Glossary
- ADI:
Alzheimer’s Disease International
- ADL:
Activities of daily living
- ARWMC:
age-related white matter changes. ARWMC is a commonly used rating scale in MRI and CT
- bvFTD:
Frontotemporal dementia, behavioural variant
- CBD:
Corticobasal degeneration
- CBP:
Complete blood picture
- ChEIs:
Cholinesterase inhibitors
- CNS:
Central nervous system
- CT:
Computed tomography
- CVS:
Cardiovascular system
- CXR:
Chest X-ray
- DLB:
Dementia with Lewy body
- ECG:
Electrocardiography
- ESR:
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- FAST:
Functional Assessment Staging Test
- FDG-PET-CT:
Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography-computed tomography
- GCA:
Global cortical atrophy scale
- GDS:
Global Deterioration Scale
- GDS-15:
15-item Geriatric Depression Scale
- GPCOG:
General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition
- HDL-C:
High-density lipoproteins-cholesterol
- IADL:
Instrumental activities of daily living
- LDL-C:
Low-density lipoproteins-cholesterol
- MCV:
Mean corpuscular volume
- MMSE:
Mini-Mental State Examination
- MoCA:
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- MRI:
Magnetic resonance imaging
- MSU x R/M:
Midstream urine routine microscopy
- MTA/MTLA:
Medial temporal lobe atrophy
- MTL:
Medial temporal lobe
- nfvPPA:
Non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia
- PET:
Positron emission tomography
- PiB:
Pittsburgh compound B
- PPA:
Primary progressive aphasia
- PSP:
Progressive supranuclear palsy
- RBD:
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder
- R/LFT:
Renal and liver function tests
- Scheltens:
Medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) score, also known as Scheltens’ scale
- SDH:
Subdural haematoma
- SL:
Sublingual
- SOL:
Space-occupying lesion
- SPECT:
Single-photon emission CT
- SSRIs:
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- TSH:
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone-Sensitive
- SVD:
Subcortical vascular dementia
- svPPA:
Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia
- TCHL:
Total cholesterol
- TFT:
Thyroid function tests
- TG:
Triglycerides
- tSAH:
Traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage
- TSH:
Thyroid-stimulating hormone
- VDRL:
Venereal disease research laboratory test
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