Mild Cognitive Impairment Represents Early-Stage Alzheimer Disease

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Authors

Julie Morris · Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Martha Storandt

Abstract

Individuals currently characterized as having MCI progress steadily to greater stages of dementia severity at rates dependent on the level of cognitive impairment at entry and they almost always have the neuropathologic features of AD. We conclude that MCI generally represents early-stage AD.

Topics & Keywords

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Neurology

Volume 58, Issue 3, pp. 397-405

DOI: 10.1001/archneur.58.3.397

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