The appearances of the amyloid plaques & dendritic tangles would constitute a pre-clinical stage. Neural pathologies are present but obvious behavioral symptoms have not occurred.
I see it as no different than saying that I have coronary artery disease even though I have not yet developed angina pectoris or a myocardial infarction. And no different than being diagnosed with type II diabetes because my blood glucose is high even though I have not developed any other symptoms. Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania Office hours: Mondays noon-2 & 3-4; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:15 & 12:30-2 http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/home.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, & bluegrass fiddler...... in approximate order of importance. Subject: Puzzling Alzheimers diagnosis From: "michael sylvester" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:12:32 -0100 X-Message-Number: 1 The new guidelines for evaluating Alzm distinguish among three stages,namely,a pre-clinical.mild cognitive impairment,and dementia.It is the pre-clinical(stage without symptoms) that I find puzzling.It would seem that if there are no symptoms that condition does not deserve to be called a stage.Or virtually all conditions will have a pre-clinical stage.I guess we are all in a pre-clinical stage for developping schizophrenia. Come on,I can envision a post-clinical stage,but pre-clinical? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10185 or send a blank email to leave-10185-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
