Revised criteria for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease.

摘要

The publication of revised criteria/guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (Dx-AD) in the current issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia is a momentous milestone in the prolonged history of efforts to characterize the distinct clinical-pathological features of a complex syndrome-Alzheimer's disease (AD). The amendments to the current criteria recommended by the National Institute on Aging (NIA)-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease represent significant progress in that endeavor by adding important new features that would enhance the precision and accuracy of differential diagnosis of this syndrome. These revisions promise to have a profound impact on the pace and direction of future research as well as the global effort to find a cure.