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Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease: update for the primary care clinician
Priya Mendiratta1, Jeanne Y Wei1
1Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, USA.
Abstract:
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects approximately 5.3 million Americans. Recently, new diagnostic criteria advanced by the National Institute of Aging have significantly improved our understanding of the AD continuum across several stages and is more scientifically based compared to the previously formulated criteria in 1984. Use by primary care physicians of these new clinical criteria coupled with the understanding of the role of biomarkers will help you to make accurate diagnoses earlier in the disease process when intervention can be most beneficial.
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