Sammendrag på engelsk (abstract)
Bacground and aims:
MRI assessment of the brain has demonstrated four different patterns of atrophy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia (AD): typical AD, limbic-predominant AD, hippocampalsparing AD, and a subtype with minimal atrophy, previously referred to as no-atrophy AD.
The aim of the present study was to identify and describe the differences between these four AD subtypes in a longitudinal memory-clinic study.
Methods:
The medial temporal lobes, the frontal regions, and the posterior regions were assessed with MRI visual rating scales to categorize 123 patients with mild AD according to ICD-10 and NINCDS-ADRDA criteria and the clinical dementia rating scale (CDR) into atrophy subtypes. Demographic data, neuropsychological measures, cerebrospinal-fluid biomarkers, and progression rate of dementia at two-year follow-up were compared between the Groups.
Results:
Typical AD was found in 59 patients (48%); 29 (24%) patients had limbic-predominant AD; 19 (15%) had hippocampal-sparing AD; and 16 (13%) belonged to the group with minimal atrophy. No differences were found regarding cognitive test results or progression rates between the different subtypes. Using adjusted logistic regression analysis, we found that the patients in the minimal-atrophy group were less educated, had a lower baseline CDR
sum of boxes score, and had higher levels of amyloid β in the cerebrospinal fluid.
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PLOS ONE, 2016
