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