Abstract Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is increasingly recognised, particularly as a cause of intracerebral haemorrhage and dementia. CAA may present to the clinical neurologist in a range of circumstances, including…
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…from, or associated with Z-drug use have been extensively reported. Among these, motor vehicle accidents, falls in older adults, and the risk of dementia have attracted the most attention. A…
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…be associated with PD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia.26 Rigidity Cogwheel rigidity is a distinctive feature of PD.23 In the study undertaken using the THIN database (see above), rigidity…
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…response, and gave rise to a great deal of questions, comments and direct input into cases from delegates. Dementia The first condition section looked at was dementia, with occupational therapist…
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…account, however. Definitive evidence that addressing risk can alter the course of cognitive decline and prevent dementia is still needed. Based on the presented PREVENT Dementia study, a suggestion was…
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…who carry an ApoE4 allele. The proportion of these individuals who will or would have gone on to develop AD dementia is currently unknown, so research recommendations have proposed the…
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…the extreme end of the spectrum, frontotemporal dementia may develop in up to 15% of ALS patients,6,24 and is clinically characterised by executive and language dysfunction, irrational behavioural, personality changes,…
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…disease and other dementias. The conference opened with a plenary talk exploring ‘What will it take to end Alzheimer’s disease?’ As the proportion of people with dementia doubles for every…
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…of nutritional intervention in reducing the incidence of dementia. Dr Wiesje van der Flier then gave an interesting talk on subjective cognitive decline and emerging evidence to support its value…
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