Post-Mortem diagnosis of dementia by informant interview

Post-Mortem diagnosis of dementia by informant interview

Abstract The diagnosis of normal cognition or dementia in the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Aging Brain Study Group (BBBABSG) has relied on postmortem interview with an informant. Objectives: To ascertain the sensitivity and specificity of postmortem diagnosis based on informant interview compared ag...

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Main Authors: Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti, Antonio Eduardo Damin, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Lilian Schafirovits Morillo, Tibor Rilho Perroco, Flávia Campora, Eliza Guccione Moreira, Érika Silvério Balbino, Maria do Carmo de Ascenção Lima, Camila Battela, Lumena Ruiz, Lea Tenenholz Grinberg, José Marcelo Farfel, Renata Elaine Paraiso Leite, Claudia Kimie Suemoto, Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci, Sérgio Rosemberg, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Wilson Jacob-Filho, Ricardo Nitrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
brain bank
postmortem diagnosis
dementia
aging
informant-interview.
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