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Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Contribution of Standard Neuropsychological Tests to Differential Diagnosis by Diehl, J., Monsch, A. U., Aebi, C., Wagenpfeil, S., Krapp, S., Grimmer, T., Seeley, W., Förstl, H., Kurz, A.

“…CERAD-NAB (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease-Neuropsychological Assessment Battery) data were compared between 51 patients with…”
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Neuropsychological dysfunction, depression, physical disability, and coping processes in families with a parent affected by multiple sclerosis by Ehrensperger, MM, Grether, A, Romer, G, Berres, M, Monsch, AU, Kappos, L, Steck, B

“…Background Families with a parent suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) must cope with the unpredictable course of the disease. Most studies analyzing factors…”
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Weight change and cognitive performance by BRUBACHER, D, MONSCH, A. U, STÄHELIN, H. B

“…To investigate whether under- or overweight and weight change is associated with cognitive performance of elderly citizens. Explorative analysis out of the…”
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Unawareness of smell loss in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: discrepancy between self-reported and diagnosed smell sensitivity by Nordin, S, Monsch, A U, Murphy, C

“…Awareness of loss in smell sensitivity was assessed in 80 normal elderly subjects, 80 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 80 patients with…”
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Turning principles into practice in Alzheimer's disease by Lindesay, J, Bullock, R, Daniels, H, Emre, M, Förstl, H, Frölich, L, Gabryelewicz, T, Martínez-Lage, P, Monsch, A U, Tsolaki, M, van Laar, T

“…The prevalence of dementia is reaching epidemic proportions globally, but there remain a number of issues that prevent people with dementia, their families and…”
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Argyrophilic grain disease : distribution of grains in patients with and without dementia by TOLNAY, M, SCHWIETERT, M, MONSCH, A. U, STAEHELIN, H. B, LANGUI, D, PROBST, A

“…In a previous study we reported on a late onset dementia which occurred in only half of the patients with argyrophilic grain disease (AgD) investigated. To…”
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Evaluation of diagnostic scores with adjustment for covariates by Berres, M., Zehnder, A., Bläsi, S., Monsch, A. U.

“…Diagnostic tests yield measurements on very different types of scales. Quantitative scales may consist of non‐negative integers, either unbounded or bounded,…”
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Quantitative EEG and apolipoprotein E-genotype improve classification of patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease by Hatz, F, Benz, N, Hardmeier, M, Zimmermann, R, Rueegg, S, Schindler, C, Miserez, A.R, Gschwandtner, U, Monsch, A.U, Fuhr, P

“…Highlights • Quantitative EEG (qEEG) distinguishes patients with mild cognitive impairment and patients with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease in the…”
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Comparison of Verbal Episodic Memory Measures: Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease—Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (CERAD-NAB) versus California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) by BECK, Irene R, GAGNEUX-ZURBRIGGEN, Alexa, BERRES, Manfred, TAYLOR, Kirsten I, MONSCH, Andreas U

“…Episodic memory is affected early in the course of dementia. Two well-established tests to assess verbal episodic memory functioning are the Word List task…”
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Random number generation in dementia of the Alzheimer type: A test of frontal executive functions by Brugger, P, Monsch, A.U, Salmon, D.P, Butters, N

“…The quality of attempts at generating a random sequence of the numbers 1–6 was studied in 30 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and 30 elderly…”
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Improving the diagnostic accuracy of the Mini-Mental State Examination by Monsch, A U, Foldi, N S, Ermini-Fünfschilling, D E, Berres, M, Taylor, K I, Seifritz, E, Stähelin, H B, Spiegel, R

“…We determined the diagnostic accuracy of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) in an outpatient geriatric referral…”
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Identifying a cut‐off point for normal mobility: a comparison of the timed ‘up and go’ test in community‐dwelling and institutionalised elderly women by Bischoff, Heike A., Stähelin, Hannes B., Monsch, Andreas U., Iversen, Maura D., Weyh, Antje, von Dechend, Margot, Akos, Regula, Conzelmann, Martin, Dick, Walter, Theiler, Robert

“…Background: physical mobility testing is an essential component of the geriatric assessment. The timed up and go test measures basic mobility skills including…”
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Argyrophilic grain disease. A frequent dementing disorder in aged patients by Tolnay, M, Monsch, A U, Probst, A

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Category fluency is also predominantly affected in Swiss Alzheimer's disease patients by Monsch, A. U., Seifritz, E., Taylor, K. I., Ermini-Fünfschilling, D., Stähelin, H. B., Spiegel, R.

“…Objectives – To establish the comparative efficacy to differentiate between Swiss patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and elderly normal control…”
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Apolipoprotein E allele frequencies in argyrophilic grain disease by TOLNAY, M, PROBST, A, MONSCH, A. U, STAEHELIN, H. B, EGENSPERGER, R

“…Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotypes were analyzed in 35 subjects with argyrophilic grain diseases (AgD). Neuropathologically, all cases were characterized by…”
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Episodic memory changes are associated with the APOE-∈4 allele in nondemented older adults by BONDI, M. W, SALMON, D. P, MONSCH, A. U, GALASKO, D, BUTTERS, N, KLAUBER, M. R, THAL, L. J, SAITOH, T

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Discrimination of cortical from subcortical dementias on the basis of memory and problem-solving tests by Paulsen, J S, Salmon, D P, Monsch, A U, Butters, N, Swenson, M R, Bondi, M W

“…This study compared the discriminative utility of problem-solving and memory tasks in patients with Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease and in age-,…”
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Repetitive behavior and repetition avoidance : the role of the right hemisphere by BRUGGER, P, MONSCH, A. U, JOHNSON, S. A

“…Based on clinical observations of patients suffering from brain damage, a recent model assumes a right hemisphere dominance for the suppression of repetitive…”
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Assessment of dementia in elderly outpatients: a comparative study of European centers and consensus statement by Mets, T, Monsch, A.U, Kellett, J, Ousset, P.J, Kuntzman, F, Pellerin, J, Leuschner, A, Meaume, S, Mischlich, D, Moulias, R

“…Large numbers of elderly patients, suspected of having dementia, need medical evaluation, often in early phases of their illness. A complete outpatient…”
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Normal ranges of neuropsychological tests for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by Berres, M, Monsch, A U, Bernasconi, F, Thalmann, B, Stähelin, H B

“…The diagnosis of early stage dementia is a highly complex process involving not only a somatic examination but also a neuropsychological assessment of the…”
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