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Frontal variant of Alzheimer's disease and typical Alzheimer's disease: A comparative study / La variante frontal de la enfermedad de Alzheimer y la enfermedad de Alzheimer típica: un estudio comparativo
Fernández-Calvo, Bernardino; Ramos, Francisco; Menezes de Lucena, Virginia.
Affiliation
  • Fernández-Calvo, Bernardino; Federal University of Paraiba. Department of Psychology. Paraiba. Brazil
  • Ramos, Francisco; University of Salamanca. Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments. Salamanca. Spain
  • Menezes de Lucena, Virginia; Federal University of Paraiba. Department of Internal Medicine. Paraiba. Brazil
An. psicol ; 29(1): 293-300, ene.-abr. 2013. tab
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-109346
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: BNCS
RESUMEN
Una de las características de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) es su heterogeneidad clínica. Así, la presentación atípica frontal o disejecutiva es cada vez más conocida, aunque los factores subyacentes se desconocen. En este estudio se comparó el rendimiento neuropsicológico de dos grupos de pacientes con EA (variante frontal -EAvf- y típica -EAT-). El grupo EAvf (n = 13) fue seleccionado por la existencia de una hipocaptación frontal. Los resultados revelaron que el grupo EAvf manifestó un tras-torno disejecutivo grave, una sintomatología neuropsiquiátrica más severa (desinhibición y apatía), mayor deterioro funcional y generó mayor sobre-carga en el cuidador que el grupo EAT sin afectación frontal (n = 47). A pesar de que el grupo EAvf rindió más bajo en todos los test neuropsicológicos, solo se encontraron diferencias significativas entre ambos grupos en las tareas de velocidad de procesamiento y visuoconstrucción. El análisis de regresión logística reveló que las puntuaciones de velocidad de procesa-miento y flexibilidad mental predicen significativamente el diagnostico de EAvf. La existencia de reflejo de graspin, anosognosia y la no posesión del APOE e4 también fue más prevalente en el grupo EAvf. Este grupo mostró una predominancia de varones y fue más propenso a tener una historia familiar positiva para la EA. Para concluir, el estudio sugiere que la EAvf representa un subtipo de EA que parece tener características clínicas, neuropsicológicas y genéticas diferentes a la EAT (AU)
ABSTRACT
Clinical heterogeneity is one of the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Hence, the atypical frontal or dysexecutive presentation is becoming increasingly well-known, although the underlying factors are still unknown. In this study, the neuropsychological performance of two groups of patients with AD (frontal variant-ADfv-and typical-TAD) were compared. The ADfv group (n = 13) was selected due to the existence of frontal hypoperfusion on a simple photon emission computer tomography (SPECT). The results revealed that the ADfv group displayed a severe dysexecutive disorder, more severe neuropsychiatric symptomatology (disinhibition and apathy), more functional impairment, and it generated a higher caregiver overload than the TAD group without frontal impairment (n = 47). Despite the facts that the ADfv group’s performance was poorer in all the neuropsychological tests, significant group differences were only found in the processing speed and visuoconstruction tasks. Lo-gistic regression analysis revealed that the processing speed and mental flexibility scores significantly predicted a diagnosis of ADfv. The existence of the grasp reflex, anosognosia, and the absence of apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele (APOE e4) were also more prevalent in the ADfv group. This group had a predominance of males and it was more likely to have a positive family history of AD. To conclude, the study suggests that ADfv represents a subtype of AD that seems to have different clinical, neuropsychological, and genetic characteristics from TAD (AU)
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Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 / Hypobetalipoproteinemia, Familial, Apolipoprotein B / Alzheimer Disease Type of study: Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: An. psicol Year: 2013 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Paraiba/Brazil / University of Salamanca/Spain

Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 / Hypobetalipoproteinemia, Familial, Apolipoprotein B / Alzheimer Disease Type of study: Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: An. psicol Year: 2013 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Federal University of Paraiba/Brazil / University of Salamanca/Spain
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