Association Between Memory Complaints and Incident Alzheimer’s Disease in Elderly People With Normal Baseline Cognition
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 April 1999
Mirjam I. Geerlings, Cees Jonker, L.M. Bouter, Herman J. Adèr, Ben Schmand
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The findings of this study suggest that memory complaints are a relatively strong predictor of incident Alzheimer's disease in older persons in whom cognitive impairment is not yet apparent, and suggest that older persons may be aware of a decline in cognition at a time when mental status tests are still unable to detect a decline from premorbid functioning.
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The findings of this study suggest that memory complaints are a relatively strong predictor of incident Alzheimer's disease in older persons in whom cognitive impairment is not yet apparent. Furthermore, they suggest that older persons may be aware of a decline in cognition at a time when mental status tests are still unable to detect a decline from premorbid functioning.
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