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El espectro de enfermedades neurodegenerativas que afectan principalmente a la cognición y el comportamiento abarca desde la enfermedad preclínica asintomática hasta el deterioro cognitivo muy leve y la demencia franca. En este artículo se procedió a  la revisión  de los criterios actuales para el diagnóstico de la demencia con cuerpos de Lewy, segunda causa más frecuente de demencia neurodegenerativa en personas mayores de 65 años luego de la enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) y las afasias progresivas primarias que se distinguen por producir un compromiso temprano y aislado de las funciones lingüísticas, y en cuya evolución desarrollan un síndrome complejo caracterizado, además del compromiso del lenguaje, por la presencia de deterioro cognitivo progresivo, trastornos de conducta y compromiso de los sistemas motores. También pueden representar la forma de comienzo de una variante atípica de la enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA), no siendo raras las formas mixtas o no caracterizables.

[Diagnostic criteria in dementing illness. What's new?].

The spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases that primarily affect cognition and behaviorspreads from asymptomatic preclinical disease to very mild cognitive impairment to frank dementia. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of a decline in cognitive ability. Also, it is a devastating condition that affects patients and their entirefamilies of caregivers, exacting tremendous financial hardships.

[Delivering the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: bioethical considerations].

Delivering the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to the patient can cause situations that do not meet the necessary ethical professional standards. We present two cases in which the rash way such a diagnosis was delivered did not respect the principle of nonmaleficence. In both cases the revelation worsened the situation prior to the consultation, causing unfortunate distress to the patient and family.

[Cognitive profile in hypertensive patients. Usefulness of the Clock Drawing Test].

Introduction: Hypertension is the main cause of cognitive impairment and the executive dysfunction the most com- mon cognitive domain affected. The aims of this research have been to characterize the cognitive profiles (s) in hypertensive patients and to identify the most usefulness Test (s) in the routine clinical practice to identify them.

Methods: We assessed the cognitive status in 69 hypertensive patients who were administered a battery of cognitive Tests that included the MMSE, the Mini-Boston Naming Test, verbal fluency and the Clock drawing Test.

[Vascular damage and cognitive-functional performance in a population with mild cognitive impairment].

Introduction: There is evidence of predemential stages in Vascular Dementia (VD). Alzheimer Disease (AD) and VD share common risk factors and mechanisms. Vascular comorbility may present in 30-60% of patients with AD (mixed dementia).