Correlations between memory, language, gnosia, and praxia in 80 patients with senile dementia of the alzheimer type

Autor:	M. Roudier, P. Marcie, P. Davous, N. Podrabinek, Yvon Lamour
Rok vydání:	1988
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Neuropsychology Audiology medicine.disease Test (assessment) Nonverbal communication Severe dementia mental disorders Drug Discovery medicine Dementia In patient Alzheimer's disease Set (psychology) Psychology Psychiatry
Zdroj:	Drug Development Research. 14:231-234
ISSN:	1098-2299 0272-4391
DOI:	10.1002/ddr.430140314
Popis:	A global neuropsychological study has been carried out with 80 in-patients presenting a syndrome of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT):60 scored less than 20 (mild dementia) on the Mini-Mental Test Examination (MMSE); 20 scored less than 10 (severe dementia). The test battery included a set of tasks exploring memory, language, abstract nonverbal thought, gnosias, and praxias. In patients with mild dementia, the overall MMSE score was statistically correlated with the scores for memory, nonverbal thought, language, and gnosias, but not with the score for praxia. Language score was correlated with the scores for the other higher functions. It is suggested that the SDAT syndrome has to be considered as a unique syndrome affecting every higher function quite similarly, with no evidence of clinical subgroups. With this in mind, new studies should be designed to delineate further the role of the mnesic, linguistic, and/or perceptual factors involved in the dementia process.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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