Neuropathological diagnoses and clinical correlates in older adults in Brazil: A cross-sectional study.
Claudia K SuemotoRenata E L Ferretti-RebustiniRoberta Diehl RodriguezRenata Elaine Paraizo LeiteLuciana SoterioSonia Maria Dozzi BruckiRaphael Ribeiro SperaTarcila M CippicianiJose M FarfelAlexandre Chiavegatto FilhoMichel Satya NaslavskyMayana ZatzCarlos A PasqualucciWilson Jacob-FilhoRicardo NitriniLea Tenenholz GrinbergPublished in: PLoS medicine (2017)
NFT deposition, vascular lesions, and high NPC scorewere associated with cognitive impairment in a unique Brazilian sample with low education. Our results confirm the high prevalence of neuropathological diagnosis in older adults and the mismatch between clinical and neuropathological diagnoses.