Visual signs and symptoms in patients with the visual variant of Alzheimer disease

Visual signs and symptoms in patients with the visual variant of Alzheimer disease

Visual signs and symptoms in patients with the visual variant of Alzheimer disease

BACKGROUND Prominent visual symptoms can present in the visual variant of Alzheimer's disease (VVAD). Ophthalmologists have a significant role to play in the early diagnosis of VVAD. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the files of ten consecutive patients diagnosed with VVAD. All patients had a full neuro-ophthalmologic examination, a formal neurological and neuro-psychological testing, and ...

Visual signs and symptoms in patients with the visual variant of Alzheimer disease

Reitz Chr, Tang M-X, Schupf N et al. (2010) A Summary Risk Score for the Prediction of Alzheimer Disease in Elderly Persons. Arch Neurol. 67(7), 835-841. doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.136. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068839/ “Risk factors contributing to the risk score were age, sex, education, ethnicity, APOE ε4 genotype, history of diabetes, hypertension or smoking, high-densit...

Evaluation of Visual Signs and Symptoms in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Background and Objective:Patients with Alzheimer's disease have impaired visual function even in the early stages of the disease. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the visual signs and symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease and compare them with those in the control group. Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 19 Alzheimer patients a...

the role of visual aids and translation in teaching vocabulary in est

the present study investigated the effect of the two vocabulary teaching techniques in est, namely the use of translation and the use of visual aids as two separate vocabulary teaching techniques. to answer the question of the study, a pretest (michigan test) was administered to the 58 randomly selected est students at khajeh nasiredin tusi university, faculty of mechanics. after the homogeneit...