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Assessing the Overlap in Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Progressive Aphasia in a Latin American Population [PDF]
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 +11 more
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Impacto del deterioro cognitivo sobre la salud oral en personas mayores
El deterioro cognitivo y la demencia son trastornos que se caracterizan por una disminución de la cognición que afecta a uno o más aspectos de la misma, llegando a interferir con las actividades de la vida diaria de la persona.
Ana Adamuz Jiménez +2 more
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Knowledge of dementia and Alzheimer's disease among healthcare professionals in Peru
Background Primary care physicians and other healthcare providers report feeling unprepared to treat persons with dementia (PWD), especially in developing ...
Marco Malaga +6 more
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Introducción: Los adultos mayores son suscepctibles a la malnutrición y el déficit de vitaminas. Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre el bajo nivel de vitamina B12 y el deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores del Centro Médico Naval, ubicado en Lima ...
Andrés Cabrera Gamonal +5 more
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Abstract INTRODUCTION In Peru, the Global Deterioration Scale is the only available tool for assessing dementia severity. The Spanish translation and cultural adaptation of the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) is used locally but requires formal psychometric validation in the Peruvian sociocultural context.
Junior Senador +9 more
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Abstract Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) represents a small but impactful subset of Alzheimer's cases. Asymptomatic individuals at genetic risk face substantial personal and family implications when considering predictive testing for known familial variants.
Daniel A. Jiménez +26 more
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Introducción: El hipotiroidismo subclínico en adultos mayores es una enfermedad poco estudiada. Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia de hipotiroidismo subclínico, depresión y deterioro cognitivo y explorar su asociación, en adultos mayores.
Carol Gonzales-Gonzales +3 more
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Neural embedding of frailty in cognitively unimpaired aging and dementia across Latin America
Abstract INTRODUCTION Frailty influences dementia risk and severity. However, its role in differentiating dementia subtypes and associations with brain structural and functional alterations remain understudied, especially in Latin America. METHODS Multi‐Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America data included 3461 participants ...
Joaquin Migeot +32 more
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A harmonized framework for studying exceptional cognitive aging in Latin America
Abstract INTRODUCTION Biological, genetic, and sociocultural factors underlying cognitive resilience and resistance to pathology remain unexplored in Latin America. The Life‐Course Epidemiology of Aging, Resilience, and Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease (LEARN‐AD) study and Latin American SuperAgers Study (LASAS) establish the first harmonized ...
Lucia Crivelli +20 more
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Fundamento: el deterioro cognitivo y la alta comorbilidad son problemas de salud frecuentes en pacientes con enfermedad cerebrovascular. Objetivo: describir el comportamiento del deterioro cognitivo y de la comorbilidad en pacientes con infarto cerebral
Armando Carlos Roca Socarras +1 more
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