Saturday, December 13, 2008

Azheimer Diagnosis

The disease presents as a disorder of memory or behavior, evolving gradually into dementia. The cognitive impairment can be more carefully assessed by a standardized examination (form). Mood disorders are frequently associated. At a late stage is an alteration of the general state dependency with up to malnutrition, even death.

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease is a major element for better treatment and better aid for patients and their entourage.

The value of early detection of Alzheimer's disease may allow sufferers to receive treatment earlier. According to a team of French researchers, new criteria, from a combination of tests of memory, data from brain imaging and biological markers, could detect the disease at an early stage, early symptoms, " with a rate of diagnostic certainty above 90%.

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