Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: A new lexicon

Bruno Dubois; Howard H. Feldman; Claudia Jacova; Jeffrey L. Cummings; Steven T. DeKosky; Pascale Barberger-Gateau; André Delacourte; Giovanni Frisoni; Nick C. Fox; Douglas Galasko; Serge Gauthier; Harald Hampel; Gregory A. Jicha; Kenichi Meguro; John O'Brien; Florence Pasquier; Philippe Robert; Martin Rossor; Steven Salloway; Marie Sarazin; Leonardo C. de Souza; Yaakov Stern; Pieter J. Visser; Philip Scheltens

doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70223-4

Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: A new lexicon

Bruno Dubois, Howard H. Feldman, Claudia Jacova, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Steven T. DeKosky, Pascale Barberger-Gateau, André Delacourte, Giovanni Frisoni, Nick C. Fox, Douglas Galasko, Serge Gauthier, Harald Hampel, Gregory A. Jicha, Kenichi Meguro, John O'Brien, Florence Pasquier, Philippe Robert, Martin Rossor, Steven Salloway, Marie SarazinLeonardo C. de Souza, Yaakov Stern, Pieter J. Visser, Philip Scheltens

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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is classically defined as a dual clinicopathological entity. The recent advances in use of reliable biomarkers of AD that provide in-vivo evidence of the disease has stimulated the development of new research criteria that reconceptualise the diagnosis around both a specific pattern of cognitive changes and structural/biological evidence of Alzheimer's pathology. This new diagnostic framework has stimulated debate about the definition of AD and related conditions. The potential for drugs to intercede in the pathogenic cascade of the disease adds some urgency to this debate. This paper by the International Working Group for New Research Criteria for the Diagnosis of AD aims to advance the scientific discussion by providing broader diagnostic coverage of the AD clinical spectrum and by proposing a common lexicon as a point of reference for the clinical and research communities. The cornerstone of this lexicon is to consider AD solely as a clinical and symptomatic entity that encompasses both predementia and dementia phases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1118-1127
Number of pages	10
Journal	The Lancet Neurology
Volume	9
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70223-4
State	Published - Nov 2010

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Funding Information:
The International Working Group received financial funding from Eisai France to support the meeting room cost for the ICAD 2009 meeting. The authors gratefully acknowledge discussion with Lon Schneider, University of Southern California, concerning the manuscript.

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Dubois, B., Feldman, H. H., Jacova, C., Cummings, J. L., DeKosky, S. T., Barberger-Gateau, P., Delacourte, A., Frisoni, G., Fox, N. C., Galasko, D., Gauthier, S., Hampel, H., Jicha, G. A., Meguro, K., O'Brien, J., Pasquier, F., Robert, P., Rossor, M., Salloway, S., ... Scheltens, P. (2010). Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: A new lexicon. The Lancet Neurology, 9(11), 1118-1127. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70223-4

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