Mini-Mental State Examination and proton spectroscopy of the posterior cingulate in Alzheimer disease

Abstract To compare metabolite ratios in the posterior cingulate with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test scores in patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer disease and in controls. Methods: We evaluated 29 patients with mild or moderate Alzheimer disease and 15 controls by proton spectros...

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Main Authors: Hae Won Lee, Paulo Caramelli, Maria Concepcion Garcia Otaduy, Ricardo Nitrini, Claudia da Costa Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000300248&lng=en&tlng=en