Neuropsychological Prediction of Conversion to Alzheimer Disease in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

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Matthias H. Tabert · Columbia University

Jennifer J. Manly

Madeleine S. Goodkind

Karen L. Bell

Yaakov Stern

Davangere P. Devanand

Abstract

Mild cognitively impaired patients with memory plus other cognitive domain deficits, rather than those with pure amnestic MCI, constituted the high-risk group. Deficits in verbal memory and psychomotor speed/executive function abilities strongly predicted conversion to AD.

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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Neurological Disorders and Treatments

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Published in: Archives of General Psychiatry

Volume 63, Issue 8, pp. 916-916

DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.8.916

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Neuropsychological Prediction of Conversion to Alzheimer Disease in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment

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