Neuropsychological assessment and cerebral vascular disease: the new standards

Godefroy, Olivier
Leclercq, C
Bugnicourt, J-M
Roussel, M
Moroni, C
Quaglino, V
Beaunieux, H
Taillia, H
Nédélec-Ciceri, C
Bonnin, C
Thomas-Anterion, C
Varvat, J
Aboulafia Brakha, Tatiana
Assal, Frédéric

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Publication date

January 2013

DOI

10.1016/j.neurol.2013.07.009

Publisher

Elsevier BV

ISSN

0035-3787

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Abstract

Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) includes vascular dementia (VaD), vascular mild cognitive impairment (VaMCI) and mixed dementia. In clinical practice, VCI concerns patients referred for clinical stroke or cognitive complaint. To improve the characterization of VCI and to refine its diagnostic criteria, an international group has elaborated a new standardized evaluation battery of clinical, cognitive, behavioral and neuroradiological data which now constitutes the reference battery. The adaption of the battery for French-speaking subjects is reported as well as preliminary results of the on-going validation study of the GRECOG-VASC group [Clinical Trial NCT01339195]. The diagnostic accuracy of various screening tests is reviewed and show...