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Giovanni B. Frisoni
Researcher at University of Geneva
Publications - 956
Citations - 55940
Giovanni B. Frisoni is an academic researcher from University of Geneva. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dementia & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 101, co-authored 871 publications receiving 46199 citations. Previous affiliations of Giovanni B. Frisoni include Geneva College & University of Rome Tor Vergata.
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LEIPAD, an Internationally Applicable Instrument to Assess Quality of Life in the Elderly
Diego De Leo,René F. W. Diekstra,Jouko Lönnqvist,Marco Trabucchi,Marc P. H. D. Cleiren,Giovanni B. Frisoni,M. Dello Buono,A. Haltunen,M. Zucchetto,Renzo Rozzini,F. Grigoletto,J. Sampaio-Faria +11 more
TL;DR: The main psychometric characteristics of the instrument, together with its concurrent validity with the Rotterdam Questionnaire, are illustrated.
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The effect of white matter lesions on cognition in the elderly—small but detectable
TL;DR: It is argued that large confluent white matter lesions are associated with greater detectable progressive cognitive deterioration than is normal aging, but other causes ofgressive cognitive deterioration, such as Alzheimer's disease, are related with greater cognitive decline than are WMLs.
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Depressive symptoms of Alzheimer caregivers are mainly due to personal rather than patient factors
Orazio Zanetti,Giovanni B. Frisoni,Angelo Bianchetti,Giancarlo Tamanza,Vittorio Cigoli,Marco Trabucchi +5 more
TL;DR: To investigate the predictors of caregiver's depressive symptoms in a sample of community‐dwelling Alzheimer's patients, a large number of patients have suffered from depression at some point in their lives.
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EFNS task force: the use of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of dementia
Massimo Filippi,Federica Agosta,Frederik Barkhof,Bruno Dubois,Nick C. Fox,Giovanni B. Frisoni,C. R. Jack,Peter Johannsen,Bruce L. Miller,Peter J. Nestor,Ph. Scheltens,Sandro Sorbi,Stefan J. Teipel,Paul M. Thompson,Lars-Olof Wahlund +14 more
TL;DR: These guidelines are designed to revise and expand previous EFNS recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with Alzheimer's disease and to provide an overview of the evidence for the use of neuroimaging techniques in non‐AD dementias.
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Coma in a patient with Alzheimer's disease taking low dose trazodone and gingko biloba.
TL;DR: A patient with Alzheimer's disease who developed coma a few days after starting low dose trazodone associated with ginkgo biloba was reversed by flumazenil, a specific antagonist of the benzodiazepine (BDZ) receptor.