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+Clinical Diagnosis / Suspected Etiology / Syndrome

    Clinical Diagnosis
    Normal cognition
    Dementia
    Alzheimer's disease / LOAD
    Early Onset AD
    Pre-clinical / pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease
    Mild cognitive impairment
    Impaired, not mild cognitive impairment
    Lewy body dementia
    Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)
    Vascular dementia
    Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
    Huntington's disease
    Prion disease
    Parkinson's disease
    Down's syndrome


+Clinical Measures and Symptoms

    Blood pressure
    Height / weight
    HIS and CVD / Hachinski ischemic score
    UPDRS/parkinsonism
    Gait disturbance  / tremor / other movement disorders
    CDR / CDR global score / CDR sum of boxes
    NPI-Q / neuropsychiatric symptoms
    GDS / Geriatric Depression Scale / behavioral assessment
    FAQ / functional impairment/functional decline
    Neurological exam / focal deficit
    Subjective memory complaint
    Cognitive symptoms
    Behavior symptoms
    Motor symptoms


+Neuropsychological Testing

    Neuropsychological tests
    MMSE
    Test norms
    Domains
    Composite scores
    Test language
    Dysexecutive function


+Demographics and Characteristics

    Education
    Sex
    Race
    Ethnicity
    Primary language
    Age
    Oldest old
    Living situation / residence type
    Family history of dementia
    Informant demographics / characteristics
    Differences by center / region


+Subject Health History

    Vascular risk factors
    Cardiovascular disease
    Cerebrovascular disease / stroke / TIA
    Parkinsonism
    Seizures / epilepsy
    Traumatic brain injury / TBI
    Hypertension
    Hypercholesterolemia
    Diabetes
    Depression
    Alcohol
    Smoking
    Sleep apnea
    Psychiatric disorders
    Medications
    Age at onset of cognitive decline


+Neuropathology / Death

    Neuropathology
    Death
    Autopsy
    Vascular pathology
    Braak stage
    Neuritic plaques
    Lewy bodies
    Tauopathies
    Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
    Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
    Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)
    Pick's disease
    Hippocampal sclerosis


+Genetics and Biomarkers

    GWAS
    APOE
    Biomarkers
    APP / PS1 / PS2 mutations
    Other genetic mutations / chromosomal abnormalities


+Study Design

    Cross-sectional
    Longitudinal
    Cognitive decline / transition
    Statistical methods
    ROC analysis
    Missing data methods
    Latent class modeling/factor analysis
    Epidemiology
    Descriptive / exploratory
    Clinicopathological/diagnostic accuracy
    Risk factors
    Survival analysis / prognosis
    Clinical trial eligibility
    Criteria/guidelines






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