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Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology.

Lucas Porcello SchillingMarcio Luiz Figueiredo BalthazarMárcia RadanovicOrestes Vicente ForlenzaMarcela Lima SilagiJerusa SmidBreno José Alencar Pires BarbosaNorberto Anizio Ferreira FrotaLeonardo Cruz de SouzaFrancisco Assis Carvalho ValePaulo CaramelliPaulo Henrique Ferreira BertolucciMárcia Lorena Fagundes ChavesSonia Maria Dozzi BruckiBenito Pereira DamascenoRicardo Nitrini
Published in: Dementia & neuropsychologia (2022)
This paper presents the consensus of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging from the Brazilian Academy of Neurology on the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Brazil. The authors conducted a literature review regarding clinical and research criteria for AD diagnosis and proposed protocols for use at primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels. Within this clinical scenario, the diagnostic criteria for typical and atypical AD are presented as well as clinical, cognitive, and functional assessment tools and complementary propaedeutics with laboratory and neuroimaging tests. The use of biomarkers is also discussed for both clinical diagnosis (in specific conditions) and research.
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