synthesis of evidence / Experiência em cuidar de idosos com demência no ambiente domiciliar: uma síntese qualitativa de evidências

Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2022
Objetivo: compreender a experiência de cuidadores familiares no cuidado de idosos com demência em ambiente domiciliar. Métodos: foi realizada uma busca sistemática por estudos qualitativos e análise temática para sintetizar os resultados.
Maria Gabriela Martins Cruzeiro, Mariana Martins Gonzaga do Nascimento, Aline Silva de Assis Santos, Isabela Viana Oliveira, Cristiane de Paula Rezende   +4 more
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A DEMENCIA ÉS A FIZIKAI AKTIVITÁS KAPCSOLATÁNAK VIZSGÁLATA IRODALOMELEMZÉSSEL

Stadium, 2020
Bevezetés: Számos kutatás bizonyítja már, hogy a fizikai aktivitás és a kognitív képességek között van kapcsolat. Kutatásunk célja ebből következően, hogy a kognitív hanyatlás (demencia) kapcsolatát vizsgálja a fizikai aktivitással.
Dorottya Bianka Donka, László Balogh
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