Screening for Impaired Cognitive Domains in a Large Parkinson's Disease Population and Its Application to the Diagnostic Procedure for Parkinson's Disease Dementia

Screening for Impaired Cognitive Domains in a Large Parkinson's Disease Population and Its Application to the Diagnostic Procedure for Parkinson's Disease Dementia

Background: Dementia is a new focus of research on improved treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). In 2007, a screening tool for PD dementia (PD-D) was developed by the Movement Disorder Society (Level I testing), which still requires verification by a large population study. Methods: We condu...

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Main Authors: Kouichi Ohta, Kazushi Takahashi, Jun Gotoh, Keiji Yamaguchi, Morinobu Seki, Yoshihiro Nihei, Satoko Iwasawa, Norihiro Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-05-01
Series:Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Subjects:
Parkinson’s disease
Dementia
Cognitive domain
Executive function
Mini-Mental State Examination
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362124

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