|
|
| Definite |
- Clinical diagnosis of AD
- AD neuropathology at
biopsy or autopsy
|
| Probable |
- Dementia from clinical
history and neuropsychological assessment
- Progressive deficits in
memory
- Onset between 40 and 90 years
of age
- Absence of systemic or
other brain disorder causing dementia
|
| Possible |
- Dementia with variations
in onset or course
- Single progressive
cognitive deficit
- Presence of systemic or
other brain disorder
|
| NINCDSADRDS
Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease (McKhann et al Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Disease: report of the NINCDSADRDA Workgroup, Neurology 1984;34:939944.
Reproduced by permission of Lippincott-Raven Publishers, New York) |
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A Guide to the Diagnosis and
Assessment of Alzheimer's Disease
