Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Diagnosis, Screening, Assessment and Symptoms

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The Bibliographic Citations

Defina, P.A. Moser, R.S. Glenn, M. [et al]. (2013). Alzheimer’s Disease clinical and research update for health care practitioners. Journal of Aging Research. 2013; 207178. Epub September 4^th 2013. Review. Full Text Link.

Arevalo-Rodriguez, I. Pedraza, OL. Rodríguez, A. [et al] (2013). Alzheimer’s Disease dementia guidelines for diagnostic testing: a systematic review. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias. March 2013; 28(2): 111-9. Review.

Mind Exchange Working Group (2013). Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: a consensus report of the mind exchange program. Clinical Infectious Diseases. April 2013; 56(7): 1004-17.

Monge Argiles, J.A. Blanco Canto, M.A. Leiva Salinas, C. [et al]. (2013). A comparison of early diagnostic utility of Alzheimer disease biomarkers in brain brain magnetic resonance and cerebrospinal fluid. Neurologia. August 19^th 2013. [Epub ahead of print].

Werner, P. Karnieli-Miller, O. [and] Eidelman, S. (2013). Current knowledge and future directions about the disclosure of dementia: a systematic review of the first decade of the 21st century. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. March 2013; 9(2): e74-88. Review.

Sundermann, B. Herr, D. Schwindt, W. [et al]. (2013). Multivariate classification of blood oxygen level-dependent fMRI data with diagnostic intention: a clinical perspective. AJNR: American Journal of Neuroradiology. September 12^th 2013. [Epub ahead of print]. Full Text Link.

Zeilinger, E.L. Stiehl, K.A. [and] Weber, G. (2013). A systematic review on assessment instruments for dementia in persons with intellectual disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities. September 7^th 2013; 34(11): 3962-3977. [Epub ahead of print].

[A version of this collection features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 11, June 2014].