Cognition Disorders - Epidemiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in an early Parkinson disease clinical trial cohort.

Nov 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in a large, well-defined clinical trial cohort of patients with early Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS: The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was administered ... Read more...

Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Southeastern Spain: the Ariadna study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND) and dementia in a general elderly population and to examine the associated socio-demographic factors. METHODS: The Ariadna ... Read more...

Vascular risk factors, HIV serostatus, and cognitive dysfunction in gay and bisexual men.

18 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between cognitive performance, risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (CVD), and HIV infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. METHODS: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cognition Disorders - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Incidence of and risk factors for cognitive impairment in an early Parkinson disease clinical trial cohort. Nov 2009
• Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in Southeastern Spain: the Ariadna study. 30 Oct 2009
• Vascular risk factors, HIV serostatus, and cognitive dysfunction in gay and bisexual men. 18 Oct 2009
• Ventricular dilation: association with gait and cognition. 29 Sep 2009
• Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: a systematic literature review. 12 Sep 2009
• [Depression in the elderly] 7 Sep 2009
• The relationship between anticholinergic medications and Mini-Cog scores in older adults receiving home health care. 30 Aug 2009
• Environmental factors, brain development, and intelligence in adulthood. 30 Aug 2009
• Progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia in clinic- vs community-based cohorts. 30 Aug 2009
• Cortical lesions and atrophy associated with cognitive impairment in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Multiple sclerosis with predominant, severe cognitive impairment. 30 Aug 2009
• Extrapyramidal signs before and after diagnosis of incident Alzheimer disease in a prospective population study. 30 Aug 2009
• Measuring impairments in memory and executive function in older people using the Revised Cambridge Cognitive Examination. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of cognitive impairment with smoking, alcohol consumption, tea consumption, and exercise among Chinese nonagenarians/centenarians. 30 Aug 2009
• Do seizures contribute to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury? 30 Aug 2009
• Changes in cognition during antiretroviral therapy: comparison of 2 different ranking systems to measure antiretroviral drug efficacy on HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes. 30 Aug 2009
• [Childhood and adult medulloblastoma: what difference?] 24 Aug 2009
• Association of higher diastolic blood pressure levels with cognitive impairment. 23 Aug 2009
• Neurocognitive effects of adjunctive levetiracetam in children with partial-onset seizures: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, noninferiority trial. 19 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Cognition Disorders'

Definition: Disturbances in the mental process related to thinking, reasoning, and judgment.

Descriptor UI: D003072

Alternative terms: Cognition Disorders; Disorder, Cognition; Disorders, Cognition; Overinclusion;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.087.250;

History Note: 69