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• Apathy symptom profile and behavioral associations in frontotemporal dementia vs dementia of Alzheimer type.

  BACKGROUND: Apathy is a common and significant problem in patients with dementia, regardless of its cause. Observations about frontosubcortical circui…

  Authors: Tiffany W Chow, Malcolm A Binns, Jeffrey L Cummings, Isabel Lam, Sandra E Black, Bruce L Miller, Morris Freedman, Donald T Stuss, Robert van Reekum

  Source: Archives of neurology. 2009 Jul

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• Smell test predicts performance on delayed recall memory test in elderly with depression.

  INTRODUCTION: Elderly with depression are at increased risk for cognitive dysfunction and dementia. Smell tests are correlated with performance on cog…

  Authors: Monica Z Scalco, David L Streiner, Dmytro Rewilak, Saulo Castel, Robert Van Reekum

  Source: International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2009 Apr

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• Growth hormone response to clonidine predicts aggression in Alzheimer's disease.

  OBJECTIVE: The neurobiology of aggression in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) remains unknown. The objective of this study was to determine if altered central…

  Authors: Nathan Herrmann, Krista L Lanctôt, Goran Eryavec, Robert Van Reekum, Lyla R Khan

  Source: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004 Oct

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• Providing nutrition supplements to institutionalized seniors with probable Alzheimer's disease is least beneficial to those with low body weight status.

  OBJECTIVES: To examine whether providing a midmorning nutrition supplement increases habitual energy intake in seniors with probable Alzheimer's disea…

  Authors: Karen W H Young, Carol E Greenwood, Robert van Reekum, Malcolm A Binns

  Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2004 Aug

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• Alzheimer's disease and infection: do infectious agents contribute to progression of Alzheimer's disease?

  Infection with several important pathogens could constitute risk factors for cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in particula…

  Authors: Kie Honjo, Robert van Reekum, Nicolaas P L G Verhoeff

  Source: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2009 Jul

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• Psychological distress and risk for dementia.

  The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) primarily emphasizes changes in individuals' mental abilities, but it has recently been suggested that …

  Authors: Martine Simard, Carol Hudon, Robert van Reekum

  Source: Current psychiatry reports. 2009 Feb

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• Visuospatial impairment in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease: a process analysis approach.

  BACKGROUND: Reports of differential impairments on visual-construction tasks in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are somet…

  Authors: Martine Simard, Robert van Reekum, David Myran

  Source: International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2003 May

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• Comparability of the clinical diagnostic criteria for vascular dementia: a critical review. Part I.

  This review is the first of a two-part series focusing on the comparability of eight clinical criteria used for the diagnosis of vascular dementia: th…

  Authors: Sandra Wiederkehr, Martine Simard, Claudette Fortin, Robert van Reekum

  Source: The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences. 2008

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• Validity of the clinical diagnostic criteria for vascular dementia: a critical review. Part II.

  This review is the second of a two-part series focusing on the validity of eight clinical criteria for vascular dementia. Sixteen studies were selecte…

  Authors: Sandra Wiederkehr, Martine Simard, Claudette Fortin, Robert van Reekum

  Source: The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences. 2008

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• Prevention of Alzheimer disease. Encouraging evidence.

  OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence regarding prevention of Alzheimer disease (AD) in order to highlight the role of family medicine. QUALITY OF EVIDENC…

  Authors: Monica Zavaloni Scalco, Robert van Reekum

  Source: Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien. 2006 Feb

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