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[Diagnosing the mild cognitive impairment stage of Alzheimer's disease].
Seishin shinkeigaku zasshi = Psychiatria et neurologia Japonica - 1 Jan 2004
Maruyama Masahiro, Matsui Toshifumi, Tanji Haruko, Ootsuki Mari, Nemoto Miyako, Tomita Naoki, Okamura Nobuyuki, Matsushita Sachio, Higuchi Susumu, Kodama Manabu, Arai Hiroyuki, Sasaki Hidetada
Abstract excerpt
Recently, it has become important to diagnose Alzheimer's Disease (AD) at an early stage due to the development of AD therapy. Also, there is increasing recognition of a class of elderly people with complaints of memory loss but who nevertheless do not meet the criteria for dementia. "Mild cognitive impairment" (MCI) is the term used for this disorder, and amnestic MCI is highly converted to AD. In this study we...
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