Leonel Takada
@lttakada
MD, PhD. Behavioral Neurologist at University of São Paulo interested in genetics, Frontotemporal dementia and early onset Alzheimer's disease
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25-02-2013 01:32:16
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Excellent ReDLat Dementia meeting in Lima, Peru. Strengthening our original work on dementia for local and global brain health. Thanks Agustin Ibañez, Eugenia Godoy, Catherina Dhooge, and Shireen Javandel for coordinating this session.
Nice narrative review paper led by Henrique Dutra on bedside assessment of higher-order visual functions. Especially useful for clinicians. Dementia & Neuropsychologia demneuropsy.org/wp-content/upl…
Sterre de Boer, MD, PhD identify neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric features with strongest discriminative value at baseline visit to distinguish between sporadic behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and late-onset primary psychiatric disorders. Read at buff.ly/IrS6R0J
The American Heart Association just published their alcohol recommendations today which line up with the report by the National Academies. Moderate EtOH intake, up to 7 drinks per week (1/day), is without risk (and may be beneficial for cardiovascular outcomes) American Heart Association
Was pleased to talk on behalf of Alzheimer's Society to The Telegraph about preventing dementia. Nice to see a photo of my parents, two of my brothers and me. Difficult to find as photos were taken quite rarely and usually by one or other of them. telegraph.co.uk/gift/2febb781d…
Do patients with rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) make you nervous? What signs and tests can help to make the right diagnosis expeditiously? Our new paper explores these questions and more: doi.org/10.1002/ana.27… With Yoav Piura Nihal Satyadev, MD, MPH @CorriveauNick + more!
