TY - CHAP
T1 - Clinical characteristics of mild cognitive impairment
AU - Geda, Yonas E.
AU - Krell-Roesch, Janina
AU - Pink, Anna
AU - Spangehl, Kathleen A.
AU - Petersen, Ronald C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - It is crucial to delay the onset of dementia, one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in late-life for compelling reasons (see Chapters 2, 3, 7 and 15). If it were possible to delay the onset of dementia by about 2 years, the global prevalence of AD would decrease by 22.8 million cases. Eective prevention, as well as intervention, could dramatically reduce disease onset and progression. e identication of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) contributes to the early detection and prevention eort (Petersen et al., 1999b).
AB - It is crucial to delay the onset of dementia, one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in late-life for compelling reasons (see Chapters 2, 3, 7 and 15). If it were possible to delay the onset of dementia by about 2 years, the global prevalence of AD would decrease by 22.8 million cases. Eective prevention, as well as intervention, could dramatically reduce disease onset and progression. e identication of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) contributes to the early detection and prevention eort (Petersen et al., 1999b).
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U2 - 10.1201/9781315381572
DO - 10.1201/9781315381572
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85053969198
SN - 9781498703123
SP - 426
EP - 438
BT - Dementia, Fifth Edition
PB - CRC Press
ER -