Pineal volume reduction in patients with mild cognitive impairment who converted to Alzheimer's disease.

Teruyuki MatsuokaNozomu OyaHajime YokotaKentaro AkazawaKei YamadaJin Narumotonull null

Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2020)

The pineal volume is a predictor of AD conversion, and pineal volume reduction in AD starts early when patients are still in the MCI stage. Thus, pineal volume reduction might be useful as a predictor of developing AD in clinical settings.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cognitive decline
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
patient reported outcomes