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How would you manage cognitive changes in a patient with memory impairment and significant brain atrophy with no diagnostic testing consistent with Alzheimer's disease?

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Neurology · University of Illinois

It would depend on the clinical history, pattern of atrophy, and diagnostic biomarkers. If I had a patient with a typical clinical history of AD with progressive episodic memory loss substantiated by neuropsychological testing, IADL impairment, and hippocampal atrophy on imaging, I probably would no...

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