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ArticleCanadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2016

The New Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease - Implications for Geriatricians.

Pierre Molin, Kenneth Rockwood

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Article in Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pierre MolinDepartment of Medicine, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and of Neurology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS;; Département de médecine, Division de gériatrie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Kenneth RockwoodDepartment of Medicine, Divisions of Geriatric Medicine and of Neurology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS;
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two new sets of criteria for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are now in play, including one set released in 2014, and a proposal for a "new lexicon" for how to describe the disease spectrum. A 2012 Canadian consensus conference said that to then, none of the new criteria or terminology would change primary care practice; that is still likely to be so. For dementia consultants, however, the new criteria pose challenges and offer opportunities. In general, the new criteria see an expanded role for bio-markers. Even so, the evidence base for this remains incomplete. Our understanding of the neuropathological criteria for dementia changed as the evidence base included more community cases. This is likely to inform the experience with biomarkers. At present, each of the criteria specifies an exclusive research role. Still, wider uptake is likely, especially in the United States. Geriatricians should be aware of the fundamental change in the terminology now being employed: AD diagnosis no longer obliges a diagnosis of dementia. Until more data emerge-something to which geriatricians can contribute-there is reason to be cautious in the adoption of the new criteria, as they are likely to be least applicable to older adults.

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Alzheimer’s diseasebiomarkerscriteriadementiafrailtygeriatric medicinemild cognitive impairment

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PMID27403214
PMCPMC4922370
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