Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study

…, J Fong, MJ Leitão, B Santiago, D Duro… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Frontotemporal dementia is a heterogenous neurodegenerative disorder, with
about a third of cases being genetic. Most of this genetic component is accounted for by …

Validation studies of the Portuguese experimental version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): confirmatory factor analysis

D Duro, MR Simões, E Ponciano, I Santana - Journal of neurology, 2010 - Springer
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a cognitive screening instrument created with
the purpose of overcoming some of the insufficiencies of the Mini-Mental State Examination …

Peripheral oxidative damage in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease

…, R Pascoal, A Rodrigues, D Duro… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Oxidative stress has been shown to be a triggering event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). However, little evidence exists on the role of oxidative imbalance in Mild …

Serum neurofilament light chain in genetic frontotemporal dementia: a longitudinal, multicentre cohort study

…, V Redaelli, G Rossi, P Tiraboschi, D Duro… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a promising blood biomarker in genetic
frontotemporal dementia, with elevated concentrations in symptomatic carriers of mutations in GRN…

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): validation study for frontotemporal dementia

…, MR Simoes, L Alves, D Duro… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief instrument developed for the screening
of milder forms of cognitive impairment, having surpassed the well-known limitations of the …

Addition of the Aβ42/40 ratio to the cerebrospinal fluid biomarker profile increases the predictive value for underlying Alzheimer's disease dementia in mild cognitive …

…, M Tábuas-Pereira, J Beato-Coelho, D Duro… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers have been used to increase the
evidence of underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). …

The free and cued selective reminding test distinguishes frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer's disease

R Lemos, D Duro, MR Simões… - Archives of Clinical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Memory impairment is often present in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as a result of an inefficient
use of learning strategies, sometimes leading to a misdiagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (…

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA deregulation and chemotaxis and phagocytosis impairment in Alzheimer's disease

JR Guedes, I Santana, C Cunha, D Duro… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Mononuclear phagocytes play a critical role during Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis due to their contribution to innate immune responses and amyloid beta (Aβ) …

Oxidative damage and progression to Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment

…, R Pascoal, A Rodrigues, D Duro… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent studies show that most of the oxidative changes found in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
are already present in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients. The question arises as to …

Conceptual framework for the definition of preclinical and prodromal frontotemporal dementia

…, G Di Fede, A Díez, D Duro… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The presymptomatic stages of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are still poorly defined and
encompass a long accrual of progressive biological (preclinical) and then clinical (prodromal) …