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Cognitive profiles and optimal cut-offs for routine cognitive tests in elderly individuals with Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and normal cognition.

Harisd PhannarusWeerasak MuangpaisanPitiporn SiritipakornWattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul
Published in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2019)
The cut-offs used to differentiate PDD from PD were not the same as routine cut-offs in distinguishing AD from normal elderly. The cognitive profile deficit in PDD differed from that in AD. Interpretations of positive screenings test should take this finding into consideration.
Keyphrases
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • middle aged
  • community dwelling